Nu-rock band Limp Bizkit, led by frontman Fred Durst, is taking Universal Music Group to court over what they say are unpaid loyalties. The band is seeking $200 million in damages and unpaid royalties, which […]
Limp Bizkit is fighting for what they deserve. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles, the band accused Universal Music Group of withholding money from them. The band worked with the music label from […]
Nelly – Source: Markus Cuff / Getty Nelly’s St. Lunatics group mates are suing him alleging he stole the royalties and songwriting credits for Country Grammar. One of the most commercially successful albums of all […]
According to most of the people music industry or any creative industry is very hard to survive in but the income is very slim but times are changing for artists and musicians as music royalties […]
How much are streaming music platforms actually paying for publishing in the U.S.? Amid an intensifying battle over Spotify’s bundling and a corresponding mechanicals decline, here’s a comprehensive look at actual payout data preceding Spotify’s […]
Make no mistake, music publishers aren’t thrilled about Spotify’s big shift towards bundled offerings. NMPA head David Israelite has condemned in no uncertain terms Spotify’s “perversion of the settlement” behind Phonorecords IV, making clear as […]
We love writing about song royalties on Celebrity Net Worth. It’s probably our favorite topic of all time. Who wouldn’t want to get rich off song royalties? Write a hit song once, then earn direct […]
House representatives Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman have introduced to Congress a new bill aiming to boost streaming royalties for artists. The Living Wage for Musicians Act would create a new payment system, the Artist […]
For over 70 years, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (under several names) was owned and controlled by various members of the McMahon family. The company was founded in 1953 by Vincent J. McMahon as the Capital […]
Spotify’s 2023 Wrapped has arrived, and with it, a slew of stats and data on 2023 in music. The headliner? Taylor Swift, who was the platform’s most-streamed artist of the year, a feat that will […]
A bassist has filed a lawsuit against Linkin Park over credit and unpaid royalties on more than 20 songs, as reported by Billboard. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday (November 8th), Kyle Christner claimed […]
Spotify is planning to make changes to its royalties model early next year, Billboard and Music Business Worldwide (MBW) report. The reported plans will impact artists who don’t generate significant streaming numbers, anyone accused of […]
Concord and ICE have finalized an extended agreement. Photo Credit: Concord Having enjoyed “significantly increasing royalties” since becoming an ICE Core direct member in 2018, Concord has officially inked a new multiyear agreement with the […]
Marc Almond continues to rake in royalties for ‘Tainted Love’. Synthpop duo Soft Cell – which sees singer Marc joined by instrumentalist David Ball – released their version of the timeless classic in 1981, and […]
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) had accumulated at least $561 million in unmatched royalties as of 2021’s end, according to tax document shared with Digital Music News. The music industry can count The MLC as […]
The family of Gap Band members Robert and Ronnie Wilson have filed a lawsuit against BMG for unpaid royalties on the Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson 2014 song “Uptown Funk.” Rolling Stone reports that BMG […]
The Gap Band heirs are officially suing BMG for allegedly failing to pay owed royalties stemming from the incorporation of 1979’s “Oops Upside Your Head” in Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” (2014). The […]
Universal Music Group (UMG) is officially facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly “depriving artists of the royalties they are contractually owed” – to the tune of a staggering $750 million in “unlawfully retained” payments from […]
Black Sheep has waged a legal war against Universal Music Group. The 1990s hip-hop duo, composed of Andres “Dres” Vargas Titus and William “Mista Lawnge” McLean, is spearheading a hefty class action lawsuit over unpaid royalties. According […]
SongVest is the world’s first music marketplace where fans become investors by purchasing fractional shares of music royalties. Here’s how the revolutionary service works for everyone involved. The following was created in collaboration with SongVest, […]