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The Vietnamese singer is a longtime FIFA World Cup fan.
As OpenAI courts investors and chases enterprise customers, Forrester says today's AI leader could become tomorrow's cautionary tale
Q4 sales climbed 21%, but Wall Street more interested in $70B buildout bill
The lawsuit filed in 2024 centers on a patent titled 'Music streaming, playlist creation and streaming architecture.' Source
Luckily, once she started singing, a wave of calm swept over her.
Deezer continues to lean in hard to its technology for detecting AI-generated music – and then generating headlines about its scale. The latest example being an ‘AI music detector’ for people’s playlists, even if they use rival streaming services.
Thus far, AI giant Anthropic’s main interaction with the music industry has been a legal battle with publishers, who are suing it for copyright infringement of their lyrics. More positively, Anthropic has worked with streaming services Spotify and Melon to integrate them into its Claude chatbot.
Muse Group is the parent firm of brands and companies including Ultimate Guitar, Hal Leonard, MuseScore and Audacity among others: a key company in the music-education and tech space. Its acquisition of Hal Leonard in December 2023 was backed by funding from private-equity firm Francisco Partners.
Label and live music company Jazz Is Dead is up to something interesting: and it’s all about trying to protect the human musicians who make jazz (and other genres) in the face of AI.
Vermillio is one of the startups focusing on likeness and IP protection for rightsholders, including those in the music industry.
Google’s latest piece of research involved asking teenagers in the UK how they’re using AI for learning and “creative pursuits” – including music. The topline stat: 67% of teens said they are using AI creatively daily or almost daily, while 65% are using it that often for learning.
Intelligence-sharing pact tracks kit that comes back online after being nicked
Spread across two days, the opening ceremonies take place in Mexico, Canada and the United States starting on Thursday (June 11).
Stevie Knicks for the win!
Cowell bought a stake in Lounges.tv in 2023 Source
In his advisory role, Nair will provide counsel on ContentLens's go-to-market strategy across the media and entertainment industry in India and globally. Source
We’ve seen a growing slate of deals between major labels and AI-music companies that include the former’s publishing arms. Now US music-publishers body the NMPA has announced two of its own agreements: with Udio and Klay.
NMPA President and CEO David Israelite said the Udio agreement is the first to "value songs and sound recordings equally" when it comes to AI training. Source
Universal says the launch will increase access, reach, and opportunity for North African hip-hop artists on a global stage Source
Delhi-headquartered music distribution, publishing and marketing company Madverse Music Group has closed its first institutional funding round, led by Ahdritz Capital, the investment vehicle of entrepreneur and the founder-chairman of […] The post is from Music Ally.
The company says it now receives around 75,000 fully AI-generated tracks every day Source
Great Marlow restricts network access while it investigates suspected infection
The platform now represents more than 200,000 independent artists and labels across more than 45 countries Source
Comes with a corner office, government scrutiny, and the 'full-spectrum disaster' known as Project Rainbow
Female artists who hire producers risk losing creative control before a single song is released. On this week’s podcast episode, Xylo Aria, founder of Music Production for Women (MPW), tells us how she learned this the hard way, by paying for sessions where male producers overrode her vision,...
Crooks claim 40 GB haul as breach database pegs number of exposed email addresses at 455K
After a successful first year , MIDiA's audio creator survey is back. We are once again inviting spoken-word audio creators to share their experiences and help build a better understanding of this rapidly growing creator segment. Source
Move from Oracle put back until December following delays to Workday rollout
Deezer will now scan your playlists on other streaming platforms to detect AI-generated music. Deezer was the first of the big streaming services to start labeling AI-generated music. It even offered its tech to other platforms, but it doesn't seem like it had many buyers.
K-pop group BigBang will reunite for a 31-show stadium world tour celebrating the group’s 20th anniversary, marking its first trek since 2017. The group – G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung – announced Thursday that the run will begin Aug.
The musicians joined Jimmy Fallon and the Roots for a medley of Loggins' greatest hits on The Tonight Show
20 festivals in the UK have been cancelled, postponed or taken a fallow year in 2026 so far according to the AIF.
Jimmy Kimmel also offered the singer an opportunity to fulfill her long-held dream of being a babysitter
Rodrigo stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live for a late-night performance, just hours before the release of her third studio album.
The CEO thought this was the best way to deal with some email issues
Loggins stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to re-live some of his golden numbers from the Silver Screen, doing so with some famous buddies and classroom instruments.
