https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/anghami-arabic-summer-hamaki-mena-streaming-economy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/anghami-arabic-summer-hamaki-mena-streaming-economy Anghami says summer 2026 was one of its strongest for Arabic music, led by Mohamed Hamaki's album with 71 million streams and 18 of its Top 20 chart slots. Behind the charts is a company whose US$99.3m revenue and 3.5 million paid subscribers include a video service, and whose growth runs through telcos, device bundles and exclusives. Here is what that means for independent Arabic artists. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrystreaminganghamimenaarabic-musicindependent-artistsbundles https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/03/ifpi-2026-global-music-map-regional-growth https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/03/ifpi-2026-global-music-map-regional-growth IFPI says recorded music revenue grew 6.4% to US$31.7bn in 2025, with growth in every region and Latin America fastest at 17.1%. The percentages point to the Global South, but the dollars still mostly come from the US, Canada and Europe, and the fast-growing regions grew more slowly than a year earlier. Here is how an independent artist should read the map. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industryifpistreamingindependent-artistslatin-americaafricamenaroyalties