Daily Edit | May 20

5 / 20 / 2025

Headlines

• Billboard’s 2025 Global Power Players - these are the executives driving success for artists outside the United States [Billboard Pro]
  

• TikTok launches album campaigns for Jin of BTS, Avicii and Måneskin’s Damiano David [MBW]
  

• Courteneers’ Liam Fray helps launch new Abbey Road-designed “milestone” Manchester recording studio for grassroots musicians [NME]
  

• Why David Fincher turned the Red Hot Chili Peppers into string puppets [LA Times]
  

• Apple launches music streaming for spas and health clubs with brain-boosting science built in [HCM]
  

• New York Music Month 2025 announces full schedule [Variety]
  

• Scenic Route is underground music’s most exciting label [The Face]
  

• Music triggers rhythm and reward signals in the brain [Forbes]
  

• Why online shopping feels like a chore in 2025 [Fast Company]
  

• The one change that worked: I’ve ditched streaming for CDs - and fallen in love with music all over again [The Guardian]

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