Spotify certainly didn’t invent the idea of background music, but at least record companies didn’t tend to sell you music on the explicit premise that you didn’t need to pay attention to it.

Soundtrack Your Brand recently commissioned Nielsen to carry out the biggest study on background music to date. After surveying 5,000 small businesses across two continents and seven countries ...

But the brain doesn’t. Whether we realize it or not, music is processed across multiple brain regions tied to attention, memory, and emotion—meaning even passive listening can impact how we focus, ...

YouTube Music’s free tier will soon eliminate one of its most annoying restrictions — but only in Canada. Starting November 3rd, users in Canada will be able to listen to audio from the ...