Inaccurate metadata is the scourge of the music industry, certainly in terms of getting the right people paid fairly for their work.
G-DRAGON, TAEYANG and DAESUNG are getting the old band back together for a trek will get underway Friday, Aug. 21 at Goyang Stadium.
The hip-hop heroes stepped onto the hardwood of Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night (June 11) for a much-needed special delivery during game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Jakob Nowell tells Billboard the new Sublime album, “Until the Sun Explodes,” is a “love letter to my father” while capturing the essence of the veteran alternative group act.
The Staten Island natives were a much welcome spark as the Spurs entered the third quarter with a huge lead
The group's upcoming tour brings G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung together across Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia for their 20th anniversary
Swift -- in town for Thursday night's Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony -- sported a "Stevie Knicks" shirt at Madison Square Garden.
The star attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, particularly for enterprise applications
Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy will collide with Radiohead’s 2003 album “Hail to the Thief” when “Hamlet Hail to the Thief” opens at London’s Barbican Theatre on Oct. 31, running through Jan. 23, 2027.
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The upcoming film awards season has its first official entry. Variety has learned exclusively that Paris Barclay’s documentary “Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is the first film uploaded to the Academy Screening Room.
The South African pop star and Toy Story fanatic will play an inflatable flamingo in the series’ fifth iteration
Who needs fancy menus and high definition? 240-MP will play your media files like it's 1999
Hyper-vigilant safety classifiers turn Fable into cautionary tale
Jennifer An alleges West assaulted her during the filming of La Roux’s “In for the Kill” video in 2010
AMC Theatres is postponing plans to simulcast a series of live concerts from performers like Bebe Rexha, Paris Hilton, Kim Petras and Maren Morris. The cinema chain revised its plans after a series of summer releases such as “Backrooms,” “Scary Movie” and “Obsession” over-performed at the box...
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The following MBW op/ed comes from Stephen Godfroy, Co-Owner of independent music retailer Rough Trade Source
A group of independent musicians is suing Google claiming it trained Lyria on their uploads. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won't admit it right now.
Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit alleging such use was illegal.
The film was inspired by band’s early days before Dookie came out
Summer sold more than 100 million albums worldwide Source
Detroit automaker partners with Peak Energy to try a saltier route to energy storage
Grid operators could struggle to support new bit barn construction
The entrepreneur opens up on his new industry thesis – and how he feels seeing the company once known as Hipgnosis sold to Sony Source
Primary Wave Music has announced a partnership with the estate of legendary R&B singer Donna Summer, best known for such disco-era hits as “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Hot Stuff” and many others.
The country singer calls his recovery a “miracle,” and credits his 5-year-old grandson with helping him through the scare
Partition's still there, but good luck seeing it and don't upgrade until fix lands, says team
Octet will perform at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night for the highly anticipated game
Files sought by feds were sitting in a deletion queue, not gone for good
Firefox is in, Snap and Flatpak are still out, but a default AI helper may raise eyebrows
Warner Music Group on Wednesday announced its acquisition of the startup Sureel AI, a platform that uses a technology called “AI DNA” in an effort to protect creative projects and other intellectual property — including music, voices, likeness and performance — from unauthorized use and...
French drill rapper La Rvfleuze (real name: Seny Bengaly) released his debut album, ‘Numéro d’écrou’, in March 2026. He had begun by releasing tracks via DistroKid in 2022 but was later jailed for burglary and eventually released in 2025.
Productivity gains lost as staff spoon-feed AI and correct its cock-ups
The three major labels have been striking deals with various AI startups, but now Warner Music Group is acquiring one: Sureel AI.
Shai-Hulud worm exploited exactly this. Better late than never, says everyone except the malware authors
Streaming TV services are entering a new phase of smartphone competition. For years, their strategic focus has been on content depth: exclusive shows, premium originals, and sports rights. Yet on mobile, the battle for engagement is increasingly shaped by experience as much as content. Source
With Indie Week in New York in full swing, the Libera Awards took place this week to garland artists, labels and industry companies with an independent focus. Artist-wise, the big winners were rock band Geese and electro-pop artist Oklou.
Duetti’s business providing funding for independent musicians is well established, but now it is expanding its horizons in two ways. First, it is lowering its “acquisision age threshold” for recordings. No, that doesn’t mean it’s seeking out toddler songwriters.
As the dust settles from its rejection of an acquisition offer by hedge-fund Pershing Square, Universal Music Group has taken its next financial step forward.
