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Capitol Hill Mixtape returns this month with our interview of Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI-5) who represents his hometown of Flint, Michigan.

RIAA is thrilled to close out 2021’s Women’s History Month with a rich and moving roundtable conversation…

Welcome back to Capitol Hill Mixtape! We are very grateful to be kicking off our 2021 season with a longtime friend of the music industry, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL-22).

Our final Capitol Hill Mixtape interview of 2020 is with the Congresswoman from El Paso, Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16). I may be biased as a guy from Arizona, but I’m always excited to hear from Members who bring…

Our Capitol Hill Mixtape interview this month is with the Velvet Hammer herself, Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL-7). It doesn’t take much time with Congresswoman Murphy to see why she’s considered a rising star on the Hill. Her harrowing story as a refugee from Vietnam to what led her into public…

Politics is storytelling, and every good story has a soundtrack. Members of Congress tell their stories all the time to win votes, debate public policies, and sometimes just because many of them have fascinating and unique paths to public service. At RIAA, we have the privilege to talk to public…

The Music Modernization Act (MMA) is the result of a united music community working hand-in-hand to ensure fair treatment by services like SiriusXM who have refused to pay legacy artists and their labels for the performance of their recordings.  The fight began years ago in state court with a finding…

Spring is a great time for data! 

The outsized role music plays in the cultural landscape of the United States is undeniable, from artists known the world over, to fans that bond over their favorite albums, to songs from our teenage years that we can still sing today. 

Think it’s easy for an artist to break through in 2018? According to one recent estimate, there were 150,000+ albums released in 2017 that sold at least one physical or digital copy. We decided to review Gold & Platinum album certifications for albums released since January 1, 2017 through June 13, 2018. …