Pink Floyd’s ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, turned 50 on 12 September 2025. In late 2024, in a deal estimated at $400 million, Sony Music acquired the band’s […]
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Behind The Campaign: Fcukers
Fcukers are a New York-based electronic duo made up of Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis. They formed in 2022 and their first EP, Baggy$$, was released by Ninja Tune […]
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Sandbox Guide :: The album is back
Sandbox Guides are for music marketers: They explain how you can use new platforms, create new strategies, and build new audiences. The Guides feature cutting-edge case studies, expert interviews, benchmark data, […]
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Korean and Japanese artists dominate IFPI album-sales chart
The October release date for Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ hobbled its chances in the big streaming platforms’ end-of-2025 charts – as Spotify explained in December. However, it’s a […]
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How the album outplayed the algorithm and survived playlist culture (book extract)
Music industry strategist, podcaster and author Keith Jopling shares an extract from his forthcoming new book, Body Of Work: How The Album Outplayed The Algorithm And Survived Playlist Culture. To […]
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Behind The Campaign: Barry Can’t Swim
Scottish electronic DJ and producer Barry Can’t Swim (real name: Joshua Mainnie) released Loner, his second album, in July 2025, coming after his debut, When Will We Land?, in October […]
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Bandcamp artist and label relations lead, Aly Gillani: “If we don’t all buy each other’s records, the whole thing falls apart”
August 2025: Aly Gillani, artist and label relations lead at Bandcamp. He talks about why downloads are still a lifeline for many artists, how paying to own music has become […]
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Behind The Campaign: Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
SABLE, fABLE, the fifth studio album by indie folk act Bon Iver (led by Justin Vernon), was released on 11 April and came almost six years after the i,i album. […]
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Behind The Campaign: Ezra Collective
Ezra Collective released their third album – Dance, No One’s Watching – in late September 2024. Known primarily as a jazz act, the goal on the new album was to position […]
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Ghetts and Rude Kid’s new album will only be available at gigs
A new album is coming from British artists Ghetts and Rude Kid, but there’s a very specific way of getting hold of it: attending their concerts this week in London. […]
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Ariana Grande’s album gets amplified by MTV and Pepsi
Here’s the latest example of Twitter’s Amplify advertising initiative being used for music, with a branded spin. Pop star Ariana Grande will premiere four songs from her new album on […]
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Sam Smith’s US Spotify holdout wasn’t enough to beat Lana Del Rey
Billboard has a good piece today on the US launch campaign for Sam Smith’s debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’, and specifically the question of whether its Spotify holdout – […]
