I closed my Last.fm account in 2019 and didn't think anything of it, until I signed back up recently. Right away, it felt like I was catching up with an old friend who had some new stories to tell me.

When host Peter O’Dowd asked his 13-year-old daughter what songs are popular on TikTok right now, she responded with “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” by Paul Anka from 1959. Music writer Ted Gioia has ...

All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs — how did we get here, and is there a way back? The new music market is actually shrinking. All the growth in the market is coming from ...