Apple Sold $6 Billion Worth of AirPods In 2019

Apple‘s popular wireless earbuds, AirPods nearly doubled in sales to $6 billion this year. Top analyst and investor, Toni Sacconaghi Bernstein projects that Apple could sell even more — as much as 85 million AirPods in 2020 — and generate $15 billion in revenue. That is, if sales consistently rise in 2020. In …

Hilary Duff & Matthew Koma Just Got Married!

Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma just tied the knot! This power couple has been ruling the entertainment industry for years and now they’ll take it on together. You may remember Duff from TV shows like “Younger and “Lizzie McGuire.” And, singer/songwriter/producer Koma from popular EDM collaborations with Zedd, Ghastly, Tiesto, Said …

The Richest YouTuber In The World Made $26 Million In 2019 & Is 8-Years-Old

At just 8 years old, Ryan Kaji aka Ryan’s World is the highest-earning YouTube star 2019. His unboxing videos and science experiments have reportedly earned him $26 million from June 2018 to June 2019. With 22.9 million subscribers, he’s absolutely crushing the YouTube game. The young superstar has already signed a contract for his …

Rezz, Subtronics, and Alison Wonderland as Baby Yoda — Twitter Threads [PHOTOS]

The seventh episode the The Mandalorian was aired on Disney+ this week, and with it, one this year’s most viral figures: Baby Yoda. The small child, whose species is unknown except that it bears a resemblance to Jedi Master Yoda, has taken the world by storm, inspiring merchandise, tattoos, memes, …

New Netflix Movie Is About This Rising EDM Star’s Family Story

The duo  Ishaan Chaudhary and Will Curry, more popularly known as MEMBA, has made waves over the past couple years, especially as members the Foreign Family Collective. Their SAGA-II EP out earlier this year is a perfect example their talent in the studio. But Chaudhary in particular has a more interesting family history. …

EDM Absolutely Dominated The Facebook Live Video Charts for 2019

Every year, it seems that new media mediums are popping up. And if they’re there, why not track them? Billboard developed its own Top Facebook Live Videos chart, a monthly look at the widest-reaching and most-reacted-to videos posted by musicians on Facebook Live, as tracked by media analytics company Shareablee. The …

Audien Shares his Inspirations and Challenges with 'Escapism' [Interview]

The last times we talked about Audien, it was around the release his latest singles for his then upcoming debut album. The singles “Buzzing” with singer/songwriting enigma Nevve and “Favorite Sound” with indie-pop band Echosmith became teasers to a new chapter in Audien’s musical career. Fast forward to now where the …

Marc Benjamin Revives Classic 90's Anthem Into End Of The Year Delight

Dutch DJ/producer Marc Benjamin is back with his brand new single ‘All The Time’, giving a classic Eiffel 65 song an impressive tweak. It’s resulted in an incredibly polished slice dance-pop, fusing melodic tones to create this winter’s next dancefloor anthem, ficially out now on Spinnin’ Records. Marc Benjamin has …

The Best Selling EDM Vinyl of the Decade Should Come As No Surprise

Daft Punk‘s iconic album Random Access Memories is ficially the best-selling dance music album on vinyl the decade. According to Official Charts, Random Access Memories beat out every other dance music album in vinyl sales over the past 10 years. In the UK, it placed as the 62nd 100 best-selling vinyl record the 2010s. The …

Velvet Code Delivers Powerful Interview About Music And Beyond

VELVET CODE (real name Marlon Wurmitzer) is a Canadian electropop artist, DJ, and producer based in Toronto. As a songwriter and music producer, Velvet Code’s influences include Madonna, Freddie Mercury, Robyn, and Muse. His music can be described as a modern take on 1980’s pop with heavy influences electropop and …

Subtronics and Zeds Dead Finally Release "Bumpy Teeth"

Popular music producers, and Subtronics have ficially released their exciting new collaboration “Bumpy Teeth.” Fans have been waiting for a collaboration like this for quite some time, especially because Subtronics’ sudden breakout this year. Thankfully, the waiting has finally ended and now we all have the chance to listen to …