Bill Cody, one of the nation’s most revered country radio personalities from his decades-long roles as an announcer for the Grand Ole Opry and WSM morning show host, died Tuesday in Nashville. He was 67.
Not only did Taylor Swift make a surprise appearance at the world premiere of “Toy Story 5” on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, but she also performed after the screening. Taking to the stage, Swift played the piano while singing “I Knew It, I Knew You,” her new song on the “Toy Story 5” soundtrack.
I was laughing uproariously watching this last night. (Is that the proper use of the word? I’m gonna leave it in, you’ll tell me.) We were up to the final episode of “Berlin and the Lady With an Ermine,” but it was an hour and twenty one minutes long and that would be past Felice’s […]
Long-running New York City band Interpol have announced their first album in four years, “This Mirror Weighs a Ton,” which arrives Aug. 28 and also will be their first for Partisan Records, the Brooklyn-based indie currently riding high with Geese and others.
Last month, RADAR U.K. artist Skye Newman took the stage in East London for a special performance celebrating the release of her debut album, SE9. Nearly 1,000 of the singer-songwriter’s top fans filled the historic Hackney Church for an unforgettable night.
Tracking 1,000+ people through the ups and downs of their relationships
But will it work? Apple presentations are not the must see TV they were in the Steve Jobs era, if for no other reason than the lack of…one more thing… But those presentations were live, ever since Covid, Apple prerecords, which eliminates mistakes, but sucks the life out of the presentation.
Last month, Spotify hosted PURE FLOWERS LIVE, a special event celebrating the release of LE SSERAFIM’s second studio album, ‘PUREFLOW’, pt. 1. Held at the Seosomun Shrine History Museum in Seoul, the show gave 300 of the K-Pop group’s top fans a chance to experience the new songs live before the...
The AI boom may not be a technology story at all—it may be a forecasting story. As trillions flow into data centers, power infrastructure, and transmission lines, the real risk is not whether AI works, but whether demand arrives before the capital structure collapses.
1 Klaus Meine is intelligent and articulate. So if you listen to the “Wind of Change” podcast, and I recommend that you do, they eventually confront Klaus Meine regarding the CIA’s theoretical participation in the creation of the Scorpions song.
Plus fireside chat recognizing 250 years of American music, special performance of songs from FROZEN by Caroline Bowman (Elsa in North American Touring Production) and surprise appearance by Mickey Mouse in patriotic attire WASHINGTON, DC – Accolades continued for the newly-minted RIAA Honors’...
The Supreme Court’s solo foray into copyright this term, Cox v. Sony, has shaken up the landscape of secondary liability. In its wake, a growing chorus of voices have noted that direct liability under copyright law needs a fresh look, particularly the doctrine of volitional conduct.
At Spotify, our commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community is year-round. Through GLOW, our global music program, we celebrate and amplify the contributions of queer creators—because when artists are free to be themselves, more voices are heard, more stories are told, and culture moves forward.
Parachord is a one-person hobby project. I build all of it for fun and love: the desktop app, the Android app, the iOS app (I just started) and Achordion, the companion website to it all. All of it is open-source, none of it earns money, and I pay for all...
Benn refuses to be pigeon holed. | Image: Benn Jordan Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear. But about five years ago, Benn decided to take his YouTube channel in a different...
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RIAA Honors’ Artist of a Lifetime Tallies the Most Albums in Gold & Platinum History at 200M, And Stands as the Only Artist to Ever Earn 10 Diamond Album Certifications WASHINGTON, DC – The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) partnered with the National Archives Foundation to present...
As mainstream rap shows signs of slowing, the search for hip-hop's next leaders has intensified. The answer may not come from where the industry has typically looked.
Average tour earnings down 45%, with nearly three-fifths of musicians saying touring in Europe is no longer viable More than a quarter of British musicians have lost all their work in the European Union since 2021, according to new research.
News publishers take fight over copyright of embedded content to Fifth Circuit — The Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments this week in a dispute between a local news publisher and an online news aggregator over alleged public display of news articles on the aggregator’s app.
The genie in the story has been waiting centuries for this moment, for the deliciously fiendish opportunity to allegorize generative AI. LLMs need not be malevolent, they need only their definitional inhumanity, and with it the coiled potential for unintended consequences if the intention we mean...
Event’s Fifth Edition Highlights Unifying Power of Music, in Partnership with Billboard WASHINGTON, DC – Common ground can be hard to find in DC, but music often changes that tune.