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Spotify has confirmed the streaming thresholds for its new royalty model.Reports emerged last month that the streaming giant’s restructuring would mean that less popular tracks wouldn’t earn any royalties, despite the company reporting profits and subscriber gains.According to a Billboard report, a track would have to meet a minimum annual streaming threshold before it would start to generate royalties.However, the streaming threshold at which tracks will generate royalties has now been confirmed in a Consequence guest column by Kristin Graziani, president of music distribution platform Stem.“After doing some analysis on what Spotify has actually communicated to distributors, we can say that in reality, these changes are intended to benefit emerging and growing artists,” Graziani wrote.According to the article, Spotify is introducing three new policies in 2024. Firstly, all tracks will have to reach a minimum streaming threshold of 1000 streams within 12 months to be paid a royalty.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As news about Spotify’s new payment model has torturously dribbled out — details have been leaked through sources, with little official comment from the company — it’s not surprising that controversy has accompanied it. Streaming royalty models are deeply complicated and Spotify, the world’s largest paid streaming service by a long measure, has borne the brunt of the world’s frustration with the low royalties that most artists and especially songwriters receive from digital service providers.

Michael J. Fox is opening up about his over 30-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Sheryl Crow has shared details of her new studio album, ’Evolution’, alongside her bouncy new single ‘Alarm Clock’. Listen to the track below.READ MORE: ‘Sheryl’ review: along the winding road with a country-rockin’ queen‘Evolution’ will be the singer-songwriter’s 11th studio album and is set for release on March 29, 2024 via The Valory Music Group.Speaking about the surprise return, Crow said in a social media statement: “This music and these lyrics came from sitting in the quiet and writing from a deep soul place.

Willow has shared a new single called ‘Alone’ – you can listen to it below.The introspective song marks the Los Angeles singer-songwriter’s first release since her fifth studio album, 2022’s ‘COPINGMECHANISM’.“Nothing is what it seems/ When you wake, when you dream/ When you talk, is it not medicine for us all?/ Show me something I cannot define,” Willow sings over a soulful instrumental.‘Alone’ was co-written and co-produced by Willow and Eddie Benjamin. Taking to Instagram recently, the former shared a series of videos and images of the pair working on the single in the recording studio.“As you can see we had way too much fun making this track & I can’t wait for you all to transcend this earthly plane while listening … I know we did,” Willow explained in the caption.She also expressed “big gratitude” to Benjamin for “putting up with my shenanigans while masterfully playing damn near every instrument in the studio”.‘Alone’ is accompanied by a black-and-white official music video, which was directed by Willow, and suitably finds the artist confronting her emotions in solitude.

earlier this year, Sophie Turner appears to be living her best life. She’s been partying with and was recently spotted in Paris, with a British aristocrat named Peregrine Pearson. The actor is clearly embracing a positive, forward-looking vibe.

Tom Walker has today (November 3) unveiled details of his second album, ‘I Am’, and shared a new single from the upcoming project, ‘Freaking Out’ – listen to this below.Walker’s latest follows on from his debut album, 2019’s ‘What A Time To Be Alive’, and will arrive on May 31. You can pre-order the album here.According to a statement, his latest sees him “writing about his own personal struggles and anxieties, creative challenges, sadness and moments of despair.” It’s also described as “a sometimes visceral account of who Tom Walker is in 2023.”Speaking about the new record, Walker explained: “’I Am’ is a culmination of me trying to figure out who I am for the last four years.

degenerative central nervous system disorder.When asked if anything scares him, the beloved actor told Town & Country that anything that puts his “family in jeopardy,” terrifies him, referring to his wife Tracy Pollan and their four kids.“One day I’ll run out of gas. One day I’ll just say, ‘It’s not going to happen.

Michael J. Fox has explained why he doesn’t fear death in light of his 30-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease.The actor, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, aged 29, was asked if anything scares him during an interview with Town & Country.“Anything that would put my family in jeopardy,” Fox said, referring to his wife Tracy Pollan and their four children.When asked about if he feared for his own life, he replied: “One day I’ll run out of gas. One day I’ll just say, ‘It’s not going to happen.

