"Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator" will debut Tuesday, June 9 on the ABC, and will feature interviews with survivors who’ve never before spoken publicly of his crimes.
"Our goal is to be the biggest net exporter of Australian music, and every decision we are making right now," says group CEO Andy Irvine, "is pointed directly at that."
Samsung has officially responded to Dua Lipa’s copyright infringement lawsuit by denying “any allegations of intentional misuse” and underscoring that it’s “open to a constructive resolution with Ms. Lipa’s team.” Samsung addressed the $15 million complaint in response to DMN’s comment request; we...
Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. were snapped in the Mexican capital where they're shooting the music video for “Street of Dreams.”
Amid a continued SVIP expansion and a triple-digit revenue boost on the concerts side, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has reported nearly $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 revenue. The QQ, Kugou, Kuwo, and WeSing operator shed light on its first-quarter financials today.
The superstar Australian pop singer announces Pure, her first album through a new deal struck with Universal Music via Better Now Records/Electrola.
The artist has been countersued for trademark infringement in her ongoing legal battle with the indie band
The upcoming film is co-produced by the band & is inspired by its tour life adventures.
The reunited band, with Larry Mullen Jr. back on drums, shot the video on top of a school bus in Mexico City, and the song will appear on a currently-untitled LP later this year
The set also scores her best vinyl sales week ever.
The Twigs v. Twigs trademark showdown just got even uglier: Now, The Twigs have fired back against FKA Twigs’ lawsuit with a firmly worded countercomplaint seeking, among other things, an order barring the artist from using the contested name.
Until the transaction closes, BMG and Concord's current CFOs will continue in their respective roles.
A jury held the rapper liable for infringing an instrumental track at a 2021 listening party for his chart-topping album.
The legendary songwriter & frontwoman also talks to the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast about reuniting with her '90s band for a new album.
TikTok is rolling out an ad-free subscription plan in the UK for users 18 and over for £3.99 a month. Users who subscribe won’t see ads on the platform, and their data won’t be used for advertising purposes.
Hybe and Geffen Records announce their second global girl group, Saint Satine, after the finale of music survival show “World Scout: The Final Piece.” It’s official: Hybe and Geffen Records have unveiled their second global girl group following the worldwide success of Katseye.
Lundén promoted to Director, Atlantic Records Finland; Wheeler joins as Senior A&R Source
The late icon also completes a top two domination on the chart unseen since 1969.
The artist, now known as Ye, testified that he knowingly removed a sample from the song after a listening event because he lacked clearance
The Recording Academy’s marquee night will return to Los Angeles next February, but with a new TV network home in ABC
The Grammy Awards will be held on Feb. 7, 2027, as the ceremony moves to ABC, Hulu and Disney+ in the U.S. after more than 50 years on CBS. Nominations for the 69th annual Grammy kudos will be revealed on Nov. 16. The ceremony will originate live from Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.
Douglas also helmed records by Cheap Trick and the Patti Smith Group and worked with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, the Who, and New York Dolls
Jack Douglas, a top-flight rock producer whose work in the 1970s and early 1980s included John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Double Fantasy,” Aerosmith’s “Rocks” and “Toys in the Attic,” Cheap Trick’s debut album, Patti Smith’s “Radio Ethiopia” and more, died on Monday, according to a social media post...
Spotify ramps up its Wrapped recaps as part of its 20th anniversary celebration, releasing a limited-time look at your entire listening history. As part of Spotify’s 20th anniversary celebration, the streamer has unveiled a limited-time, mobile-only in-app experience giving users a “playful,...
Zerza's new remit as COO will encompass corporate development, central marketing, business and market intelligence, and WMX Source
The man accused of stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyoncé music has avoided a jury trial by pleading guilty and will serve prison time. Kelvin Evans, the 40-year-old man accused of stealing hard drives from Beyoncé’s team containing unreleased music, pleaded guilty in Fulton County...
The appointment will take effect upon closing of the BMG-Concord merger, which is expected to fall in the second half of 2026. Source
Apple Music is inviting all of Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters to the final chapter of her Mayhem era with “Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga Mayhem Requiem.” Lady Gaga has teamed up with Apple Music for a special recorded live performance, “Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga Mayhem Requiem.” The show was filmed...
Amid the success of the new Michael Jackson biopic, four siblings alleging child sex abuse double down on their claims in a new interview. The Cascio family, four siblings who filed a lawsuit against the Michael Jackson estate in February, doubled down on their claims of child sexual abuse in a new...