REPORT: YouTube Views Will Count Towards Album Charting In 2020

YouTube plays will soon count toward Billboard‘s most reputable albums chart, according to a new report. Starting January 3rd and moving forward, the publication will incorporate YouTube views for the Billboard 200 chart. Music video streams from other services — Apple Music, TIDAL and VEVO — will also be counted for. As the …

Madeon Says FL Studio Is “Objectively” The Best DAW – Here’s Why

If you’ve ever wondered how Madeon makes such gorgeous creations, he tells all in a new interview with Music Radar. Madeon reveals tips and tricks music production and songwriting he’s picked up along the way. From his earliest, humble beginnings, trying to sound like Daft Punk with Audacity effects, to making …

Grabbitz Releases Captivating Club Mix Of His Latest Hit, "Roam With You"

Grabbitz released his newest original single “Roam With You” last month, further proving his multi-instrumentalist and forward thinking pop prowess. Of course, he’s been proving that since he started switching things up late 2018 with “Polaroid” so this really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. But, I’d be lying …

REPORT: Tekashi 6ix9ine Will Be Released from Prison This Week

According to various reports, rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine could be released from jail as early as this Wednesday. An original report from OnSmash suggested that all charges were being dropped and that Tekashi would be released within 72 hours. In January this year, Tekashi, real name Daniel Hernandez, plead guilty to nine federal counts, including …

Nitti Gritti and Ookay Release New Collaboration "Loko"

Music producer, Nitti Gritti, has released his new track “Loko,” which features popular dance music artist, Ookay. This collaboration has been repeatedly played during his performance sets and there is a definite reason for that. The new single features an incredible bassline along with } }, // Articles – recommendations …

REPORT: Juice WRLD’s Initial Autopsy Results Are In

Juice WRLD‘s initial autopsy has been deemed “inconclusive,” according to a new report. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office released a statement on Monday calling for more studies to determine his cause death. Cardiac pathology, neuropathology, toxicology and histology will be necessary to determine what exactly happened. Furthermore, Chicago police spokesman …

Spotify Reveals Its Own Best Dance Songs of the Decade Playlist

Plenty publications like Rolling Stone, Billboard, or Pitchfork have been putting out best tracks the decade lists… and those are all well and good, but they’re inherently subjective and might be missing your favorite genre or your favorite artist, what have you. Plus, they’re somewhat limited by arbitrary numbers like …

Solarstone Presents Pure Trance Vol. 8, Mixed by Solarstone & Activa

It’s come a long way, baby! When the first ‘Pure Trance’ was released in November 2012, the genre’s landscape was remarkably different. Nefarious hands had again been at work – cynically drip-feeding poppy-pollutants into trance’s system. Inorganic quick-hit sugar highs that threatened its otherwise rich ecosystem, someone had to stand …

Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs of 2019 List Features So Little EDM It's Sad

When it comes to reviewing electronic music, Pitchfork holds itself to a pretty high standard. Never really venturing into the “EDM” side EDM, its writers tend to gravitate toward more haute producers like Bonobo, Four Tet, DJ Tennis, Richie Hawtin, and the like. Pitchfork just released its 100 Best Songs …

Juice WRLD Dead at 21 After Seizure in Chicago's Midway Airport

According to an exclusive by TMZ and corroborated by other media outlets, popular young rapper Juice WRLD has died at the age 21. He suffered a seizure at Chicago’s Midway Airport early this morning. “Juice’s flight from California landed early Sunday morning and, after deplaning …,” writes TMZ, “witnesses tell us he …

The Chainsmokers Finally Release Their New Album, Including Kygo & blink-182 Collabs

Nearly ten months to the day since The Chainsmokers dropped the first single from what would become World War Joy, “Who Do You Love,” the full album is finally here. Keeping up on the release strategy first employed by their last album, Sick Boy, they’ve continued to add singles one by one …

