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Taylor Swift Wasn’t the Only Winner of Physical Sales in 2025

By Robert Steiner

March 31, 2026

— 4 min read

How New Franchise Releases Drive Legal and Illegal Streaming

By Tyler Aquilina

March 27, 2026

— 3 min read

Why Country Music’s Top Stars Loom Larger Than in Other Genres

By Grant Gregory

March 17, 2026

— 3 min read

Music

Taylor Swift Wasn’t the Only Winner of Physical Sales in 2025

Why Country Music’s Top Stars Loom Larger Than in Other Genres

How Anime Is Key to J-Pop’s Global Expansion

2016 Nostalgia Sends the Era’s Hits Surging on Streaming

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. on AI’s Future in Music

Artist Awareness: Measuring What It Takes to Be a Household Name

Film & TV

How New Franchise Releases Drive Legal and Illegal Streaming

How Sports Are Helping Peacock Originals Fly Higher

How Season-Over-Season Growth Measures Success in Streaming

Why Big Streamers Are Thinking Small at Film Festivals

How Netflix’s Streaming Dominance Ebbed in 2025

‘Stranger Things’ Viewership Is Huge — But Beware the Decay Curve

Intelligence

How On-Screen Diversity Is Changing Inside and Outside Hollywood

Keeping Young Demos Could Prove Key for Roblox

Is DVD the New Vinyl? The Silver Lining to Spiraling Disc Spend

BMG+Concord Deal Would Underscore the Power of Music Publishing

The Spending Ceiling Stifling U.S. Video Consumers

Gaming Industry Off to a Shaky 2026

Luminate News

Luminate and TME Chart Enter New Partnership, Bringing Chinese Music Data to Luminate’s Industry-Leading Global Data Set for the First Time

Luminate, Billboard’s longtime official Charts partner, will track streaming and sales metrics from TME platforms, including QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, and JOOX, through the…

Luminate and Epic Games Enter New Partnership As More Artists Look Towards Gaming Activations to Connect with Fans

New Agreement Adds Music Streaming Metrics from Fortnite Jam Tracks to Luminate’s Industry-Leading Music Data Platform CONNECT…

Global Entertainment Data Company Luminate and Korea’s KreatorsNetwork Sign New Partnership Agreement

KreatorsNetwork has acquired exclusive licensing rights to Luminate’s global music streaming data in Korea…

Entertainment Data Leader Luminate Launches New ‘Luminate Index’ to Evaluate the Cultural Influence of Music Artists

Luminate Announces New Deal with Sony Audio as Strategic Data Partner for Aligning Deeper Cultural Connections between the Brand and Relevant Audiences…

Global Entertainment Data Provider Luminate and Hanshin Contents Link Sign New Partnership Agreement

Hanshin Contents Link has acquired exclusive licensing rights to Luminate’s global music streaming data in Japan…

Luminate Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024

Luminate, the global entertainment data and insights provider, has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024….