As we close out the year, we’re excited to announce that our 2024 Year-End Music Report focusing on music’s biggest trends will be released on Wednesday,…

Is music discovery becoming more challenging? Is there a decline in musical serendipity?…

In 2011, Spotify was released in the United States, and the way that American audiences listened to music was turned upside-down….

While many in our industry focus on streaming consumption and the billions of streams that occur weekly, there is another consumption format that has shown growth…

In early October, Luminate officially launched the Luminate Index to provide labels, brands and agencies a single, comprehensive score designed to assess the depth, breadth and…

Call it kitsch or call it niche, but the rise of Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash” is a fascinating study of how iconic, heritage tracks with…

As we inch closer to the end of 2024, one trend we’ve continued to track at Luminate is the growth of non-English music and the export…

This summer — forever to be remembered as “Brat Summer” — a trio of female artists took the country by storm and made us all want…

As the global music industry continues to evolve, the shift from Ad-Supported tiers to Premium subscriptions becomes more vital for increasing average revenue per user (ARPU)….