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.
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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.
Overtone: July 20–26, 2026
Hanumankind marched, Bloodywood turned up and Delhi's DJs booked a fundraiser in 48 hours. The week Indian music stopped calling itself apolitical.
Overtone: July 13–19, 2026
A composer put a number on his royalties for the biggest Indian song of 2025 — ₹8 lakh — and the maths behind Hindi film music went public.
Overtone: July 6–12, 2026
Warner Music India expands its artist-services arm into management, live and brand deals — a major's answer to what the charts keep asking: what's a label for?
Overtone: June 29–July 5, 2026
A Haryanvi track holds a 16th week at No. 1 on Billboard India — reportedly the first independent song of its kind to top it, with no film or label.
Overtone: June 22–28, 2026
Spotify makes its first India telco deal, bundling Premium with Vodafone Idea — the same week independent tracks took over the Billboard India chart.
Overtone: June 15–21, 2026
India reinstates PPL as a copyright society, ending five years of licensing limbo — the same week Japan grants performers a public-performance right.
Overtone: June 8–14, 2026
Diljit's Wembley on-sale overwhelms ticketing as Indian live music's ceiling lifts — while an unsigned Haryanvi track owns India's charts every day of the week.
Overtone: June 1–7, 2026
India's streaming mainstream has split by platform — Spotify crowns Haryanvi, Apple crowns Punjabi. Plus Amazon's India price reset and a Mumbai concert death.
Overtone: May 25–31, 2026
An independent Haryanvi track tops Billboard India with no label or film behind it. Plus: Suman Kalyanpur dies at 89, and Diljit conquers MSG.
Overtone: May 18–24, 2026
Spotify and Universal open the catalogue to AI remixes the same week Indian labels tell DSPs to value AI at zero. Plus: Ye's Delhi show collapses.
Overtone: May 11–17, 2026
Universal signs first.wav as the global majors race for India's indie supply side. Hanumankind closes his Asia tour, Diljit opens the US. The land-grab is on.
Overtone: May 4–10, 2026
Anuv Jain sells out four US cities, Hanumankind opens Asia, Karan Aujla closes Canada, Diljit rolls on. The week Indian touring stopped being occasional.
Overtone: April 27 – May 3, 2026
Times Music buys a Punjabi catalogue, Diljit halts Calgary over Khalistan flags, Anuv Jain plays Chicago. Punjabi music had three weeks at once.
Overtone: April 20–26, 2026
Warner Chappell lands direct in India, Tips Music posts 93% profit growth, Diljit reopens BC Place. The week capital caught up to the audience.
Overtone: April 13–19, 2026
Calvin Harris completes India's biggest EDM tour ever while Scorpions cancel theirs. The weekend that stress-tested live music infrastructure.
Overtone: April 6–12, 2026
Ye banned from the UK, Wireless Festival cancelled — and India's May 23 Delhi show is next in the crosshairs.
Overtone: March 30–April 5, 2026
Dhurandhar 2 becomes the first Hindi film to cross ₹1,000 crore net domestic, resetting music rights math.
Overtone: March 23–29, 2026
HYBE launches auditions across 10 Indian cities, Def Leppard debuts in India, and Keinemusik draws 30K to Mumbai.
Overtone: March 16–23, 2026
Dhurandhar 2 crosses ₹500 crore in three days, BTS Arirang shatters Spotify records, and India's concert calendar takes another hit.
Overtone: March 9–15, 2026
NH7 Weekender returns with an all-Indian lineup, and Spotify's Loud & Clear data shows why that bet makes sense.
Overtone: March 3–9, 2026
Karan Aujla's record-breaking tour hits a wall in Mumbai, forcing a do-over that tests India's concert infrastructure.