As The Album celebrates its fifth anniversary, Teyana Taylor’s third album has been certified Gold by the RIAA. First released on June 19—Juneteenth—2020, The Album was the last music Taylor released before announcing her fourth […]
Rae Sremmurd’s biggest hit just earned the Recording Industry Association of America’s loftiest certification. “Black Beatles” is now Diamond-certified by the RIAA, signifying 10 million units sold. It’s the first song from Rae Sremmurd, the […]
Photo Credit: Travis Gergen The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has strongly endorsed Disney & NBCUniversal’s lawsuit against AI company Midjourney. RIAA Chairman & CEO Mitch Glazier issued a statement that underscores the broader […]
The RIAA has announced that Metallica have received two new milestone certifications for classic albums Metallica AKA The Black Album and Master of Puppets. Metallica’s self-titled fifth album has been certified 20x platinum for sales […]
Photo: St. Jude/ALSAC, Courtesy of Universal Music Latino Public Relations The latest honor for music icon Selena is an RIAA Lifetime Achievement Award. The Recording Industry Association of America recognized the Queen of Tejano Music’s […]
Photo Credit: Lupe Fiasco by Dan Swartz Lupe Fiasco performed at an RIAA and HAC-hosted event to benefit Musicians On Call, a group delivering music to the bedsides of healthcare patients. Multi-platinum musician and producer […]
Beyoncé stands alone on the Diamond & Platinum throne in the music industry … the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Tuesday she has the most certified titles for any female artist, EVER!!! Credit […]
If there were any artist to continue soaring even after death, it’d be Avicii. The late electronic dance music icon, fans of whom recently flooded social media with poignant tributes, is now the titleholder of the […]
Photo Credit: Javier Miranda Earlier this month, the RIAA urged an appellate court to affirm the dismissal of a complaint levied against it by stream-ripper Yout. Now, Yout has formally submitted its reply brief, maintaining […]
Photo Credit: RIAA The RIAA has presented its first-ever NFT accolades plaque. Willow is the first recipient of this honor. The accolade recognizes the 3x Platinum “Whip My Hair,” 2x Platinum “Wait A Minute!,” 2x […]
Amid a courtroom confrontation with Yout, the RIAA’s legal team went ahead and highlighted the alleged similarities between the names and logos of the stream-ripper and YouTube. Photo Credit: Digital Music News As Hartford-based stream-ripper […]
Photo Credit: Fix the Tix Nineteen leading entertainment organizations — including UMG, RIAA, A2IM, and Recording Academy — have formed a coalition to protect concertgoers from price gouging and deceptive and predatory ticketing practices. In […]
Photo Credit: Spencer Williams Songwriter Louis Bell breaks the RIAA record for most Diamond-certified singles with eight — after breaking the record for the most Platinum-certified song in history with Post Malone’s ‘Sunflower.’ Esteemed songwriter-producer […]
Photo Credit: Georgia de Lotz RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier says his organization is challenging TikTok’s exploitation of recorded music to build its audience. The RIAA released its recorded music revenue data for 2022, showing a […]
Photo Credit: Rubaitul Azad Last September, a federal judge dismissed stream-ripper Yout’s much-publicized lawsuit against the RIAA with prejudice. Now, as Yout continues to appeal the ruling, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Microsoft’s GitHub have […]
Photo Credit: David Veksler Earlier this month, the RIAA doubled down on its aggressive push to make stream-ripper Yout cough up $250,000 in attorneys’ fees as part of their long-running courtroom confrontation. Now, the presiding […]
Photo Credit: Possessed Photography The RIAA submits a 2022 lobbying disclosure report to raise ‘artificial intelligence’ as a ‘specific lobbying issue’ with the United States government. The RIAA, representing the Big Three (Warner Music Group, […]
Photo Credit: Scott Graham One week back, stream-ripper Yout appealed the dismissal of its years-long defamation and DMCA lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of America. Now, the RIAA is officially demanding that the Hartford-based […]
Photo Credit: David Veksler Last month, a judge dismissed the much-publicized lawsuit filed against the RIAA by stream-ripping platform Yout. Now, the Hartford-based plaintiff is officially appealing. Yout’s latest move in the years-long legal battle […]
Photo Credit: David Veksler Back in October of 2020, Hartford, Connecticut-headquartered stream-ripping platform Yout filed a firmly worded lawsuit against the RIAA, seeking relief for alleged defamation per se as well as alleged violations of […]