Songwriter Credits Multiply at Rates Keyed to Genre, Market Segment
For most of the industry, composition requires more than one cook in the kitchen.
Metro-Level Streams: The Next Frontier
In 2011, Spotify was released in the United States, and the way that American audiences listened to music was turned upside-down.
Pride Month 2024
This week, as we kick off the celebration of Pride Month, Luminate joyfully honors the LGBTQ+ music makers whose unwavering dedication to their craft continues to shape the musical landscape and empower queer voices.
What Happens to the Top Songs of Today, Tomorrow?
In 2019, the most-streamed song released that same year was Billie Eilish’s “bad guy.” Last year, though, the top 2019 song of the year was not “bad guy” but Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” which saw a huge resurgence due to a number of impacts, namely The Eras Tour, as well as the release of “Cruel Summer” as a single to contemporary Pop/Top 40 radio. “bad guy,” meanwhile, declined in rank in 2023, falling from the No. 1 2019 song that year to the No. 25 song from 2019 streamed in 2023.
Chart-Toppers with Staying Power
If you’ve studied the Billboard 200 albums chart week-to-week you may have noticed that there are some titles that never seem to drop off the list. Classic albums like Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Nirvana’s Nevermind or Drake’s Nothing Was The Same consistently rank on the Billboard 200, but what albums have spent the most weeks on the chart and what insights can we learn from these perennial favorites?