Tencent Music has explicitly blamed the 'proliferation of unauthorized AI-generated content' for creating 'headwinds' for its music subscription growth. Source
Singer was honored with the Glenn Gould Prize in Toronto over the weekend
The singer appeared in court and agreed to push his probable cause hearing to the end of June
Mahoney’s promotion is accompanied by a series of senior Membership team promotions, including Bela Zecker, Joe Mercer Danher, and Ben Sperling. Source
LAA Music says its artists and writers have already generated more than 4 billion streams since launching in 2025. Source
Kelvin Evans accepted a deal that comes with a five-year sentence one day after his trial began in Atlanta
The company's Q1 earnings report was published on Tuesday, May 12. Source
The man accused of stealing hard drives that contained unreleased Beyoncé music in July 2025 pleaded guilty on Tuesday to avoid a jury trial. Kelvin Evans, 40, entered a guilty plea to single counts of criminal trespass and entering a vehicle with the intent to commit theft in Fulton County...
Who wants to beat up a Beatle? Before Kevin Hart took the hot seat at this year’s live roast on Netflix, the spot was offered to none other than Paul McCartney, sources tell Variety.
It’s unclear if Pearl Jam have settled on a new drummer or will be playing with a fill-in member at the Eddie Vedder-curated festival in Dana Point, California
Madonna is returning to the Tribeca Festival to present the world premiere of “Confessions II,” a visual film. Directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (TORSO), the film is built around the first six tracks of her upcoming studio album, “Confessions II” — a follow-up to her critically acclaimed...
“The energy has been incredible every night,” says Journey founder Neal Schon. “Seeing these crowds sing these songs with us after all these years has been powerful”
Lady Gaga has announced that her long-awaited “Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga Mayhem Requiem” will be released on Apple Music on Thursday at 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET, and will also debut at the same time during one-night-only screenings at 15 AMC Theaters in select cities.
Social media is becoming less social. You may have noticed this in your own life, as the endless scroll of short-form video becomes default. Users are more likely to turn to ‘social’ platforms for entertainment than to communicate with friends, according to MIDiA’s quarterly consumer survey . Source
Atlanta-based real estate fund Roots led the round, alongside a group of strategic backers and angel investors. Source
On May 15, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will launch its new exhibit “Paul McCartney and Wings,” featuring the most extensive collection of items from McCartney’s personal archives to be made accessible to the public, as well as donations from former bandmembers and associates.
The program will support 10 artists through 2026, offering priority distribution, targeted DSP marketing, paid digital campaign support, and more. Source
Rod Stewart is not mincing words about the president, especially in the company of British royalty. The rocker appeared to refer to Donald J. Trump as “that little ratbag” when he greeted King Charles in a receiving line at an event Monday night in London.
TikTok has become the latest social-media platform to offer a paid subscription that removes advertising. ‘TikTok Ad-Free’ is launching in the UK for £3.99 a month ($5.40 at current exchange rates). It’s only available for users aged 18 and over, and will be rolling out “over the coming months”.
Spotify paid out R$2bn of royalties for music by Brazilian artists in 2025, the company has announced. That’s around $409.2m at current exchange rates. The payouts grew by 24% compared to 2024.
A European Union co-funded project called Artistic Futures is aiming to put AI to positive use for songwriters: by helping them to identify unclaimed royalties and broken metadata.
What’s a video-to-music AI when it’s at home, you may be wondering? It’s a model that generates music based on a video input rather than a text prompt – the idea being to create a soundtrack that matches the footage.
Music cities (and counties, and states…) are an increasingly-active element of the US music industry, with an array of organisations working to nurture their local ecosystems and communities. Now they’ve got a trade body of their own.
Newly ensconced within UMG’s Virgin Music Group after the acquisition of its parent company Downtown Music, distributor CD Baby has unveiled a new “high-level support” program for some of its artists.
Spotify is where fans and artists come together, turning discovery into something personal, moments into movements, and listening into community. To celebrate 20 years, we’ve been revealing surprising insights into our collective listening habits.
Spotify is celebrating its 20th anniversary by launching a fan experience looking back on listening habits throughout the years, like something akin to a personalized time capsule.
As rumoured, Sony Music Publishing is acquiring the complete catalogue of Recognition Music Group (RMG) – the company formerly known as three different Hipgnosis entities.
The following MBW op/ed comes from Kenny Gates, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of [PIAS]. Source
A federal jury found Kanye West liable for copyright infringement over the track “Hurricane,” first played at a listening party for his album Donda. It’s the latest in a long string of copyright infringement cases for the virulently antisemitic rapper.
Downtown’s CD Baby distribution mainstay, now part of Virgin Music Group, is expanding its core distribution know-how to include full-service, hands-on support for select indie artists.
