Grammys head-scratcher: How did Billie Eilish win 2026's song of the year for her 2024 hit 'Wildflower'?

In one of the biggest surprises of the awards, Eilish and Finneas beat out category frontrunners like KPop Demon Hunters, ...
NBC New York

Music industry celebrates milestone with nearly 5 trillion streams in 2024

More music, more listeners, no problems. The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Report found. That’s up 14% from 2023, which ...

All About Alex Warren and Kouvr Annon's Relationship (Which Inspired His Hit Song 'Ordinary'!)

Alex Warren and Kouvr Annon, who got married in June 2024, were both part of TikTok’s Hype House ...
Music Business Worldwide

Songs are reaching 1bn Spotify streams 14x faster than a decade ago, and other stats from Chartmetric’s 2025 Year in Music report

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' Die With A Smile, released in August 2024, broke the Spotify record for the fastest song to reach 1 ...
Forbes

Summer Songs: ‘Ordinary’ Tops Charts—But Critics Question Whether There’s A Song Of The Summer This Year

Alex Warren’s chart-topping ballad “Ordinary” is this summer’s most popular song by the numbers, but critics and music fans have lamented that this summer seemed to have few breakout hits as the ...
PRIMETIMER

How was Wildflower nominated for a grammy? Eligibility explained as netizens question Billie Eilish winning Song of the Year for 2024 track

Netizens wondered how Billie Eilish’s song from her 2024 album Hit Me Hard and Soft was nominated for the 2026 Grammy Awards.
Rolling Stone

Benson Boone’s Breakout Single ‘Beautiful Things’ Wins 2024 IFPI Global Single Award for Top Sales

Popular music took on a number of different shapes in 2024. Shaboozey poured up a few double shots of whiskey for country, Kendrick Lamar took hating in hip-hop to new heights, and Sabrina Carpenter ...