AI is already learning from music. Quietly, constantly, and at a scale most people don’t fully see yet. While the industry debates hypotheticals, the real shift has already happened. The […] The post is from Music Ally.
Hu previously held senior roles at UMGC rivals Sony Music Entertainment China and Warner Music China, as well as at domestic player Taihe Music Group. Source
The new WCM India division will provide songwriters with exclusive access to the wider WMG’s studios within its Mumbai headquarters. Source
RAYE stopped by "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" for a double hit of live music from her latest album..
The induction ceremony will be held in October at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago.
Over a thousand artists call to boycott Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion, while another thousand push back. Five countries have quit the contest. With just weeks to go before the 2026 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in Vienna, Austria, five countries have dropped out in protest...
Warner Chappell Music launches in India, with Jay Mehta appointed to lead the charge in one of the world’s fastest-growing creative economies. Warner Chappell Music (WCM), the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), has announced its launch in India in a strategic move that marks a...
“Man I Need” crosses the threshold with one billion plays on the Sweden-based streaming platform.
The Traffic co-founder had worked with Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and many other greats of contemporary music.
Dave Mason, solo artist, a founding member of the band Traffic, writer of the classic rock songs “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe” and sideman to the Rolling Stones, George Harrison and Jimi Hendrix, has died, according to an announcement from his publicist.
Ethan Calway is the inaugural recipient of the Keith Urban Rising Star Scholarship, a new initiative that provides a launchpad for Australia's next country music export.
The group is nominated in three categories this year including New Artist of the Year
“Only You Know and I Know” singer jammed with The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and George Harrison
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about the massive week for the Queen of Pop.
Cox v. Sony Music is factoring into yet another copyright dispute: RCN has cited the unanimous Supreme Court decision in its marathon legal battle with the major labels.
Juicy Couture pieces have been seen on practically every major celebrity, from Jennifer Lopez and Miley Cyrus to Beyonce.
"Celeste was a beautiful, strong girl who loved to sing and dance," said the teen's family in a statement
What kind of music do they play on Mars?
The AI giant says it’s time to end a copyright lawsuit brought by Universal Music Group and other publishers.
Let the superfan-geared vinyl releases continue: Universal Music’s catalog division has teed up the “first-ever” pressing of Audioslave’s Out of Exile – including a “liquid vinyl” variant inspired by the 2005 album’s cover art.
Drake has announced that his ninth studio album, “Iceman,” is scheduled for release on May 15. Waiting for Drake’s official “Iceman” release date was something akin to… well, watching ice melt.
Featuring IRL performances from a bevy of Vtubers, the three-day mixed reality event happens at L.A.'s Vermont Hollywood Theater on July 2-4.
Amazon Music plans to deploy its RFID “Just Walk Out” technology for merch sales across the entire BTS North American tour, according to plans shared with Digital Music News this morning.
The proposed Pentagon drone investment rivals Ukraine’s entire military budget.
CTO says new AI model is "every bit as capable" as world's best security researchers.
Dave Mason, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer best known as the lead singer and co-founder of English rock band Traffic, has passed away. He was 79. Singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Mason, known as the lead singer and co-founder of English rock band Traffic, has passed away.
FCC tells Supreme Court its fines are nonbinding unless a jury upholds penalty.
"Before we can know how it will all end, we need to understand how it all began."
New venture, led alongside executives from Sua Música Group and ASJ, plans World Cup-themed debut project. Source
The musician will be joined by special guests Lucinda Williams and Jimmie Vaughan at some of the new stops
Lawyers for the “212” singer’s ex-manager, Jeff Kwatinetz, said he’ll testify in person at May trial
"We actually have slightly more Linux users than Windows users."
Can ChatGPT be blamed for a mass shooting? Florida is investigating.
A Toronto-based Twitch streamer found the message hidden in the ice
Amazon is preparing to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, in addition to the $8 billion it has already injected into the AI startup in recent years.
So does the choice of diagetic music that the characters deliver. Apathy Kills Truffula Trees. The 1972 Onceler shows an inflated ego he compensates ...
Move highlights the difficulty of finding high-quality interactive training data.
Seoul police have officially moved to arrest Hybe chairman Bang Si-hyuk in connection with a fraudulent trading investigation centering on the K-pop company’s 2020 IPO.