Sony Music Publishing (SMP) has made its much-rumored Recognition Music Group catalog acquisition official, thereby securing interests in north of 45,000 high-profile works.
Days after disclosing $650 million in song-rights expenditures, Bain Capital-partnered Warner Music Group (WMG) has reportedly scooped up the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ recorded catalog.
We’re happy to announce the release of our May 2026 database schema change now! Thanks to all who were patient during Monday’s downtime as we released everything to our production servers. This is a fairly small database schema change release which mostly improves things behind the scenes.
Kendrick Lamar’s album GNX disappeared from Apple Music, while the music videos for “Not Like Us” and “Luther” also mysteriously vanished from YouTube. All were restored hours later. Kendrick Lamar seems to be making moves, but no one is sure what they mean just yet.
Suno and Warner Music Group (WMG) really don’t want to reveal the terms of their lawsuit-ending licensing agreement: Now, the AI music generator is aggressively firing back against a demand from Universal Music and Sony Music to produce the deal.
Mark Smythe, a New Zealand-born and L.A.-based composer, died Saturday after a medical emergency on the Mount Wilson hiking trail near Los Angeles. He was 53. The L.A. Coroner’s office reported that the cause of death was cardiovascular disease.
Better Sony own these songs than the bank. But what we’ve learned here is all the rightsholders who sold to Hipgnosis based on Merck’s involvement… I hope you had a key man clause, which you couldn’t get anyway. Now the truth is most rightsholders are just interested in the money.
Mexico’s fastest-growing music genre on streaming is corridos, with recent catalog data from Duetti and Chartmetric showcasing just how deep that momentum runs across platforms and listener behavior.
New California legislation aims to fight ticket resale price gouging in the live entertainment industry amid intense scrutiny of ticketing practices. On Monday, California Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) held a press conference outside the Castro Theatre to emphasize the importance of...
InMusic has announced signing a definitive agreement to acquire music tech company Native Instruments, as the Berlin-based company changes hands again. On Friday (May 8), inMusic and Native Instruments announced that the former had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the latter, the...
The Beatles’ Apple Corps announces the first-ever official Beatles fan experience at the iconic rooftop stage of 3 Savile Row in London. 3 Savile Row in London is already enshrined in pop culture history as one of the earliest headquarters of the Beatles’ Apple Corps.
Pela primeira vez na história, o Brasil figura entre os oito maiores mercados de música gravada do mundo, de acordo com o Relatório Global de Música da IFPI 2026.
From under 1 million Spotify listeners to nearly 30 million in three years, Ella Langley now sits ahead of Zach Bryan, Luke Combs, and Chris Stapleton, becoming country music's hottest act.
As Eurovision fans gear up to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the iconic song contest, Spotify is diving into the data to explore how listeners engage with the songs and artists that have come out of the competition. Year after year, Eurovision remains a beloved cultural moment.
Whenever you’re calculating attendances for big stadium tours nowadays, you’ll need to add on a few dozen to cover the camera crews filming concert documentaries.
3 Savile Row in London’s Mayfair district is a very-famous location in rock history. It was an early headquarters of the Beatles’ company Apple Corps, including the rooftop where they famously played their final concert in 1969.
We know from various anecdotal examples that TikTok’s Commercial Music Library (CML) can lead to big spikes in views and video creations on the app. Now licensing firm Chordal has provided some more stats on the impact.
Planning a holiday in south-east Asia? Two major labels are keen to sway your decision about which country to visit. Universal Music Group’s latest deal aims to “amplify Singapore’s appeal as a must-visit destination”, but Warner Music Group’s wants to “showcase Thailand’s appeal to the world...
We have a full set of financial results for the major labels, with Sony Music Group declaring its first-quarter numbers last week following UMG and WMG’s recent announcements. Sony Music Group’s overall revenues were up 21% year-on-year to ¥570bn ($3.63bn at current exchange rates) in Q1 2026.
Warner Music Group clearly realised it didn’t want to be miser when it came to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ recordings. The major’s joint-venture with Bain Capital has reportedly splashed more than $300m on the catalogue.
The memory of music executive John Sweeney, who died in June 2025, was celebrated at the Liverpool Sound City showcase festival.
FKA twigs will play jazz icon Josephine Baker in a new biopic from filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré, which starts filming in the fall. Singer FKA twigs will star as the iconic jazz star Josephine Baker in an upcoming biopic by filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré (“Cuties”), which begins filming in the fall.
