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Music Business Worldwideby Music Business Worldwide1 Sept 2026
Katy Perry‘s The One That Got Away has been named TikTok‘s Global Song of the Summer for 2026. The song, which is 15 years old, was initially released as a single from Perry’s Teenage Dream album...
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug1 Sept 2026
Udio is contesting Sony Music‘s claim that it copied 30,117 of the major’s sound recordings to train its generative AI models.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug1 Sept 2026
Warner Music Central Europe has launched Warner Records Germany, a frontline label based in Berlin. Lea Londa has been appointed Director of the label.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug1 Sept 2026
Suno has been sued by Gerencia 360 Music, an independent record label, publisher, booking agency, and management company that specializes in Regional Mexican and Latin music.
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham1 Sept 2026
BMG and Concord have today (September 1) confirmed the successful completion of their merger. The combined companies say the deal will “create a new global music company with the scale, expertise...
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug31 Aug 2026
Jermaine Dupri has dropped his USD $18 million royalty lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment. So So Def Recordings, So So Def Productions, and Dupri filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on...
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham29 Aug 2026
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have joined forces to sue Anthropic, home of Claude, over what the publishers call “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of...
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani28 Aug 2026
This week, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, and Warner Music Group all took equity in Stability AI by joining a $76 million Series B funding round.
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham28 Aug 2026
BMG saw its revenue grow by 4.9% YoY to EUR €444 million (USD $518M) in the first half of 2026. On an organic basis – which strips out the impact of acquisitions, disposals, and currency effects –...
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug28 Aug 2026
Warner Music Austria and ADA Central Europe have signed a distribution and studio partnership with Tonherd, an independent label, publisher, and recording studio based in Vienna.
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham27 Aug 2026
Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment have formally added a claim to their copyright lawsuit against Suno accusing the AI music company of circumventing YouTube’s anti-downloading...
Music Business Worldwideby Music Business Worldwide27 Aug 2026
Authentic Brands Group has acquired a majority stake in the intellectual property of OVO, the “premium lifestyle” apparel and brand company co-founded by Drake. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Music Business Worldwideby Music Business Worldwide27 Aug 2026
Sony Music Publishing has been named Publisher of the Year at the 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. It’s the second year running that SMP has taken the title.
Music Business Worldwideby Rafaela Fornitani27 Aug 2026
The Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund has named its first slate of 2026 grantees. The docket covers 17 organizations and an investment of almost $6 million.
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham27 Aug 2026
Beggars Group‘s total annual revenue grew 20% YoY to GBP £134.48 million (USD $177 million) in 2025.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug26 Aug 2026
Luminate is launching a framework to identify and measure AI-generated music. The data company, whose numbers power Billboard’s charts, says its CONNECT platform “can now flag AI-generated songs...
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug26 Aug 2026
Wholly AI-generated tracks will be barred from the ARIA Charts in Australia. The Australian Recording Industry Association confirmed on August 25 how the global principles on recordings developed...
Music Business Worldwideby Rhian Jones26 Aug 2026
MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the composers behind the globe’s biggest hits. Here we chat to Gabe Simon, the genre-hopping writer best known for his work with Noah Kahan.
Music Business Worldwideby Mandy Dalugdug26 Aug 2026
A wealth of tributes have been paid to Dolly Parton, who has died at the age of 80. The singer, songwriter and businesswoman’s death on Tuesday (August 25) was announced in a video posted to her...
Music Business Worldwideby Tim Ingham25 Aug 2026
The three major music companies have all just banked equity in Stability AI – by joining a USD $76 million Series B investment into the gen-AI company.
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