The pop star revisits the meme moment from her Milano Cortina 2026 promo video, and her Italian is once again the center of attention.

Billboard 13m ago

Kelly Clarkson has shared her admittedly “controversial” opinion on artificial intelligence, saying she thinks it can do “amazing things” but shouldn’t be able to create anything that competes with humans, particularly on music charts.

Variety 17m ago

Featuring Girl In Red, Amy Winehouse, U2 and more.

Billboard 24m ago

“The word 'humanitarian' is nearly synonymous with Dolly Parton,” CRS executive director RJ Curtis said in a statement.

Billboard 26m ago

A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.

Billboard 36m ago

"Breathing feels like a chore," the singer said in a candid TikTok.

Billboard 45m ago

"He created something that changed heavy music forever," band mates say of late singer. "Venom never followed the rules. They forged their own path. And Conrad was there at the centre of it all"

Rolling Stone 46m ago

Rozay was booked in Miami Beach on Oct. 1 and has been released from custody.

Billboard 49m ago

Ahead of Michael Smith’s October 6 sentencing, the MFFA submitted a letter to the court arguing for a significant sentence to deter future abuse. Michael Smith, who was convicted of stealing royalties from artists and songwriters with millions of bot-assisted streams on his AI-generated content,...

Digital Music News 49m ago

Charlie Worsham, a Country Music Association Musician of the Year, has a new solo album, “Once Upon a Second Time Around.” Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charlie-worsham/id1316200737?i=1000792547627...

Lefsetz Letter 54m ago

The music mogul was reportedly using a contraband phone to scroll on Instagram and was paying fellow inmates for a variety of favors

Rolling Stone 57m ago

The singer found a way to "get her back" after Drake stole the spotlight with Karol at her Houston concert.

Billboard 1h ago

Ex-Lazard banker Stephen Langer and former SSE Ventures CEO Isabel Keulen join the Kobalt founder's new firm. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1h ago

The music mogul disputes claims that he illegally terminated Murphy Aficionado after an alleged barrage of bigoted and antisemitic remarks

Rolling Stone 1h ago

“The Social Reckoning” soundtrack, featuring music by composer Alexandre Desplat, is set to be released on Oct. 9. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, the film stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong.

Variety 1h ago

The deal reportedly values her pre-2022 songs at $165 million, with an additional $15 million for songs written after that year.

Billboard 1h ago

ElevenLabs completed a USD $300 million employee tender offer at a valuation of $22 billion. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1h ago

The Black-ish star has an extensive resume as an awards show host.

Billboard 1h ago

The folk-pop star scored the soundtrack’s lead single with “Draw You Out.”

Billboard 1h ago

The set will also include a new “flip mix” version of musician’s duet with Ringo Starr, “Home to Us”

Rolling Stone 1h ago

"By far, the loudest feedback we heard was from people who were enthusiastic supporters of the category," Harvey Mason Jr. says in statement

Rolling Stone 2h ago

After abruptly calling off its 2025 edition – and allegedly failing to refund would-be attendees – Evolutions Music Festival and its organizers are facing a fraud lawsuit in New York.

Digital Music News 2h ago

The appointment expands the remit of Briegmann, who will continue to report to Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

Your invite to a fake AI policy advisory committee has strings attached

The Register 3h ago

Searchlight Pictures will officially submit “Your God Is Sleeping” from “Behemoth!,” a new drama film by Tony Gilroy, for consideration in the original song category at the Oscars, Variety has learned exclusively.

Variety 3h ago

Nici Ochmann joins Warner Music (WM) Central Europe after a 10-year tenure at Adidas, where she most recently served as Global Culture Marketing Cluster Lead for GSA. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3h ago

Dogwood Local Engine checks AI tool calls against user-defined temporal rules before they run

The Register 3h ago

The rock-driven single is the most musically self-assured release from the rapper-singer in years and arrives in dedication to his late mother

Rolling Stone 3h ago

Grammy chief Harvey Mason Jr. has issued a statement in which he says the Awards’ controversial newest category, Asian Pop, will go forward for the 2027 ceremony.