1 Apple pulled off a masterstroke, but it’s not the fruit company news everybody is talking about. Yes, Apple gained the rights for Formula 1, which used to be free on ESPN and… Free TV is going the way of the dodo. There’s just too much money in desirable product for streamers not to lay […]
Many shows don’t sell out, who’da thunk? Yesterday everybody was complaining they couldn’t get a ticket and now they’re saying no one wants to go, which is it?
The question that woke me up this morning:
At what point does a statutory royalty administrator start looking less like a collective licensing entity and more like a small bank? When they're holding $1.4 billion in other people's money.
It’s already raised over $700,000 on Kickstarter. | Image: Bastl Make no mistake, the Bastl Kalimba is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don't really make much sound.
On Monday, May 11, at 15:00 UTC (8am PT, 11am ET, 5:00pm CEST), we’ll be: See the previous announcement for more information. We’ll be working to restore services as quickly as possible, but expect MusicBrainz, ListenBrainz, the Cover Art Archive, and BookBrainz to be down for the hour.
I can’t wait for a proper full length. | Image: Blitzcat Records I've got to thank my oldest friend and concert buddy, Tim, for turning me on to this one. Ashnymph is a London band that blends post-punk melodies with Krautrock rhythms and industrial grime.
They keep telling us to believe in the system. And just to wait for the coming election(s). I remember Bill Maher predicting that Donald Trump wasn’t going to leave the White House if he lost in 2020.
The EP-136 KO Sidekick sandwiched between two KO-II samplers. | Image: Teenage Engineering The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering's stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets.
Native Instruments' suite of music production software and gear, including Traktor and Kontakt, will soon live under the inMusic umbrella alongside other music tech brands like Akai Professional and Moog Music.
Publishers and Authors Sue Meta, Alleging ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement Behind Its Llama AI Service — “‘Meta’s copying of these literary works was neither incidental nor accidental,’ the publishers’ suit claims.
There is growing awareness of the strains that life on the road can create for DJs and electronic-music artists and their teams. Now US-based non-profit Backline has launched a ‘Mental Health Tookit’ specifically for this sector.
AI-generated music and streaming fraud are collapsing the assumptions behind the CRB’s “39-step” royalty framework, forcing urgent reform to protect human creators and preserve the integrity of the compulsory mechanical license.
Last week, MIDiA’s public webinar “The State of AI and Music” explored AI’s role in reshaping consumption, creation, and value in the music industry. For those who were unable to attend, a recording of the webinar is available here . Source
From streaming revenue to global market share, discover how Mexico's fastest-growing genre is being built from the bottom up.
Asian and Pacific Islander artists continue to shape the global soundscape, pushing creative boundaries and connecting with fans worldwide. This Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (APIHM), Spotify is honored to celebrate their impact while spotlighting the next wave of artists defining what’s...
From our earliest days, Spotify has been built on a simple principle: Great audio should be easy to reach. It’s what’s driven us to expand from music to podcasts to audiobooks, and onto more than 2,000 devices.
Desde o lançamento em 2023, o DJ (beta) já ajudou a deixar a experiência de ouvir música muito mais personalizada para 94 milhões de usuários Premium do Spotify.
Since launching in 2023, DJ (beta) has helped shape a more personalized listening experience for 94 million Spotify Premium users. Today, we’re bringing this popular feature to new markets and introducing four new language options: French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Da quando è stata presentata nel 2023, DJ (beta) ha aiutato a definire un’esperienza d’ascolto più personalizzata per 94 milioni di utenti Spotify Premium.
Seit dem Start im Jahr 2023 hat DJ (Beta) das personalisierte Hörerlebnis von 94 Millionen Spotify Premium-Nutzer*innen bereichert. Ab sofort ist das beliebte Feature in weiteren Märkten verfügbar – ergänzt um vier neue Sprachen: Deutsch, Französisch, Italienisch und Brasilianisches Portugiesisch.
What makes the Empirical Labs Distressor such a lasting studio classic? On this week’s podcast episode, I sit down with Dave Derr, founder of Empirical Labs and creator of the Distressor.
Komplete is a complete music production bundle even if you don’t spend $2,000. | Image: Native Instruments The latest version of Native Instruments' Komplete music production bundle is here with 62 new additions, including the wonderfully weird Absynth 6.
In November 2024, Australia passed regulation aimed at social media platforms. From December 2025, children under the age of 16 could no longer legally hold accounts, with platforms held liable for infringements. Source
AI Music is flooding the internet, and Apple Music is no exception. The good news is that almost no one is listening to it on the platform. Apple Music VP Oliver Schusser says that while AI-generated music now makes up about a third of the current submissions to the music service, it accounts for...