18th century whaling engraving. Public domain. My kids have been really into sea shanties lately (my family has eclectic musical tastes.) There are a ...
Audoo’s Audio Meter™ technology to power next-generation, data-driven music reporting across DJ-led environments. This article was created in collaboration with DMN partner Audoo.
The eldest brother in the famed family music group the Osmonds died aged 76 on Monday
New Xbox CEO says subscription "has become too expensive for too many players."
Laptop includes Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, a bigger battery, and a touchscreen.
A lower-end Ryzen AI 340 CPU option will also bring the price down, for now.
“It’s working!“: Amazon emails with vendors show pattern of disappearing deals.
The late musician’s upcoming vault songs are billed to be from a previously unreleased album project
The FTC's StubHub settlement offers consumer refunds but raises concerns about whether it effectively deters deceptive pricing practices.
Anthropic secures 5 gigawatts of Amazon’s custom silicon as Claude demand soars.
The singer-songwriter included “American Cars” and “Paid Time Off” in his four-song set, which also featured an old Stick Season favorite
As the world prepares for the 2026 World Cup this summer, one question sits just beneath the surface of the spectacle: What will it sound like? This article was created in collaboration with DMN partner tapyoca.
Where in the “Michael” world is Janet Jackson? The music superstar is nowhere to be seen as a character in the new Antoine Fuqua-directed biopic about her late brother.
“My Hero Academia in Concert,” a live show pairing a 15-piece band performing Hayashi Yuki’s anime score with projected footage from the series, will tour the U.S. this fall, Toho Co., Ltd., GEA Live and RoadCo Entertainment have revealed. The U.S. run opens Sept. 12 in Farmington, N.M., with...
The self-heating Shenxing battery still performs even in Arctic temperatures.
Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to first-degree murder and a laundry list of other charges linked to the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, has pleaded not guilty after he was charged with murder in the death of...
Suki Waterhouse has revealed that her third album, titled “Loveland,” is set to release on July 10 via Island Records. After unveiling the record’s dreamy first single “Back in Love” last month, the indie-pop singer-songwriter will drop another song, “Tiny Raisin,” on Friday.
There are some practical benefits to this $899 chip, but not many.
Following her critically acclaimed headline performances at the Coachella festival, Colombian superstar Karol G has announced “Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour,” a massive global tour beginning this summer and stretching to July of 2027. Full dates appear below.
Alan co-wrote many of the group's biggest hits and served as lead producer on several of their album
NASA is down to a single provider for a critical link in its lunar architecture.
A longitudinal study finds links to lapses in immediate and delayed recall.
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Since its launch in 2020, RADAR has been our program for spotlighting emerging artists around the world. This year marks the sixth edition of RADAR Spain, our ongoing effort to help raise the profile of the country’s rising talent.
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Commissioner Park Jung-bo told reporters the investigation was "essentially complete." Source
Five years ago, Spotify arrived in Pakistan, opening a new chapter in the country’s music scene. Since then, local listeners have explored across genres, generations, and languages—reshaping how music is discovered, shared, and enjoyed.
Drake's lawyers argued that the judge committed “reversible error” by considering materials outside the complaint and drawing conclusions against the rapper. Source
if you zero in on what’s routine about "Michael" or what the movie leaves out, you may miss the compelling urgency of what it gets in: Michael Jackson’s journey to become himself by freeing himself from the past.
Amazon Music has inked a merch partnership with BTS for the US, Canada and Mexico legs of their comeback tour. The post is from Music Ally.
Lenny Pearce, the creator of Toddler Techno and Baby Raves, has signed a music and content development deal with Disney. Under the deal, Disney Music Group will release Pearce’s next album, “Disney Jr. Music: Lenny Pearce Toddler Techno” on May 15, featuring remixed songs from the Disney Jr.
AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch.
Despite a damaging fallout with the White House – and ongoing lawsuits from music publishers – AI company Anthropic continues to have no problems raising huge amounts of funding from tech giants.
Yesterday was clearly a day for ‘CEO stepping down’ announcements. Rumours have been bubbling about the future plans of Apple boss Tim Cook for a few months, and his company has now confirmed the speculation – including his successor.
