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Pink Floyd is reissuing 'Animals' for its 50th anniversary with a never-heard Roger Waters song, 'Young Nicholas Jon,' and the official release of their 1977 Oakland show. Fifty years later, there's still unreleased Floyd in the vault.

Sony made a record $3.15B from recorded music and publishing in Q3, up 8.9%. Streaming alone hit $1.52B. The labels keep posting records. Make sure your share of that streaming money is actually reaching you.

Soundtrack just signed SESAC, so it's now licensed by all four major US PROs. It estimates unlicensed music in US businesses costs the industry $1.4B a year. Every gym, store and restaurant playing your song for free is money you never see.

Lul Timm and BossMan Dlow just dropped a song together after both called out artists for refusing to work with them. If nobody else will pick up the phone, link with the one who does.

Cynthia Erivo has been cast as Afeni Shakur, Tupac's mother, in the Snoop Dogg biopic. Afeni's story could carry a movie by itself, so that role had to be cast right.

Haywire's 'Flex Your Head' video documents the band taking over Times Square. "It feels like you're living outside of society's rules," says frontman Austin Sparkman. Hardcore in the middle of Midtown. That's a New York video.

Sia sold half her catalog for $180 million, covering 50% of her publishing and recorded music rights. Her music brings in about $18M a year. That's what owning your masters and your publishing is worth. Get both on paper.

Out tonight: Lil Baby's 'FRESH,' Skepta's 'The Fork and Knife,' French Montana's 'Coke Boys 7,' Jack Harlow's 'Sweet Action II,' Dej Loaf's 'OOSOOM' and Mathematics & Wu-Tang's 'Black Samson: The Saga Continues.' Stacked night. What's getting the first listen?

Christine and the Queens is back with 'Rendez-vous Avec Toi,' and returns to the stage next month to play unreleased songs from the next album for the first time. Hearing a record live before it drops is the best way to meet it.

Josh Homme says Queens of the Stone Age are in their "third act" after 'Perfecth,' and that the 2027 tour will be "beyond what we've ever done before." A band this far in is still promising to top itself. Hold him to it.

U2, Sufjan Stevens, Shygirl and Skepta all have albums coming out in November. Skepta and Shygirl are both carrying the London flag. Which one are you waiting on?

Suno wants Jason Isbell's right-of-publicity class action thrown out. Its argument is that artist names are just "shorthand" for musical genres. Your name is your brand, and an AI company is calling it a genre tag. Every artist should watch how this one gets decided.

CISAC says songwriter royalty collections hit a record €14.06B ($15.9B) in 2025. The MLC was counted for the first time, at $900M+. The money is there. Whether it reaches you depends on your registrations.

Ye's 'Heartless' came out 18 years ago today. Auto-Tune, 808s and heartbreak. Half of today's underground still lives in the lane that record opened. Favorite from 808s?

Nettspend says deals with the live event companies Echoe and MyPlots get him a cut of other rappers' shows: "Every time y'all favorite rapper goes on tour, I get a percentage." If that's real, he's thinking like an owner, not just an artist.

Ye brought out Playboi Carti in Houston last night, and they ran through six songs. That wasn't a cameo, it was a set inside the set. Fans have been begging to see those two on one stage.

Aerosmith played their first show in three years with Dave Grohl on drums, and Johnny Depp, Guns N' Roses and Liv Tyler came out too. Original drummer Joey Kramer came out for the final song. That's how you come back.

BigXthaPlug went on Club Shay Shay and said rap is dying and drill music killed hip-hop. That's a big claim from a Texas artist who's winning right now, and it's going to start some arguments. Is he right?

Yeat's grail tape 'Luh Leakyz Vol. 1' debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200. It's his 10th project in a row to chart. Fans wanted those songs for years, and they showed up for them.

Warner Music Group just bought the indie distributor Zebralution, and its co-CEOs are staying on to run it. The majors keep buying up the companies independent artists use to put out music. Know who owns your distributor.