For our 2023 year end wrap-up we’ve identified the top trends that provide a snapshot of where the industry is and where it may be going….

As it stands, the core genres of Country, World Music (which includes K-Pop, Afrobeats, J-Pop and more) and Latin have risen above the rest in terms…

Over the last several decades the music industry has predominantly focused on the largest, most established market – the U.S. Recently there has been a shift…

As temperatures cool and calendar pages turn, many define this period as simply “the most wonderful time of year.” However, is it possible to use music…

With Black Friday (11/24) this week kicking off the home-stretch of the 2024 gift-buying season, it’s an important time to remember the music Super Fans in…

Did you know that on average half of all waking hours are spent engaged in entertainment? Let that sink in. That’s staggering, especially considering that there…

Wednesday marks one of the biggest nights of the year for the Country music industry as The 57th Annual CMA Awards broadcasts live from Nashville. In…

Favorites start to add up for me this time of year: Temperatures inch over 70 in San Francisco, pumpkin everything, the boots move from the back…

With the success of K-Pop globally, let’s use Luminate country-level data to see how the genre performs in other territories by answering questions like: Which countries…

US chart reporting Week 39 closed on Thursday, September 29, 2023, and with it, three quarters of the year are now in the books. As we…

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….