Though streams of new music — music released in the last 18 months — are slightly down from the same time last year, new Christian/gospel music has defied that trend, said Jaime Marconette, Luminate’s ...

Pulling out all the stops. Against all odds, it seems like one of the biggest trends in country music heading into 2026 is none other than the continued crossover into Christian music. While, of ...

A few days after the star singer Forrest Frank fell off his skateboard, crashed into a wall and fractured two vertebrae, he previewed a new track about the accident on TikTok. Frank, formerly a member ...

The lobby of the new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music in downtown Nashville was filled with the sounds of drills, vacuums and other power tools recently as workers scurried to put the finishing ...

Amy Grant released a new folk song, "The 6th of January (Yasgur's Farm)," which references 1960s counterculture, asking "Have we all lost our way?" ...

Stephen Barker Liles. Photo Credit: Elle Hobbs. Stephen Barker Liles. Photo Credit: Elle Hobbs. Stephen Barker Liles of the CMA-nominated country duo Love and Theft spoke about his new Christian music ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. That's according to a 2025 Year-End Report ...

AI-generated musician Solomon Ray has stirred a debate among listeners, drawing pushback from popular human singer Forrest Frank. According to his Spotify profile, Solomon Ray is a “Mississippi-made ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Halfway through 2025, a few music trends have become clear, according to Luminate’s 2025 Midyear Report, which was released Wednesday: — In the U.S. and globally, more music is being ...