Variety 3h ago

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The Register 4h ago

“La Bola Negra” star Guitarricadelafuente will be honored with the Discovery Award at this year’s SCAD Savannah Film Festival. The musician is being recognized for his breakout feature acting debut in the Oscar-buzzy drama.

Variety 4h ago

Rapper's arrest stems from Aug. 28 incident with his then-girlfriend at his Florida mansion; Ross charged with felony battery by strangulation

Rolling Stone 4h ago

SPONSORED FEATURE: HPE and NVIDIA help organizations apply accelerated computing, software, enterprise infrastructure, networking, control plane, and services to the workloads and business outcomes that matter most.

The Register 4h ago

K-pop is known as a genre built around fandom-focused live experiences, whether that’s concerts or fan-run events, and it’s been a busy few months for K-pop fans in the US. In August, I attended CJ ENM’s three-day K-pop convention KCON LA, as well as two dates on BTS’s massive ARIRANG world ...

MIDiA Research Blog 4h ago

Attackers were probing the mail server flaw weeks before it had a CVE to its name

The Register 5h ago

Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based entertainment and music investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, has acquired a 50% stake in the publishing and master music rights of Australian singer-songwriter, Sia, for $180 million.

Variety 5h ago

The singer’s 26-city run will be in support of her eighth studio album

Rolling Stone 5h ago

Mark Isherwood, who heads DDEX's Secretariat, explains his views on music data – and where we're headed Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

Institutions told to trace who is really financing their work or risk falling foul of national security law

The Register 5h ago

Founded by A&R executive and media personality Carter Gregory, the label’s first signings are singer Alabama Barker and DJ Nic Vans. Source

Music Business Worldwide 5h ago

Carly Rae Jepsen has announced her upcoming “Day and Night” 2027 North American tour, with stops at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The trek supports her eighth album, “Day and Night,” a double-disc offering split between more folk-oriented tracks and dance...

Variety 5h ago

U2 and Ed Sheeran collaborated earlier this year on the song “Yours Eternally” off the band’s “Days of Ash” EP, which dropped in February. Bono told Rolling Stone UK in a new interview that Sheeran expressed his resistance to U2 about doing such a politically-minded song.

Variety 6h ago

Stockholm-based entertainment and music investment powerhouse Pophouse Entertainment has officially acquired a 50% stake in the publishing and master recording rights of Australian singer-songwriter Sia, per details shared this morning.

Digital Music News 6h ago

Replacing letters with symbols still doesn’t make it good.

The Register 6h ago

The calendar may say it’s fall, but on Spotify, the holiday season has begun. This year, we’re getting into the spirit early with Holidays on Spotify, a season-long celebration packed with surprise data drops, new releases, and plenty of festive moments to soundtrack the months ahead.

Spotify 6h ago

Shaver joins from the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), where he was President of both CMRRA and SX Works. Source

Music Business Worldwide 6h ago

Legacy API begins disappearing from tenants today, with no exceptions after April

The Register 6h ago

In the time-honoured tradition of three things making a trend, Spotify is very much up to something with K-Pop podcasts in 2026. This week, the company has announced a new video show featuring boy-band KickFlip called ‘Flip the Language’. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Former Labour deputy challenges Clive Lewis but skips the warnings attached to NHS figures

The Register 7h ago

When the Brit Awards moved out of London for the first time in their history this year, it was a big deal for the UK music industry (not to mention hoteliers in the new host city, Manchester). The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

With shonky metadata and unagreed splits an enduring problem for the music industry, attention has turned in recent times to recording information from the earliest parts of the songwriting and recording processes. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

News that some of Spotify’s flagship playlists have been losing followers might usually be seen as bad news for the streaming service. However, it may actually be evidence of Spotify’s ongoing crackdown on streaming fraud. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

The US-based Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has held its annual membership meeting, including publishing some new stats on its work. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

WMG’s strategic reorganisation continues with news this morning that it has sold its European merch division, EMP Merchandise, to Whynow Media. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Unfortunately, short-notice festival cancellations have become increasingly common in recent years, and one example was the EDM-focused Evolutions Festival in September 2025. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

