What is Spotify popularity index?

https://help.chartmetric.com/en/articles/1560578-what-is-spotify-popularity-index

How a 22-year-old CEO built a TikTok empire with Gen Z media brand Flighthouse

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/flighthouse-ceo-tiktok-empire-create-music-group-2021-5

How TikTok Chooses Which Songs Go Viral

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/how-to-go-viral-on-tiktok-like-megan-thee-stallion-play-the-app-s-game

Glass Animals: How Heat Waves became the ultimate sleeper hit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56667366

Anonymous Songwriters Group Calls for Artists to Stop Demanding Royalties for Songs They Didn’t Write

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/songwriters-group-artists-stop-taking-royalties-pact-1234939379/

24kGoldn Became a Pandemic Pop Star. Now Comes the Real-World Test.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/arts/music/24kgoldn-el-dorado.html

Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding on the move away from traditional verse chorus structure in songwriting

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/14/opinion/pop-music-songwriting.html

HOW MANY ARTISTS ARE GENERATING $50K+ A YEAR ON SPOTIFY? OVER 13,000. Loud & Clear.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/how-many-artists-are-generating-more-than-50k-a-year-on-spotify-over-13000/

Which Artists Have Earned the Most From Spotify?

 https://www.accrediteddebtrelief.com/blog/which-artists-have-earned-the-most-from-spotify/

how TikTok turned into a viral pop star factory

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdpb5/tiktok-viral-musicians

How much do I earn per stream on Spotify?

https://www.igroovemusic.com/blog/wie-viel-erhalte-ich-pro-stream-auf-spotify.html?lang=en

WTF is an NFT? Allow Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda to explain

https://www.inputmag.com/culture/linkin-park-mike-shinoda-happy-endings-nft-interview

How much TikTok influencers can earn from song promotions, according to 2 music marketers

https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-music-marketers-explain-pay-rates-for-influencer-campaigns-2020-12

Wolfgang Boss interview

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/hvme-goosebumps-travis-scott-flip-wolfgang-boss-1234908312/

MERCK MERCURIADIS FACES THE FUTURE… AND STARES DOWN HIS CRITICS

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/merck-mercuriadis-faces-the-future-and-stares-down-his-critics/

What You Can Learn From Russ Sharing His Income Statements

https://www.rootnote.co/what-you-can-learn-from-russ-sharing-his-income-statements/

The Dark Side Of Spotify

https://youtu.be/whQ8UBoz-To

Equitable streaming payments and unintended consequences on artist income

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/02/equitable-streaming-payments-and-unintended-consequences-on-artist-income-mark-mulligan.html

The Weeknd on the Crew That Boosted Him From 'Basically Homeless' to the Super Bowl

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9516909/the-weeknd-xo-records-billboard-cover-story-interview-2021/

music industry terms by Kindness

https://www.notion.so/MUSIC-INDUSTRY-TERMS-by-Kindness-8b7a605239b44067ba371531aeff34a8

good stuff on the economics of streaming from Bob Lefsetz and one of the Presidents of the United States of America

https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2021/01/14/streaming-2/

https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/2021/01/19/mailbag-21/

'We've Never Seen Anything Like This': Spotify Reacts to Olivia Rodrigo's Record-Breaking 'Drivers License'

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9511182/olivia-rodrigo-spotify-hit-success/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily&utm_term=daily_digest


https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-song-drama-sabrina-carpenter-joshua-bassett?fbclid=IwAR2Aq0ceWH2_N3Zv5EkXE2JudOczu2p2y9rQu3kt6H0UO908VDsvAyU5uAs

The 2021 State Of Pop Address by Chris DeVille

https://www.stereogum.com/2112006/the-2021-state-of-pop-address/columns/the-week-in-pop/