Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says working musicians may no longer be able to release music only “once every three to four years”

her double-digit weight loss, and she's hinting that a few more pounds are set to come off once she gets something off her chest.Emily recently posted an Instagram photo that shows her doing a squat. The photo represents who she has become.  It's been a JOURNEY to get to this point right here.

her double-digit weight loss, and she's hinting that a few more pounds are set to come off once she gets something off her chest.Emily recently posted an Instagram photo that showed her doing a squat. The photo represented who she has become.  It's been a JOURNEY to get to this point right here.

Blake Shelton started up a friendly feud with Luke Bryan on Twitter — but it's hard to say who will win this round. On Monday, Shelton tweeted a fake news story about drivers falling asleep at the wheel when listening to Bryan's music. «Wow! Just catching up on the news… Shocking! I have noticed some fatigue when @lukebryanonline comes on,» he wrote.The judge retaliated by referencing Shelton's newest songs, «Happy Together» and «Nobody But You,» with girlfriend Gwen Stefani.

coronavirus in Scotland, such as the recent outbreak of the virus in Aberdeen.The proposed ban on music in hospitality venues has received criticism over the weekend, with Sneaky Pete’s owner Nick Stewart calling the ruling “misguided” and arguing that a total ban on music will “only drive people to seek music in uncontrolled environments instead, such as house parties”.“A music ban is not safer than having properly controlled background music,” Stewart, who also works for the Music Venue Trust

Glass Animals is showing NME a toy ray gun – a piece of “naff” paraphernalia, he says – that hasn’t made the cut for merchandise linked to their new album ‘Dreamland’. “I’ve tried to do a lot of crazy shit that didn’t quite work.

Cardi B has said that the cost of carrying out coronavirus testing on set for her new music video WAP was 100,000 dollars (£72,273).

Dua Lipa has said that working with Missy Elliott was a “mind-blowing experience”.

Prince Harry is calling on people everywhere to take action against racial injustice. In a new chat with Color of Change president Rashad Robinson, the Duke of Sussex spoke passionately from his home in Los Angeles about everything from the fight against systemic racism to online hate speech and using privilege for change.«The biggest question I have for anybody out there is, why wouldn't you want to be part of this change? You know what the problems are, you know how big they are… why wouldn't

led the campaign against the SQA results scandal says Nicola Sturgeon's apology will only mean anything when young people get the grades they deserve. Erin Bleakley, 17, said the First Minister’s apology was “nice to hear” but now her words must be followed with solutions.

Apple Music about why she tapped rising-stars to join her in the video."I wanted a lot of different females, not just female rappers," she said. "I wanted different...

Selena Gomez opened up about managing her mental health while promoting her new at-home cooking series, , and she said she's learned a lot about herself. When asked about how the quarantine affected her during WarnerMedia’s virtual Television Critics Association press tour, Gomez said, “It’s not easy for anyone to be walking through what we're walking through.

Rick Astley was some kind of omnipotent superbeing.

Beabadoobee has revealed that her next new song, ‘Sorry’, will be released later this week.Sharing the news on social media, Beabadoobee said “my song ‘sorry’ is out this Wednesday.” It’s taken from her upcoming debut album, ‘Fake It Flowers.’She added: “…it’s one of my faves off fake it flowers…this song means a lot to me, I really hope you guys like it.”The Dirty Hit signee released her acclaimed ‘Space Cadet’ EP in October 2019, and went on to bag the Radar Award at the NME Awards 2020 this

Ek said it “wasn’t enough” for artists to “record music once every three to four years”.Since his comments were published, a number of musicians have criticised him for not understanding or overlooking the work that goes into making music and how that can’t be forced.“‘Music = product and must be churned out regularly,’ says billionaire Daniel Ek,” commented R.E.M.’s Mike Mills. “Go fuck yourself.” However, the musician said a boycott of the platform would only hurt artists more.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“The Fight” may have been released on Friday, but producer Kerry Washington understands if people are watching Beyoncé’s “Black Is King” first.“I know what I’ll be watching Friday. I’ll be firmly in the beehive, but [‘The Fight’ is] there,” Washington said Thursday during a taping of an upcoming episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”Washington says the two films compliment each other.

Music Ally, Ek has made controversial new comments about artists’ public unhappiness with the money they receive from streaming, and how he believes they can create a “continuous engagement with their fans.”“It’s quite interesting that while the overall pie is growing, and more and more people can partake in that pie, we tend to focus on a very limited set of artists,” Ek said in the interview. “Even today on our marketplace, there’s literally millions and millions of artists.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorSpotify founder-CEO Daniel Ek made a three-pronged pitch Wednesday to Howard Stern, the massively popular host whose multi-year contract with satellite broadcaster SiriusXM expires at year end.Asked why Stern might prefer Spotify to SiriusXM, Ek said, “I can’t really speak to Howard Stern specifically” but then expatiated on the “more and more great creators around the world that are turning to streaming service Spotify” for its scale, global reach and

Daniel Ek noted during an investors call that sales improved significantly by June.Spotify said its second-quarter operating loss amounted to €167 million ($196 million), compared with €3 million ($3.5 million) a year ago and €17 million ($20 million) at the end of March.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAhead of Spotify’s earnings call for its second-quarter results, the company’s cofounder and CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Paul Vogel got on the phone for a short call with Variety’s Jem Aswad and Todd Spangler.