There is plenty happening today in the independent-music sector. We’ll start with the official opening up of Absolute Label Services’ Anthology to independent clients. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Imminent AI bubble-burst? What imminent AI bubble-burst? The investors in AI company ElevenLabs – the firm behind the Eleven Music which is also working on a separate project with UMG – don’t seem worried. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 7h ago

Two-thirds report immediate recovery, although teachers remain divided over whose job security is

The Register 8h ago

The Information Commission replaces the Information Commissioner, putting statutory powers under collective control

The Register 9h ago

Pophouse says it's acquired Sia's "publishing and master music rights"; the pricetag suggests a $360M valuation for the full set Source

Music Business Worldwide 9h ago

Kenjiro Tsuda lost his takedown claim against TikTok, and won something better: Japan's first ruling placing the human voice inside publicity rights. Source

Music Business Worldwide 9h ago

According to TikTok, the band is the first Japanese artist to be selected for one of the platform's artist-specific global campaigns, which it runs with top artists worldwide. Source

Music Business Worldwide 9h ago

Unredacted contract prompts fresh claims of preferential treatment and greater risk for the DWP

The Register 9h ago

Younger workers often overlooked for senior roles due to historical issues and fears they’ll get pregnant, says survey

The Register 10h ago

A series of recent surveys, from The Cost of A Dream to It’s Time to Talk, have highlighted the challenges faced by Indian musicians and music industry professionals. Indian artist […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 11h ago

Spotify India’s annual hip-hop festival Rap 91 Live — named after its flagship playlist for the genre — will return for its fifth edition on 24 October. Like every year, […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 11h ago

Indian music licensing company Novex has launched Velvet Labs, a company that designs and builds music technology products. It arrives with a line of three products for venues that use […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 11h ago

So why are more and more people snorting their daily fix of cat videos, men fighting and political propaganda

The Register 11h ago

Among the key findings of UK-based non-profit Lila’s Soundcheck report — which surveyed almost 350 South Asian music professionals working in the country — was that 68% of the respondents […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 11h ago

What's good for human shoppers does not work with probabilistic AI agents

The Register 12h ago

A federal judge denies summary judgment, sending MLC’s lengthy mechanical royalties battle against Pandora to trial. A federal judge has denied summary judgment in the Mechanical Licensing Collective’s (MLC) massive 7,000-page royalties case against Pandora, ruling that if it took that many pages...

Digital Music News 12h ago

After more than half a decade of litigation, Thomson Reuters has scored an appeals court win in its “fair use” copyright infringement dispute with a now-defunct company called Ross Intelligence. The U.S.

Digital Music News 13h ago

AI-powered startup Modulate, the company behind “audio-native voice intelligence model” Velma, has scored a $25 million raise. Somerville-headquartered Modulate recently announced the multimillion-dollar round, which Steve Jurvetson-founded Future Ventures led.

Digital Music News 13h ago

A source confirmed to Rolling Stone that the artist sold her catalog to Pophouse and plans to launch an immersive avatar concert

Rolling Stone 13h ago

Team that gave the world Bluetooth COVID tracking swipes right on algorithmic matchmaking

The Register 14h ago

Quavo recently opened up about how the death of his nephew and Migos groupmate Takeoff impacted his then-fractured relationship with fellow group member Offset. “I feel like it eased it a little bit,” said the singer during a video interview with Complex.

Variety 14h ago

Rita Ora’s former manager sues her for over £3 million (more than $4 million USD) in allegedly missing tour and television earnings and contract term violations. Sarah Stennett, Rita Ora’s former manager who signed her back in 2009 when she first hit the scene, is suing the singer for around £3.2...

Digital Music News 15h ago

“We can’t be content with New York City simply being the birthplace of hip hop,” Mamdani says in a video from the Mayor’s Office

Rolling Stone 16h ago

Taylor Swift teams up with TikTok for another exclusive in-app experience celebrating The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore and her new single, “Patient Zero.” Taylor Swift draws back the curtain on The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore on TikTok with a new dedicated in-app experience that gives fans...

