The Best African Music Performance category is on fire at the 2025 Grammy Awards
By Carlos Passage The deadline for submitting recordings for the newly created Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance is August 29th. A significant number of musicians, especially Afrobeats musicians, are excited about the possibility of being nominated and, of course, winning and becoming internationally recognized at the upcoming Grammy Awards, which will be presented […]
DJ Mag announces Top 100 DJs 2025 award show at [UNVRS] Ibiza
The world’s most prestigious celebration of electronic music arrives in Ibiza for the very first time. DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs Awards show will take place at [UNVRS] Ibiza this year. Taking place on Tuesday 30th September 2025, the 32nd edition of the Top 100 DJs will gather the world’s leading electronic artists to celebrate […]
Goodbye Eddie Palmieri
By Carlos Passage Eddie Palmieri, the legendary pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Puerto Rican descent who revolutionized Latin jazz and salsa during a career spanning more than seven decades, has died at the age of 88. Palmieri died on Wednesday (August 6) at his home in New Jersey. Eddie Palmieri was the first Latin […]
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How Billboard Charts Are Made?
Billboard was founded in 1894, but its charts didn’t begin publishing until 1940. In the late 1950s, the industry’s two most important and influential charts were created: the Billboard 200 (1956) and the Hot 100 (1958). The Billboard 200 reports the best-selling albums, while the Hot 100 ranks the most popular songs from coast to […]
DJ Premier and Roc Marciano share new track, ‘Prayer Hands’, from forthcoming project
DJ Premier and Roc Marciano have shared a new track. ‘Prayer Hands’ is taken from the forthcoming joint project by the longstanding hip-hop artists, ‘The Coldest Profession’, which is out on 8th August via TTT. Speaking about the project, Premier said: “Roc always makes sure to never go in the direction of the expected types. […]
Amelie Lens remixes Anyma’s ‘Voices In My Head’
Amelie Lens has remixed Anyma’s collaboration with ARGY and Son Of Son, ‘Voices In My Head’. Out now via her own EXHALE label, the remix follows the release earlier this year of the original song as part of Anyma’s ‘The End Of Genesys’ project. Lens’ take on the track transforms it into a crunching, peak-time […]
Applications open for Help Musicians & DJ Mag’s Electronic Music Award in support of early career artists
30 promising electronic music artists will be granted support and various tools to help develop their music and build sustainable future careers. Applications for the next round of Help Musicians and DJ Mag’s Electronic Music Award are now open. The annual 12-month career accelerator programme provides funding, opportunities and mentorship to 30 promising electronic music artists. […]
Inside Eric Prydz’s Holosphere 2.0, a Show (And Eventual Tour) Five Years in the Making
Six years ago this month, Eric Prydz debuted his technological masterpiece of a show, Holosphere, at Tomorrowland 2019. The Swedish producer and his team spent two years conceptualizing and building the structure, visuals and music for Holosphere, which Prydz then performed exactly one time. This had not been the plan. The internet was instantly aflame […]
Mexico City’s Yu Yu Club reopening at new location in September
After closing in 2024, the CDMX venue will return in a former casino with the likes of Laurel Halo, Marie Davidson, Daniel Avery, HAAi and more. Yu Yu Club is reopening in Mexico City this September. After its initial run in Colonia Juárez where it operated from 2017 to 2024, Yu Yu will return in […]