David Guetta Plays Never Before Heard Song with Avicii

This evening in Stockholm, dozens Avicii’s closest friends and collaborators gathered together and performed a rare concert in his memory. Among the DJs who performed ahead the Avicii tribute performance were David Guetta, Kygo, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Laidback Luke and Nicky Romero. At one point during David Guetta’s set, …

Blink-182's Travis Barker Remixes Illenium & Jon Bellion's Smash Hit "Good Things Fall Apart"

Last week, Travis Barker was on stage with The Chainsmokers playing their new song “P.S. I Hope You’re Happy” at the Forum in Los Angeles. Yesterday, he dropped a new remix “Good Things Fall Apart” by Illenium & Jon Bellion. The poppy original gets transformed into a driving rock ballad, …

Zedd Teases Long-Awaited New Album

It will be five years in 2020 since we last got an album from Zedd. But thankfully, the wait should soon be over. Of course, it’s not like the German/Russian producer hasn’t been putting out a ton music since True Colors. He’s been pumping out some his most commercially successful material …

On-Demand Streaming Passes 1 Trillion Mark In US for First Time In One Year

For the first time ever, combined on-demand audio and video streams in the US have surpassed one trillion in a calendar year, with 1.002 trillion streams currently. It’s expected to reach as high as 1.2 trillion by the end 2019. An on-demand stream refers to any digital audio/video downloaded by request and …

REPORT: The Chainsmokers are Executive Producers of a New TV Drama Series

The Chainsmokers are executive producers a new television series, ‘Demo.’ The duo consisting  Alex Pall and Drew Taggart are reportedly working on the drama, currently in the development stages at Freeform. ‘Demo’ follows an aspiring songwriter making her way through the music business, something The Chainsmokers can certainly relate to and …

LISTEN: Daft Punk's Classic "One More Time" Was Released 19 Years Ago Today

Daft Punk’s album Discovery is one the best collections songs ever presented in electronic music, and it all begins with this song: “One More Time.” Today, the classic turns 19 years old. “One More Time” is one those songs that, even if you don’t listen to electronic music or aren’t even …

Avicii, The Chainsmokers Lose Favorite EDM Artist At The 2019 AMAs

The American Music Awards are happening now and here are the full list categories, nominees, and winners — updated live! Big winners the night so far include Billie Eilish, BTS, Taylor Swift, Halsey and more. However, there’s plenty more to be announced. Avicii, Marshmello, and The Chainsmokers are up for favorite EDM …

Flume Unleashes 109 Song Playlist Of His Favorite New Music

Flume has taken over Apple Music‘s Future Sounds playlist. Considering the Grammy Award-winning artist has dabbled with dance, pop, R&B, hip hop and beyond, there’s no producer better equipped to select the sounds the future. In total, the playlist features 109 songs from an assortment artists. That includes music from Tyler, The Creator, Alison …

FULL LIST: All The Winners from The American Music Awards Tonight

The American Music Awards are happening now and here are the full list categories, nominees, and winners — updated live! Big winners the night so far include Billie Eilish, BTS, Taylor Swift, Halsey and more. However, there’s plenty more to be announced. Avicii, Marshmello, and The Chainsmokers are up for favorite EDM …

Kanye West Seriously Played House Music During His Sunday Service at Joel Osteen's Church

Last weekend Kanye West took over Joel Osteen‘s Lakewood Church in Houston to perform a very special Sunday Service. The JESUS IS KING producer pulled out all the stops for the service, including his popular 2004 hit “Jesus Walks.” Plus, several church-themed song selections from his most recent album. Kanye also surprised the …

REPORT: Kanye West Denied Permit To Build New Venue On His Wyoming Ranch

Kanye West‘s request to build a “meditation” amphitheater on his Wyoming ranch has been denied. According to multiple reports, West applied for a permit with the Park County Planning and Zoning Commission last month. He was hoping to build a 70,000 square-foot amphitheater on his new property for “meditation only,” but later …