There is a change at the top of electronic-music brand Beatport, with its CEO Rob McDaniels [pictured] revealing he will step down on 1 July after nine years leading the company.
UK charity the Music Venue Trust has published its latest report, which sets out its stall as an organisation looking to the future, rather than just fighting fires in the grassroots live sector. “For more than a decade, much of our work has been reactive.
A stubborn misconception is hampering the already hard work of quantum readiness.
PopArabia has made its name with publishing and label services across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, but now it is adding distribution too. The company is acquiring label and distributor Viral Wave, which is based in Egypt’s capital Cairo.
Repeat after us: individuals can use copyrighted music in their social posts thanks to the licensing deals struck by those platforms… but brands can’t. They need sync licences, although a succession of brands have been sued by labels for ignoring that fact and using their tracks anyway.
Alan Osmond, the eldest of the brothers in the ’70s family band the Osmonds, died on Monday. He was 76. A spokesperson for the Osmond family confirmed Alan’s death to ABC4 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Osmond died around 8:30 p.m.
Deezer has published its latest update on how much AI-generated music is being uploaded to its service. The total now stands at nearly 75,000 tracks a day – 44% of total daily uploads.
A curious divergence is emerging in the UK's media habits. Earlier this month, Ofcom published its latest report on adults' media use, and one finding stands out. Social media usage remains high, with 89% of UK adults using at least one platform daily. Source
Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, argues that 2026 is the year artists should finally unionize – wielding joint leverage to improve things for anyone who’s ever stood in front of a mic… Source
The International Energy Agency says we've entered the Age of Electricity.
The IFPI charts suggest that Japanese musical exports are booming, thanks to physical sales. The reality is slightly more complex – but still positive. The success of music streaming in Japan isn’t just a growth story – it’s “a high-margin revolution” according to Takeshi Okada, president of Warner...
Toronto police have temporarily blocked off Drake’s promotional ice sculpture hiding album info to protect it from fans trying to break and melt it. Drake has hidden the release date for his upcoming album, ICEMAN, inside an ice sculpture in his native Toronto in the parking lot of the Bond Hotel.
Gralen previously served as President and CFO, while Sartory was most recently Chief Revenue Officer. Source
Seoul police have applied for a warrant to detain Bang Si-hyuk, chair and founder of Hybe, over alleged securities fraud tied to the K-pop conglomerate’s public listing, Reuters reported.
Chord Music is sponsoring $500 million in asset-backed securities (ABS) from a portfolio of music rights featuring Morgan Wallen, ZZ Top, and more. Chord Music Partners, born from a partnership between Dundee Partners and KKR, has announced plans to sponsor $500 million in asset-backed securities...
After the release of the music video for her new single, “drop dead,” Olivia Rodrigo surprises with two exclusive versions on Spotify and Apple Music. On the heels of Olivia Rodrigo’s official music video for her new single, “drop dead,” which released last week, the singer has taken things a step...
Universal Music Group and Concord sue fashion startup Quince for “rampant and brazen” copyright infringement on social media posts. Universal Music Group (UMG) and Concord Music Group, along with Capitol Records and six Universal Music Publishing entities, have filed a copyright infringement...
Companies in the music industry are using AI in various ways. But few are doing it quite as ambitiously as Greater Music Group. The post is from Music Ally.
First, the good news: Machine-made audio still accounts for a small percentage of Deezer’s total streams. As for the bad news, 44% of daily uploads – roughly 75,000 tracks – are now “fully” generated by AI, per the DSP. Paris-based Deezer provided a fresh update on its AI slop crusade today.
Problems with the ground system would have "put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk."
Can a diss track go too far? Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” caused the public to view Drake “as another Jeffrey Epstein” – at least according to Drake himself, who’s come out swinging against Universal Music Group in their high-stakes appeal battle.
After a massive year for pop in 2024, the charts have slowed to a crawl. New releases are struggling to compete with long-running hits and resurgent catalog tracks, leaving 2025 –and early 2026– defined by stagnation.
Live Nation and Ticketmaster will be required to pay $9.9 million for its misleading ticketing practices, the D.C. Attorney General announced. On Monday, Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that Live Nation/Ticketmaster will be required to pay $9.9 million to settle...
Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse, has lost his court case versus friends who auctioned dozens of her belongings. The case was brought against Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay, who Mitch Winehouse accuse of having profited from items sold at auction in the US.
MBW's Inspiring Women series meets former September Management COO-turned-author Delphine Seddon Source
Cook will be executive chairman but will no longer run the company day to day.
Deal collateralized by royalties from a catalog of more than 3,750 works Source
Deezer says it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated song submissions to its music streaming platform each day, accounting for about 44 percent of all daily uploads, as reported earlier by TechCrunch.
The company raised a $500 million Series E in March at a $10.1 billion valuation Source
A song that captures a moment can feel like magic. But when you uncover the story behind it—who made it, what inspired it, and the meaning woven into the lyrics—it becomes something even deeper. That’s why we’ve been building new ways to help you go beyond the surface of your favorite tracks.
We reported last week on Laufey becoming the latest artist to headline a season of Fortnite Festival, the music game-within-the-game on Fortnite. But it turns out her activation on the platform goes further than this.
No need to look puzzled: A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is not, in fact, a vinyl-themed boozer in Tokyo’s youth-culture hotspot. It’s actually a “music software label” founded by Máuhan M. Zonoozy, who used to he head of innovation at Spotify. Although he did come up with the name in one of those bars.
Sam Altman is best known as the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, but he’s got another project called ‘World’ that is suddenly directly relevant to the music industry.
It’s out. Parachord for Android v0.4.0-beta.2 is the first public beta of the mobile app, and anyone with an Android phone and a taste for music that lives in too many places at once can now install it.
A $322 million default judgment against Anna’s Archive looks like a major copyright victory for Spotify and the major labels—but it also exposes a deeper problem.
Chartmetric makes it easier for indie artists to compete, with features for playlist pitching, social strategy, and brand affinity insights. All in one place.
New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, memories, and more.
Pirate site Anna’s Archive hit with $322M default judgment over music scraping — but will Spotify and record labels ever see the money? — “The judge’s ruling also requires internet service providers including Cloudflare to disable access to Anna’s Archive’s domain names and prevent websites that...
An unannounced Teenage Engineering device, the KO-Amp 35, can be found over at the FCC in a new filing. The label clearly marks it as a member of the midrange EP family instruments, which currently includes the KO-II and its spinoffs, the Riddim and the Medieval.
Over the last few years, Coachella has made substantial changes to its programming. New stages, surprise headliners, and most notably, fewer and fewer artists. Here are the numbers behind Coachella lineups post-pandemic.
For most of recorded music history, quality was scarce. Recording, producing, and distributing a song that sounded “good” required significant investments of time, money, and skill, along with access to gatekeepers, who carefully filtered what entered the system. Source
At Spotify, we want your experience to feel intuitive and personal across every moment of the day. Whether you’re streaming your favorite playlist while you work or browsing new recommendations on the go, Spotify should feel familiar and easy to use.
Spotify and the three major labels have won a $322 million default judgement against Anna's Archive, the open-source library and pirate activist group that planned to publicly release millions of music files scraped from Spotify's platform.
Can a commercial recording studio still thrive in the age of AI, home recording, and constant industry change? In this episode of Bobby Owsinski’s Inner Circle, Bobby Owsinski sits down with Tom Weir, Grammy-winning engineer and owner of Studio City Sound.
From gripping thrillers to poignant memoirs, the 21st century has had no shortage of unforgettable books. To celebrate the standout storytelling of our modern era, we’re launching Best of the Century So Far—a curated audiobook collection of titles released each year between 2001 and 2025,...
For many artists, independent venues are where music careers begin and fan communities take shape. Independent venue operators work hard every day to keep local scenes thriving as they navigate a rapidly evolving live music landscape.
Books have always moved with us, whether tucked in our bags or humming in our headphones. With audiobooks, Spotify is building new ways to bring our favorite stories along for the ride. Just over two years after launching, Audiobooks in Premium is now live in 22 markets.
Scroll around the internet and you’ll find a lot of grumbling about subscription prices. Nowadays, everything is a subscription – audio streaming, video streaming, gaming, software, plugins, workstations, AI models, and no doubt several other categories I can’t think of right now.