The photo is also an actual representation of my face after seeing dozens of publications around the world writing about the news I broke without naming either Billboard or me.

India is now among #Spotify's top five markets in terms of users, but it's some years away from being one of its top five markets in terms of revenue. My report for billboard. billboard.com/pro/india-spot…

#WinnersAnnouncementSoon Read what our jury Amit Gurbaxani has to share about #TIMDAwards2023, being on the panel and including his insights on the emerging talents who were shortlisted for the awards. #music #india #indian #indianmusic #indianmusicscene #indianbands

Further proof that India is attracting the world's hottest acts: Nigerian star REMA, who has the No.1 international song in the country, and is in the top of the Billboard Hot 100 right now, will visit our shores in May. insider.in/rema-india-tou…

Wasn’t there for DILJIT DOSANJH’s history making Coachella performance but I watched the (rebroadcast of the) livestream and of course, I took down the set list. #Indiatotheworld

Yesterday, Indian music industry bodies IMI and ISRA announced a deal - without actual details in the press release. Don't worry: Amit Gurbaxani has the info on how performance royalties for music recordings in India will now be shared with artists... musically.com/2023/04/25/ind…

This week, Akhila S and I discuss a controversial topic about which, as always, we pull no punches. We talk about how this is a "play safe" crisis rather than a "creative" crisis but it's clear Hindi film music has been in a near-decade-long slump. open.spotify.com/episode/57m20P…

Hey LG India, life is definitely not good with the customer service you provide. My six-month-old fridge hasn't been working for three weeks. After the engineer could not fix it, every single day I've followed up, I am given the same one-word response, if I get a response at all.

Trying my best to keep this sheet as updated as possible. Decided to repost after it reached over 100 releases. As always, if you know of something that's not on here - albums (seven tracks or more) and EPs (three to six tracks) only, please - let me know. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

An update to the entire LG-fridge fiasco. linkedin.com/posts/amit-gur…

On this week's episode of The Indian Music Charts Podcast, Akhila S and I discuss something I've written about several times before: why India's music industry urgently needs to come up with a better term than "non-film music". lnkfi.re/KAJO1Q6j

😲'The Indian Music Charts Podcast' is among the top five most listened to shows in India this week on Apple Podcasts. Akhila S and I never imagined our show sitting aside the most popular series in the country. Thank you for listening! lnkfi.re/KAJO1Q6j

People of the Twitter...eh X-verse, is anybody facing a problem renewing their The New York Times subscription? Tried credit and debit card but it just doesn't go through. The bank says it could be on the list of barred subscription sites.

Add #jcole to the list of acts rumoured to be touring India this festival season. independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

India is Spotify's eighth biggest market for hip-hop globally. (Context: India is among Spotify's top five biggest markets in terms of users.) The No.1 song on the platform in India right now is "Cheques" by Punjabi rapper-singer #Shubh. #50yearsofhiphop

Fellow Indian '80s kids, why is it that I can't believe it's only 30 years since the release of #Khalnayak (1993) but feel it has to be at least 40 years since the release of #KhoonBhariMaang (1988)?

Big moment for Indian regional music and Tamil music in particular as Anirudh Ravichander’s music got #Jailer hits #1 on Spotify weekly charts, a first for the language. Amit Gurbaxani and I get into the details of how and why it was imminent: open.spotify.com/episode/3MZGWQ…

A friend has one 2 day pass & one day ticket for tomorrow for Mahindra Blues which is not being used. He's happy to offer a 10% discount RT for good karma and DM if interested Amit Gurbaxani Bobin James Vardhman Jain

indiatoday.in/magazine/leisu… all my favs by my fav IndiaToday Amit Gurbaxani Nikhil 🫶

Returning here only to let #KPOP fans know that Akhila S and I finally did an episode on the genre for The Indian Music Charts Podcast, with special guest Riddhi Chakraborty 🏳️‍🌈, who shares her guestimate for when #BTS or #BLACKPINK might tour our shores. lnkfi.re/KAJO1Q6j