Digital Music News 16h ago

Posts huge leaps in revenue, profit, and margin, with more to come

The Register 17h ago

Nearly eight months after raising $500 million at an $11 billion valuation, ElevenLabs is now valued at a staggering $22 billion. Meanwhile, Goldman, EQT, and several others have invested in the voice-focused AI business “for the first time.” ElevenLabs shed light on the valuation jump and its...

Digital Music News 19h ago

Microsoft broke its own cloud but isn’t sure how

The Register 19h ago

A set of tapes of unheard Oasis recordings has been suspended from auction after the band filed an injunction to block their sale. The lot of tapes of never-before-heard Oasis recordings, dubbed The Desk Tapes, has been suspended from auction following an injunction filed by the band to block their...

Digital Music News 21h ago

A defendant who pleaded guilty to planning the attack on Taylor Swift’s Vienna concert in 2024 lost a privacy lawsuit against Disney this week. An Austrian man identified as Beran A., who was convicted of planning a thwarted attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024, lost a privacy lawsuit...

Digital Music News 21h ago

While steeped in reality, they have the potential to serve as the catalyst for some great music. This is the case for the indie rock act Dogs on ...

Medium 21h ago

US model makers can train on web data - but distilling theirs is a 'national security risk'

The Register 22h ago

Just ask America.gov and you'll receive a favorite July 4th food.

The Register 22h ago

A Japanese court has ruled that voice is a protected publicity right in the first ruling of its kind in the country. On Wednesday, the Tokyo District Court ruled that voices are a protected publicity right in the first ruling of its kind in the country.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Billy Joel gave a health update during a call-in with fans on his SiriusXM channel this week, noting that he’s doing well after revealing earlier in September that he’d undergone brain surgery to relieve some of the symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus, a disorder he was diagnosed with in...

Variety 1d ago

This year has shown a clear audience appetite for live, shared viewing experiences. The finale of the UK’s The Traitors attracted a live audience of 9.4 million viewers in January. An international audience flooded to watch sporting events like the Super Bowl and World Cup, with both events...

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

Global recorded-music body the IFPI has made its latest submission to the EU Counterfeit and Piracy Watchlist consultation: a document listing the biggest sources of infringement it sees in 2026.

Music Ally 1d ago

Independent label Best Music’s CEO Mariana Voronina has been talking about the challenges facing Ukraine’s music industry since the country was invaded by Russia. “It affects literally every part of our work. We work through daily shelling and power cuts.

Music Ally 1d ago

Indie publishing orgs IMPF and IMPEL have outlined a licensing framework for generative AI to create a fair and sustainable market for the future. Independent music publishing organizations IMPEL and IMPF have now issued a licensing framework for generative AI based on several key principles that...

Digital Music News 1d ago

The Backstreet Boys’ highly anticipated return to Germany, where their story began 30 years ago, saw more than 450,000 tickets sold. In May of 1996, Germany helped elevate the Backstreet Boys to international superstars.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Streaming fraudster Michael Smith could get 46 months of prison time plus the $8 million in restitution he owes for his AI-driven streaming fraud. Michael Smith, whose AI-driven music scams stole over $8 million in royalties, argued last week that his crimes were victimless and took such a small...

Digital Music News 1d ago

A look at some common (and often invisible) issues blocking your royalties and how to unblock them to get your revenue flowing. The following article, from DMN partner Equalizer Consulting, offers a step-by-step framework for music businesses to develop a deliberate, documented metadata strategy.

Digital Music News 1d ago

As X (formerly Twitter) continues to successfully fend off music-sector infringement claims, the IFPI is urging the European Union to include the social platform on its 2027 “Counterfeit and Piracy Watchlist.” The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) recently made that...

Digital Music News 1d ago

About 29 months after investing in S10 Entertainment, Avex has upped its stake to 85% and announced an expanded role for Avex Music Group head Brandon Silverstein.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Kentucky’s governor announces a new “Office of Music” dedicated to highlighting the state’s storied music legacy and supporting the music industry. Last week at Kentucky’s Bourbon & Beyond festival, Governor Andy Beshear joined state officials and music industry leaders onstage to announce the...

