Pitbull Plans to Replace Childhood Home With Mr. 305 Headquarters

It’s the latest addition to an ever-growing Miami business empire that stretches well beyond music. December 31, 2025: Pitbull performs “Give Me Everything” onstage at “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” 2026. Christopher Polk/Penske Media Trending on Billboard Pitbull has never been shy about repping his 305 rootsContinue Reading

Latest Music Industry Hires: beatBread, Moises, Sony Music Publishing, iHeartMedia, Academy of Country Music, More

Christine Barnum, beatBread’s new head of financial operations. Photo Credit: beatBread Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of March 6th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a jobContinue Reading

Harry Styles, Ayra Starr, aespa & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote!

This week also brought new releases from R&B singer Yebba and Mexican rock band The Warning. Harry Styles at The BRIT Awards 2026 held at Co-op Live on February 28, 2026 in Manchester, England. Zak Hussein/Billboard Trending on Billboard Grammy-winning pop superstar Harry Styles leads this New Music Friday withContinue Reading

Apple Music Now Requires AI ‘Transparency Tags’ for All Uploaded Music—Here Are the Guidelines

Photo Credit: Daniel Cañibano Apple Music is introducing new metadata requirements aimed at providing better transparency around AI-generated content on the platform. Apple Music has launched “Transparency Tags,” a new system of metadata requirements aimed at disclosing content on the platform. According to details confirmed to Digital Music News, recordContinue Reading

Pipeline Officially Acquires Clarty, Says It’s Transformed ‘Into a Data-Driven, End-to-End Music Asset Financing Platform’

Clarty co-founders Pierre Suignard (left) and Stéphane Hubert. Photo Credit: Pipeline B2B advance specialist Pipeline is putting its $200 million war chest to good use, as it’s officially acquired catalog appraiser Clarty Partners. London-based Pipeline reached out with word of the Clarty purchase today, a month and change after settingContinue Reading

“I took the one lesson and left and never went back. I got to learn how to play guitar by myself”: Joan Jett on defying stereotypes and teaching herself guitar by playing along to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath records

(Image credit: John Shearer/Getty Images for FIREAID) Joan Jett may now be known as the Godmother of Punk. However, it was thanks to her chutzpah that the Runaways co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and I Love Rock ’n’ Roll hitmaker got to play electric guitar in the first place – especially afterContinue Reading