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Warner Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has announced a new deal with iconic singer-songwriter Dido, covering both her upcoming music and her catalog. “Warner Chappell have been there for me from the very beginning of my songwriting journey, well over 25 years ago,” Dido said in a press release on Wednesday […]

TikTok has launched a new feature called “Add to Music App” that lets its users save songs they discover via TikTok on the streaming services where they listen to their music. According to an announcement from TikTok on Tuesday (November 14), the Add to Music App feature is launching “in partnership with the major music streaming services,

China’s largest operator of streaming music services has reported another record-breaking quarter for its online music division, and is likely on track to record more than USD $1.5 billion in music subscription revenues this year. Tencent Music Entertainment, which operates streaming music services QQ Music, Kugo, Kuwou and WeSing, reported a 20.8% YoY jump in online music

Warner Music has partnered with the Estate of legendary French artist, Edith Piaf, on what it calls groundbreaking AI technology to recreate her voice and image. As part of the partnership, Warner Music Entertainment and production company, Seriously Happy, will develop what they claim to be “the first animated biopic of an artist using AI”. According

Watch out, Ghostwriter, FlowGPT and others creating AI-generated clones of musical artists – YouTube‘s ban hammer is waiting. Alphabet-owned YouTube announced on Tuesday (November 14) that it’s developing a system for music partners to request the removal of content on its platform that “mimics an artist’s unique singing or rapping voice.” For the time being, this new takedown request

Icelandic-Chinese artist Laufey has extended her partnership with AWAL globally following the success of her chart-topping album Bewitched. Released on September 8, the album made history by securing the all-time record as the biggest debut for a jazz album on Spotify. It debuted at No. 2 on Spotify’s Top Album Debut Global chart, trailing only behind Olivia Rodrigo. The album’s standout single, From the

The music streaming landscape is changing. In the past few months alone, we’ve seen the arrival of a serious new player in the form of TikTok Music, and the launch of a much-debated new artist-centric streaming payout model from Deezer.  MBW also just recently broke the news that Spotify is implementing major changes to its own royalty model in Q1 2024. Today (November 8) brings more

Taylor Swift has been named as Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2023. In a media release announcing the news, Apple Music said that “across the charts, streams, and concert stadiums filled with screaming, bracelet-wearing super fans, Swift undeniably reached a new realm of superstardom this year”. According to Apple Music, in the first 10