Meet CCC 2025-2026 board candidate Patrick Smith peermusic running for the board for the first time! CCC members, his full bio can be found in your ballot, which was sent directly to you from ElectionBuddy last week Vote and be counted! Deadline for voting is Fri 5/16 12:45pmPT

.Mariah Carey's "Type Dangerous" was the #1 most added song at US radio this week, with 320 adds across formats. It earns one of the biggest add weeks of all-time (via HITSDD).

Whitney Houston earns 11 new RIAA Platinum or higher certifications during her 40th Anniversary in music & entertainment. With 3 Diamond albums, she becomes the first African American recording artist to reach this milestone! 👑🎶

US Certifications (RIAA): Whitney Houston, Run to You Platinum (1,000,000).

An album inspired by synesthesia – the ability to associate sounds with colors 🎚️→ tinyurl.com/musdel | DELAURENTIS via SonyCSL(Paris)_Music Team #BLOG #ブログ #AI #music #DELAURENTIS

Billboard 200: #6(new) TWICE (TWICE), THIS IS FOR 80,000 [16.21 million on-demand streams | 68,000 pure sales].

Bad Bunny's 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS' has now surpassed 6 billion streams on Spotify (Benito Antonio). It's the first 2025 album to reach this milestone.

If you make music, this might be the most important video you watch today. Tricky Stewart has produced for Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Justin Bieber - and when I asked him if songwriters should sign a publishing deal, he said this… Full convo with Tricky Stewart out now

How Beyonces Most Iconic Song Was Made Tricky Stewart BEYONCÉ

TWICE's "Strategy" debuts on the Hot 100 for the first time following use in 'KPop Demon Hunters', over six months after release (#92; TWICE).

It's their moment! KPop Demon Hunters is Netflix's most-watched original animated film of ALL TIME.

This August long weekend, The Tragically Hip is unlocking the vaults! 🔓 🎶 Hear The Hip Live at Marine Midland Arena, Buffalo (1996) — 21 career-spanning tracks from one of the first shows ever played at the venue. Only on The Tragically Hip Radio: sxm.app.link/mza4iyc0LQb

'Kpop Demon Hunters' has now sold over 500,000 total units in the US. It's the first 2025 soundtrack to reach this milestone.

This month’s spotlight features peermusic's Mary Megan Peer and Neville Quinlan as they reflect on their long-time partnership with CMRRA and CMRRA’s role in supporting music publishers and creators in a fast-changing industry. cmrra.ca/cmrra-at-50-co…

On the latest episode of ‘Kara’s Korner,’ we’re turning back the disco clock with the story behind “Ring My Bell” — Anita Ward’s timeless #1 hit that lit up dance floors around the world! But did you know it was originally written for a 12-year-old... about talking on the phone?

Your name in lights, they said. Thanks, Spotify. ‘Billionaire’ is out today!

Thanks Apple Music! music.apple.com/us/album/billi…

'Here For It All' marks Mariah Carey's 19th top 10 album on the Billboard 200.

Mariah Carey’s ‘Here for It All’ Tops 4 Billboard Album Charts billboard.com/music/chart-be…

In the AI Age, the Music Industry Needs New Metadata Standards. But Time Is Running Out (Guest Column) billboard.com/pro/ai-age-mus…