Why the Song of the Summer Has Become a Thousand Different Songs
Streaming has fragmented music audiences so deeply that the traditional single “song of the summer” is…
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Spotify Premium Early Access Gives New Releases a Three-Day Head Start in India
Spotify is launching Premium Early Access in India, letting selected Premium subscribers hear participating new releases…
ARIA Draws a Clear Line Between AI-Assisted and AI-Generated Music
ARIA is excluding wholly AI-generated tracks from its official charts while allowing substantially human-made recordings that…
Apple Music Is Bringing Made With AI Labels to Listeners
Apple Music plans to make its AI transparency metadata visible to listeners later this year with…
Spotify Introduces AI Persona Labels: What They Mean for Artists and Music Discovery
Spotify is introducing AI Persona labels for artist identities, with badges arriving from mid-September 2026 and…
Can Listeners Really Tell AI Music From Human Music?
A UK listener test highlighted by Deezer suggests only a small minority can reliably distinguish AI-generated…
BMI Expands Royalty Tracking as Soundmouse Acquires On Music
BMI says Soundmouse has acquired cue-sheet and data specialist On Music, expanding the infrastructure used to…
Why Music Publishers Are Becoming the First Call for Independent Artists
Concord says more artists are approaching publishers before labels, using publishing support for financing, creative development…
Suno Fails to Dismiss Musician’s AI Training Copyright Lawsuit
A federal judge has allowed key copyright and DMCA claims against Suno to move forward in…
Dr. Dre Embraces AI in Music as Producers Split Over the Technology
Dr. Dre says AI can expand a producer’s creative toolkit, highlighting a growing divide between artists…
The AI-Assisted Madonna Cover That Forced Australia to Rewrite Its Chart Rules
Josh Fawaz’s AI-assisted cover of Madonna’s Like a Prayer became a major Australian hit and helped…
Warner Chappell Promotes Gabz Landman to EVP of A&R
Warner Chappell Music has promoted Gabz Landman to Executive Vice President, A&R, strengthening one of the…