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YouTube Music paid out a record $8 billion to the music industry in a year

YouTube Music continues to pay out more to artists and the music industry — here's how it compares to Spotify.
The Fader

Get To Know Gqom, South Africa’s Slow-Burning Club Music

Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...
Variety

From Beyonce’s ‘My Power’ to ‘Black Panther,’ New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage

In an excerpt from the 33 â…“ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...