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LuminateIndustryCountry Music’s Global Boom Is Another “Glocalization” Wave Country music may seem more popular than ever in the U.S. thanks to the record-breaking run Ella Langley has enjoyed in 2026 atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “Choosin’ Texas.

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LuminateIndustryFontaines D.C.’s ‘Dopamine Chamber’ Tops Vinyl, as PLAVE Dominates Overall Physical Fontaines D.C.’s Dopamine Chamber Tops Vinyl, as PLAVE Dominates Overall Physical Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 27, 2026 — 6 min read Physical Music News · Week 42 · Tracking…

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LuminateIndustryWhy Content Discovery Is Driving Vertical Video Feeds on Streaming Services Over the past year, nearly every major U.S. streaming video service has developed its own TikTok-style vertical video feed in its mobile app, as discussed in the October 2026 Luminate report Social…

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LuminateIndustryGreta Van Fleet’s ‘Palace for the People’ Tops Vinyl as Taylor Swift Leads Overall Physical Greta Van Fleet’s Palace for the People Tops Vinyl as Taylor Swift Leads Overall Physical Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 19, 2026 — 6 min read Physical Music News · Week 41 ·…

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LuminateIndustryU.K. Music Thrives Abroad and at Home Despite Growing Global Competition The U.K. has been a hub for music superstars for decades, from the Beatles back in the 1960s to Olivia Dean today.

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LuminateIndustryWomen-Led Stories Are Undersupplied on Streaming In the post-peak TV era of the content business, it’s become ever more crucial to invest programming dollars wisely, to ensure that the series produced are met with robust audience demand.

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LuminateIndustryAlice in Chains’ ‘MTV UNPLUGGED’ Reissue Tops Physical Retail, as Kenny Chesney Rules Country Alice in Chains’ MTV UNPLUGGED Reissue Tops Physical Retail, as Kenny Chesney Rules Country Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 5, 2026 — 6 min read Physical Music News · Week 39 ·…

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LuminateIndustryAs Bollywood Expands Global Reach, Other Genres Gain in India As one of the largest and fastest-growing music markets in the world, India has commanded the attention of the entire music industry over the past several years.

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LuminateIndustryMiley Cyrus’s ‘Bass Persuades’ Sweeps All Retail & Indie Stores as Beck Drives Storefront Traffic Miley Cyrus’s ‘Bass Persuades’ Sweeps All Retail & Indie Stores as Beck Drives Storefront Traffic Music Chris Muratore,Director, Partnerships October 2, 2026 — 4 min read Miley Cyrus’s Bass Persuades…

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.