YouTube has said it has paid the music industry $1bn (£794m) in royalties this year - but record companies have responded by claiming it is not enough.
The Chinese internet giant’s digital music app tops the charts in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia with 50 million downloads, says McKinsey
Escape the Hong Kong chill with hot beats in Singapore at Zoukout and Laneway, the Wonderfruit and Paradise Island festivals in Thailand and at India’s Sunburn four-dayer
Bob Dylan says he not only wants to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in December, but he also hopes to return to China.
Clapping of audience at Egypt's Opera House lasted several minutes after an Egyptian orchestra composed of blind girls magically performed one of the most famous pieces of Beethoven.
Famed Chinese pianist Lang Lang raised over 2 million U.S. dollars for music education during a gala concert dinner in New York on Monday.
Replete in a stunning violet traditional dress while on an iconic dragon boat historically reserved for royalty, Le Nhi's dulcet tones created a melancholic ambience in the evening as she sang a Hue folk song on a river in central Vietnam.
Amazon.com Inc and Pandora Media Inc are planning to launch new versions of their streaming music services in coming weeks, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing several anonymous people with knowledge of the matter.
We have seen too many independent musicians have to make a living by teaching piano, says Wallace Kwok, one of those teaching Hong Kong bands on three-month business skills programme
Lacking connections and unwilling to conform to the city’s sterile mainstream scene, Berklee College of Music graduates Joyce Cheung and Mark Tai pursue personal ventures in the hope they’ll be heard
As a barometer of a society’s inclusivity and as the crucible where modern dance music was forged, the gay nightclub has a huge significance, and not just for its patrons
Father of modern Nepali music and composer of the country's national anthem Amber Gurung died at the age of 79 on Tuesday morning.
David Bowie, Prince, Glenn Frey, Maurice White, Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner, Frank Sinatra Jnr among those to have died in first four months - and with each death, we lose a part of ourselves
Prince, the prodigious musical talent and relentless innovator, created a hybrid of rock and funk. The 57-year-old musician died Thursday at his home in Minnesota
Chinese Internet users have long been fond of downloading the latest chart-topping songsfrom music websites or online portals, as most sites offer the tunes for free.
Renowned New Orleans jazz saxophonist to make his debut in the city playing classical music with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan play host to Asia’s finest festivals during spring and summer. Here are our top seven
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