Overtone: September 14–20, 2026
UMG sued DistroKid over an 'AI-slop pipeline' the week IFPI signed 25 companies to KYC rules. No Indian label signed, and Indian indies run on DistroKid.
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Overtone: September 7–13, 2026
Diljit Dosanjh headlined Wembley Stadium and booked Narendra Modi Stadium from the stage. Punjabi touring now runs at 90,000-seat scale.
Overtone: August 31–September 6, 2026
Spotify's first India Loud & Clear: 335 billion streams, royalties up 29% — and 40% of what Indian artists earn now comes from outside India.
Overtone: August 24–30, 2026
UMG's paid-only window went live with Harrdy Sandhu's 'Stuck On You' — the same week Luminate's first India report put numbers on the free tier it targets.
Overtone: August 17–23, 2026
Banjaare hit No. 1, Spotify India's top five went entirely non-film, and Believe and Universal bought regional-language infrastructure the same week.
Overtone: August 10–16, 2026
Hindi cinema's biggest houses are building music labels while the AI industry buys licences. Infrastructure week — in Mumbai and in the model weights.
Overtone: August 3–9, 2026
A week after Tips credited deep catalogue, Saregama posted profit up 42% and live events up 214%. India's oldest label is selling a different future.
Overtone: July 27–August 2, 2026
Universal will paywall its new releases in India for 72 hours. The same week, EY and IMI found 62% of Indians have never paid for music.