New Artist Profile: May Devun Combines Soul, Experimental Electronica and Classical With 'Say the Words'

With her third single “Say the Words,” vocalist and songwriter May Devun has already shown a major evolution in style since her first single. With her impressive and diverse vocal range, she really could have taken her stripped down soulful style in any direction so it’s a pleasant surprise that …

Breathe Carolina Transcend Genre with Full Length LP ‘DEADTHEALBUM’

Coming from a DIY background that has seen Breathe Carolina craft rock’n’roll-influenced anthems, over to emo-tinged bangers and as they’ve grown and come full-circle, electronic efforts bridging pop and dance the highest caliber have been celebrated from the two the industry over. From performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, to taking …

Yellow Claw Talks About New Album, New Music, EDC Orlando, Barong Family, and More in this EDM Sauce Interview

The Dutch DJ duo, , has been one the biggest dance music figures in the world for quite some time. The two recently released their new track “Amsterdammed” and are expecting to release their new album, Never Dies, on December 6. Before their EDC Orlando set, EDM Sauce had the …

Marshmello Unleashes Huge New Collab with Blackbear and YUNGBLUD

Marshmello dropped his latest album, Joytime III, earlier this year, leading to one the longest droughts in music for the producer yet. Though, even four months seems relatively short for this production powerhouse. He returns now with “Tongue Tied,” a collaboration with YUNGBLUD and blackbear. Sonically, it fits in with Mello’s …

Your EDM Premiere: We Must Emotionally Prepare for the New SCAR Album With 'The Seeker' [Metalheadz]

We’re only a few days away from the release SCAR’s new 15-track mega album, High Fives & Devil Eyes. The title instantly connotes this release will not be for the faint heart and it certainly delivers. With lots dark and heavy beats, interesting experimental interludes and surprising pops melody, High Fives & …

Flume Reveals How He Made One of His Greatest Hits: “Say It” with Tove Lo

Flume breaks down one his most incredible productions to date, “Say It” featuring Tove Lo. With “Say It,” Flume says he took a “quite bold and up front” pop song and surrounded it with intricacies and distortions. He believes overall message matched with the production makes for a truly powerful …

Armin van Buuren Breaks Down Each Track On His New Album 'Balance', Exclusively On Deezer

Trance legend DJ sat down with streaming service Deezer to chat about what inspired his new ‘Balance’. The recorded Deezer Originals session was done at ADE, where Armin opened up about the things he’s learned and what makes this album different. “It’s a departure from the trancey Armin van Buuren …

Rick & Morty Is Finally Back! How To Watch The Season Premiere

Rick and Morty are finally back in action! Season four the outrageously popular Adult Swim series just premiered and the dynamic duo is back to their usual shenanigans. Behold, the latest installment, “Edge Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat.” This season Rick and Morty continue their epic adventures with five brand new episodes. Per …

Dua Lipa Is Dropping A New Disco Album

Dua Lipa is changing up her sound with a forthcoming album she describes as “nostalgic” and “disco-themed.” The pop star’s hotly anticipated sophomore album promises a funkier vibe, perfect for getting down on the dance floor. Dua’s new sound can be heard loud and clear on her new single, “Don’t …

The Chainsmokers' Storytelling Shines Through with New Single "Push My Luck"

The Chainsmokers are well into their World War Joy Tour and simply aren’t letting up. Today, they treat us to a fresh, new single called “Push My Luck.” Running with the style fans know and love them for, the duo drops a st, melodic production worth obsessing over. The Chainsmokers’ …

The Daft Punk Orchestra Returns To Tour This Holiday Season

Daft Punk isn’t touring, so we have to get our fix somehow! The next best thing, the Daft Punk Orchestra, is coming to England’s Morecambe Winter Gardens this season. For die-hard fans, this is a performance a lifetime. Just imagine, the duo’s impressive catalog, completely transformed by classic instruments. The duo’s timeless music will …