It’s the end of the year and tech platforms are beginning to roll out their annual recap lists. For some music streaming services, this means revealing what the top artists, albums, and songs were for ...

Not every album released in 2020 was made during the pandemic. But every one of them was heard during it — context that couldn’t help but shape the way music sounded or what it seemed to say. Here are ...

Music fans were stuck at home for most of 2020 with no concerts to enjoy. But that just meant more time available for listening to music. And the music world delivered. Some of our favorite albums ...

Roddy Ricch — who is Variety’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year in our just-released 2020 Hitmakers issue — topped Apple Music’s 2020 year-end album and songs charts, according to statistics released ...

The year 2020 was certainly unlike any other, but thankfully, there was plenty of new music to boost your spirit and keep you dancing at home. With so much time spent at home, you probably listened to ...

United States recorded music revenues grew 9.2% in 2020 to $12.2 billion at estimated retail value. It marks the fifth consecutive year of growth for the industry, as paid subscription services ...

Apple this week officially announced its 2020 App Store Best award winners, recognizing outstanding apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac. This year, Apple also the winners ...

It seems safe to assume that 2020 is a year that not many of us are eager to linger over. At the start of the pandemic, there were vague hopes of an artistic flourishing—that hoary and ultimately ...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Apple launching the iTunes Music Store, allowing Mac users to download music for "just 99 cents per song." At launch, the iTunes Music Store offered over 200,000 ...

New figures for mobile app revenue claim that Apple's App Store took in $72.3 billion during 2020, a rise of almost a third from the previous year. Research firm Sensor Tower has backed up its ...