Digital Music News 2d ago

Ahead of a high-stakes trial, “the largest copyright-free record label in the world,” NoCopyrightSounds (NCS), has secured a £1.4 million (currently $1.9 million) pre-interest interim payment in its contract dispute with AEI Music.

Digital Music News 2d ago

An expression may be easy to use in one language, but nearly impossible to explain in another. That’s the challenge at the heart of Flip the Language, a new video podcast on Spotify.

Spotify 2d ago

Silona Bonewald, our new Executive Director, will be hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on our forums at: 5th October 202617:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)In this forum thread Please respect the code of conduct, as you always do!

MetaBrainz Blog 2d ago

A new Chartmetric/Splice report finds afro house's biggest market has shifted from the US to Germany, echoing how Berlin once absorbed and reinvented Detroit techno decades ago. Now, shifting policy and a Gen Z techno revival may be converging at the same moment.

How Music Charts 3d ago

Hi everyone, I’m Sreehari, also known online as owlpharoah (op3kay on Matrix). I’m a second year student at IIIT Jabalpur. This summer I worked on the foundations of a GraphQL server in Rust that sits over the MusicBrainz PostgreSQL database, under the guidance of @bitmap and @jadedblueeyes.

MetaBrainz Blog 3d ago

Gwen Seale and Chris Castle discuss the streaming mechanicals panel at Artist Rights Symposium 5.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 3d ago

Catalogue is becoming a key revenue stream, while streaming's share of publishing income is set to rise further through 2033 London, UK – Music publishing revenue grew 9.6% in 2025 to reach $12.2 billion, with major publishers outgrowing independents, according to MIDiA Research's 2026–2033 glob...

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

Music startup Thoughtful Things has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for its first instrument, Engram. It's a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate completely new sounds. This isn't Suno in a box, though.

The Verge 3d ago

I thought this book was going to be about the Vail fire. After all, there’s a picture of Two Elk lodge burning right on the cover! But that’s not what it’s about, not really. I thought this was a niche book, for a narrow audience, those who remember this 1998 fire. But then I saw […]

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

https://ai.meta.com/muse/ The AI platform, not the band. Mark Zuckerberg gives piss-poor presentation. It’s funny, Steve Jobs created the paradigm. You write it and you rehearse it, to the point where even Tim Cook could keep the audience’s attention… But Zuck?

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

He takes swings at not only Taylor Swift, but Paul McCartney! Beck has a new album, I see the press everywhere. About an old girlfriend, a return to form…can’t say I read any of them, for numerous reasons.

Lefsetz Letter 4d ago

Drums on film. | Image: Decap I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doesn't have the name recognition of Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo, or Charli XCX.

The Verge 5d ago

Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resales The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans, as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the...

The Guardian 5d ago

Imagine asking Spotify to “play some fresh indie soul I might like” and then, mid-session, saying “I love... The post Bootstrapping Conversational Recommendation Agents at Spotify: Synthetic Data Generation and Self-Improvement Loops appeared first on Spotify Engineering.

Spotify Research 6d ago

Suno’s AI vocalists could learn a thing or two from this glitchy image. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Sony and Universal Music Group filed yet another suit against Suno.

The Verge 6d ago

Since launching in 1984, the MTV Video Music Awards have helped establish the music video as an art form: artist-defining, boundary-breaking, trend-setting, culture-defining. The awards show is also synonymous with legendary performances that bring those videos to life.

Spotify 6d ago

8.6% Growth Outpaces Overall US Market Cultural Moments from Super Bowl to World Cup Spotlight Latin Music as Paid Subscriptions Rise 12.4% & Vinyl More Than Triples US Latin recorded music revenues topped $542.2 million in the first half of 2026, up 8.6% compared with the same period last year,...

RIAA 6d ago

“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions”: Court records show what Microsoft and OpenAI actually thought about AI training — “Internal Microsoft communications identified the ‘real risk’ that generative AI could ‘significantly disrupt the employment of the very people who generated the...

Copyhype 6d ago