Overtone: September 28–October 4, 2026
Spotify made RAP91 Live a Premium-only show. After a rewards scheme and a 72-hour window, India's free tier is being converted one perk at a time.
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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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
The State of Music in India: 2025–2026
A comprehensive report on India's music industry — genres, streaming, AI, live music, indie artists, and the scene through March 2026.