Weeekly have made their long-awaited return with new single, ‘Vroom Vroom’.‘Vroom Vroom’ is the title track of Weeekly’s new mini-album’s ‘ColoRise’, which comes a year-and-a-half after their previously release, March 2022’s ‘Play Game: Awake’.The single was arranged and co-composed by NOMASGOOD, who previously worked with the girl group on their 2021 song ‘Uni’. The songwriter is also known for working on Teen Top’s 2019 single, ‘Run Away’.‘Vroom Vroom’ finds Weeekly exploring a new sound that’s more disco-inspired, notably recalling the later works of their IST Entertainment seniors Apink.“Time to be brave / The same path is just too predictable / We’re curious about a new place / A world we’ve never been to,” the six-member group sing on ‘Vroom Vroom’.“For fans who have waited for us, we wanted to show you that we made use of this time to enhance our talents,” member Park So-eun said of ‘ColoRise’, per The Korea Herald.

Kevin Abstract has shared the final single from his upcoming album, a song called ‘Madonna’.The wistful track sees Abstract reminiscing about an unrequited lover: “Ex’s and oh’s like she’s playin’ Playstation/ Blue bubble green, and she left the conversation/ Love comes and goes, she hits the road/ Fuckin’ somebody else in the gas station.”It’s the latest song in a string of tracks he has released in the run-up to his new album ‘Blanket‘, which is due out this Friday (November 3). The Brockhampton member first previewed the album at various shows in LA and New York, where he revealed some rumoured song titles.

Pendulum have released their new song ‘Mercy Killing’ featuring Scarlxrd – listen to the fierce new single below.The Australian drum and bass legends have dropped a string of singles in the past few months. In May, they started off with ‘Halo‘ featuring Bullet For My Valentine‘s Matt Tuck. Frontman Rob Swire said of the track: “We’ve always had one foot in the metal scene, so collaborating with Matt from Bullet For My Valentine was an incredible experience and his voice brought something completely unique to the table.”After September’s ‘Colourfast’, Pendulum have now primed themselves to share ‘Mercy Killing’, which sees them collaborate with Wolverhampton’s rap-metal mystery Scarlxrd.

Sean Paul was forced to run out of an interview as a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit his native Jamaica.The moment happened yesterday (October 30) as the musician was taking part in an interview livestreamed to Twitch alongside artist Tofu Jack and director/producer of Vice Documentaries, Dan Zabludovsky.In footage shared of the moment via TMZ, Paul is seen listening to Jack’s response to one of the questions before going to chime in with his own thoughts. Almost immediately after beginning his sentence he stops speaking and looks around his room in confusion before realising what’s happening.“Oh shit.

The Voidz have shared their spooky new single ‘Flexorcist’ ahead of Halloween this weekend – listen to it below.The new track from Julian Casablancas and co. is nearly six minutes long and sees the frontman sing of “graves lined-up across the hill“, “pistols at dawn” and “friendly face in the firing squad” atop a synthy, indie-pop leaning melody.“I guess I mighta – sounded a little crazy, maybe / I only think of things I shouldn’t do,” Casablancas sings on the off-kilter new single.‘Flexorcist’ arrives with concept art featuring a spectral winged figure staring over a glowing city.The track also comes ahead of the band’s “immersive” Halloween residency in Brooklyn this weekend.The Voidz will be taking over the Murmrr Theatre for four nights from October 31 to November 3.

Bad Bunny shared a new TikTok looking very different. The clip, recorded from the night of his Saturday Night Live episode, shows him dressed as Shrek, revealing one of his favorite songs from his new record, “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana.”Sofia Vergara reacts to Bad Bunny’s flirty compliment about her: Fans go crazyBad Bunny reinterprets one of Shakira’s viral quotes into his new track ‘Los Pits’tengo 22 temas favoritos en NSLQVAPM y este es uno de ellos... cual es el tuyo?? The video shows Bad Bunny in his full Shrek costume dancing along to “MR.

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Wargasm have shared the anthemic new track ‘Modern Love’. Check it out below.The London-based nu-metal duo – comprised of Milkie Way and Sam Matlock – dropped the song as the latest offering from their upcoming debut album, ‘Venom’, which is set to arrive later this month.It also follows on from their run of tour dates through 2022 and 2023, which saw them open for metal icons including Limp Bizkit, Corey Taylor and Enter Shikari.On the track, the band describe the meaning as conveying the feeling of loneliness that comes from modern-day life, alongside glossy synths and a guttural distortion.“Love is war.