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Over the almost 500 episodes of the Inner Circle podcast I’ve had some excellent guests that are true legends in the music business. One is the late Al Schmitt, who unfortunately left us in 2021.  Al won 20 Grammy awards over his long career, recorded and mixed over 150 gold and platinum albums, and even had his own star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame appropriately in front of his beloved […]

One of the things about social media is that you can be using it every day but not see the big picture. That’s usually because we get focused on a platform or two and don’t venture beyond that much. If you’re an artist that wants to expand your audience however, you probably want to know what platforms are hot or not. Social Media Today keeps track of these things and […]

At some point in the last few years, you may have found yourself torn between getting yourself yet another cup of coffee or walking towards the fridge for a Guayakí Yerba Mate. The drink contains a little less caffeine than your average joe but tastes like a flavored tea, although it actually isn’t a tea at all. Yerba Mate has become wildly popular over the last couple of decades, and […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list includes Thalia‘s regional Mexican music ballad, Omar Apollo‘s personal EP, and Drake reuniting with Bad Bunny. Also on the list: La Factoría returns with Eddy Lover, Ana Tijoux honors the memory of her late sister, and Leon Leiden joins forces with Juliana. Plus, Mau y Ricky‘s genre-bending track and Feid‘s nostalgia reggaeton banger. Thalia, “Bebé, Perdón” When […]

A few weeks ago we looked at the Spotify Billion Stream club, now it’s time for YouTube’s Billion View Club. According to YouTube there are 450 songs that have reached at least a billion views, but not all of them are music videos. If you look at the top 10, only 4 are music videos while the rest are children’s songs, although you might say that “Baby Shark Dance” is […]

The first big horror release of October, the first of three new Exorcist movies, is coming to theaters this weekend. Despite the once-in-a-blue-moon Friday the 13th this October, the studio decided to move the movie back a week to avoid competition with Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert film, which is already selling out across the country. It might have been for the best, though, because The Exorcist: Believer is pretty […]

The biggest Latin stars shined bright last night at the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Peso Pluma, Bad Bunny, and Karol G were among the big winners. The awards also highlighted legendary acts like Ivy Queen, La Factoría, and Los Ángeles Azules. Here are five of our favorite moments from the all-star event, which aired live from Coral Gables, FL. Ivy Queen Gets Her Well-Deserved Flowers Ivy Queen was honored […]

On average, Latinas are paid just 52 cents for every dollar paid to white, non Hispanic men – a decrease from 54 cents in 2021. This number includes part-time workers, gig workers, and migrant and seasonal workers, as well as Latinas working full-time, year round. Actors Lisa Vidal and Diana Maria Riva are the co-founders of the group Latinas Acting Up, an organization representing underpaid and exploited Latinas and workers […]

On my latest podcast episode: Jesper Skibsby, CEO of radio monitoring service WARM, talks about why radio metrics are overlooked by indie artists yet so important, why radio is still the biggest driver of music consumption worldwide, how the internet has actually boosted radio music listening, and much more. A look at what the effect of Songtradr’s acquisition of Bandcamp might be. And why super-long albums don’t fit with today’s […]