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The Week in Review: Sept 18-24, 2026 hypebot.com/the-week-in-revi… hypebot.com/the-week-in-revi…

The Week in Review: Sept 18-24, 2026

Here's a rundown of some of our favorite stories from this week on Hypebot. As always, thanks for reading and being part of our growing community of artists, managers, and industry pros. Top Stories...

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Global Music Has More Than One Map, New Chartmetric Report Finds hypebot.com/global-music-has… hypebot.com/global-music-has…

Global Music Has More Than One Map, New Chartmetric Report Finds

Mexico, Japan, Brazil, India and Nigeria are all producing major artists. The routes their music takes beyond their borders look very different.

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How Does Dave Matthews Get Prime Placement and Not Us!? hypebot.com/how-does-dave-ma… hypebot.com/how-does-dave-ma…

How Does Dave Matthews Get Prime Placement and Not Us!?

This exclusive excerpt from David Fagin's "Confessions of a Musical Masochist" describes a darkly funny yet revealing episode in his dealings with Napster.

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Backstage Pass: Kevin Sellors of Soapbox on Human Experiences in Live Music Tech hypebot.com/backstage-pass-k… hypebot.com/backstage-pass-k…

Backstage Pass: Kevin Sellors of Soapbox on Human Experiences in Live Music Tech

Soapbox founder and CEO Kevin Sellors talks to us about his mission to bring high-fidelity, high-tech live music into people's homes (without AI).

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Syd Doesn’t Need to Fill the Stage to Fill a Room hypebot.com/syd-doesnt-need-… hypebot.com/syd-doesnt-need-…

Syd Doesn’t Need to Fill the Stage to Fill a Room

As Syd prepares to take "Beard" on tour, her minimal stage presence is a reminder that concerts can feel bigger when the music has room to breathe.

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Gigwell Opens Its Booking Toolbox to Artists and Independent Promoters hypebot.com/gigwell-opens-it… hypebot.com/gigwell-opens-it…

Gigwell Opens Its Booking Toolbox to Artists and Independent Promoters

Gigwell has launched free tools that help independent artists, agents and promoters create booking documents, calculate show costs and settle gigs.

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Pennies Earned: What MILEY's Schedule Says About Burnout Culture Today hypebot.com/pennies-earned-w…

Pennies Earned: What MILEY's Schedule Says About Burnout Culture Today

Pennies Earned is a monthly column deconstructing music PR case studies that maximize positioning, partnerships, and strategy, in actionable ways.

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Pennies Earned: What MILEY's Schedule Says About Burnout Culture Today hypebot.com/pennies-earned-w… hypebot.com/pennies-earned-w…

Pennies Earned: What MILEY's Schedule Says About Burnout Culture Today

Pennies Earned is a monthly column deconstructing music PR case studies that maximize positioning, partnerships, and strategy, in actionable ways.

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What GTA 6 Understands About Music That Your Label Doesn't hypebot.com/what-gta-6-under…

What GTA 6 Understands About Music That Your Label Doesn't

Grand Theft Auto VI’s music turn fleeting streams into lasting fans because players discover songs inside a world they’ll return to for years.

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What It Actually Takes to Read Music Without Sight (and What AI Can Help Solve) hypebot.com/what-it-actually… hypebot.com/what-it-actually…

What It Actually Takes to Read Music Without Sight (and What AI Can Help Solve)

How accessible scores and Braille music make concert prep possible, and why reliable tools today matter more than AI’s promised future.

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Who Is an "Album Artist" in the Streaming Era (Part II)? hypebot.com/who-is-an-album-…

Who Is an "Album Artist" in the Streaming Era (Part II)?

Following on from women of pop, I look here at male pop artists, (male) hip hop artists and (mostly male) bands.

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Watch: Jai Alai IPA x Raise the Stage — 3rd & Lindsley hypebot.com/watch-jai-alai-i… hypebot.com/watch-jai-alai-i…

Watch: Jai Alai IPA x Raise the Stage — 3rd & Lindsley

The fourth video in Jai Alai IPA and NIVA's "Raise The Stage" series is out now; each of which spotlights an influential independent music venue.

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Taming Horses hypebot.com/taming-horses/ hypebot.com/taming-horses/

Taming Horses

How do you preserve authorship in the face of powerful technology?

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Spotify Now Lets Listeners Tell Its Algorithm What They Want hypebot.com/spotify-now-lets… hypebot.com/spotify-now-lets…

Spotify Now Lets Listeners Tell Its Algorithm What They Want

Spotify’s Taste Profile gives eligible Premium listeners a way to describe what they want to hear next. Here’s how to use it, and why this matters.

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TuneCore Will Match Artists’ Nature Donations Through End of 2026 hypebot.com/tunecore-will-ma… hypebot.com/tunecore-will-ma…

TuneCore Will Match Artists’ Nature Donations Through End of 2026

Artists can direct a share of their streaming royalties to conservation projects, with TuneCore matching their contributions through December.

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Remembering Morris Ballen (1938-2026) hypebot.com/remembering-morr… hypebot.com/remembering-morr…

Remembering Morris Ballen (1938-2026)

Morris Ballen, long time owner and CEO of Disc Makers, passed away Monday. Here, he is remembered by Tony Van Veen in a touching tribute.

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6 Tour Announcements That Made Us Stop Scrolling This Week hypebot.com/6-tour-announcem… hypebot.com/6-tour-announcem…

6 Tour Announcements That Made Us Stop Scrolling This Week

Touring Radar tracks newly announced dates that say something bigger about the business of live music. Here's what's catching our eye this week.

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What a Grammy FYC Campaign Actually Looks Like If You're Independent hypebot.com/what-a-grammy-fy… hypebot.com/what-a-grammy-fy…

What a Grammy FYC Campaign Actually Looks Like If You're Independent

No label, no publicist, no big backer — Yaya Diamond reveals the real cost of running a Grammy FYC campaign as a fully independent artist.

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Australia’s Festivals Have an Itsy Bitsy Visa Problem hypebot.com/australias-festi…

Australia’s Festivals Have an Itsy Bitsy Visa Problem

Who actually operates Australia’s summer live circuit? Apparently backpackers erect fencing and stages, scan wristbands, staff bars and help with loading.

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An LLM Flagged 1,632 Videos. One Was Real. hypebot.com/an-llm-flagged-1… hypebot.com/an-llm-flagged-1…

An LLM Flagged 1,632 Videos. One Was Real.

We rebuilt our copyright triage from scratch. An LLM flagged four of five videos. The only signal that worked read who uploaded a video, not its content.

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