120,000 New Tracks Are Being Uploaded to Streaming Per Day

120,000 New Tracks Are Being Uploaded to Streaming Per Day

A new report has confirmed that more new music is being recorded and uploaded to streaming services than at any point in history. According to Luminate (via Music Business Worldwide), an average of 120,000 new […]

Universal Music Group Signs Deal With AI Startup Endel

A person with a machine for a brain

Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced a partnership with Endel, a company that uses AI to generate soundscapes meant to facilitate work, meditation, and sleep. UMG will license use Endel’s technology to enable its artists […]

Ice Cube implores Drake to sue the person behind the AI song Heart On My Sleeve – Music News

Ice Cube implores Drake to sue the person behind the AI song Heart On My Sleeve - Music News

Ice Cube says Drake should sue whoever made the AI-generated track ‘Heart On My Sleeve’. The track by TikTok user Ghostwriter977 used Artificial Intelligence to generate vocals that sounded just like musicians Drake and The […]

Doja Cat Says Last 2 Albums ‘Were Cash-Grabs and Y’all Fell for It’

Doja Cat Says Last 2 Albums ‘Were Cash-Grabs and Y’all Fell for It’

Doja Cat had a few things to get off her chest on Tuesday night.  First the Grammy winner targeted her last two albums, categorizing them as nothing more than money makers.  “Planet Her and Hot Pink were cash-grabs and yall fell for it,” […]

Beetlejuice 2 in the Works with Original Cast and Jenna Ortega

Beetlejuice 2 in the Works with Original Cast and Jenna Ortega

The long-in-the-works Beetlejuice sequel has found new life… and a new star.  Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2 has officially been given the green-light, with original cast members Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara all onboard […]

Ed Sheeran: Subtract review – easily his best ever album | Ed Sheeran

The artwork for Subtract.

Ed Sheeran famously keeps one eye on the numbers. A decade ago, he established his trademark, a pop take on the sensitive singer-songwriter trope with a healthy relationship to rap and R&B that has allowed […]

The Weeknd Joins Ryan Reynolds and Snoop Dogg in Wanting to Buy the Ottawa Senators

The Weeknd Joins Ryan Reynolds and Snoop Dogg in Wanting to Buy the Ottawa Senators

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers are the only two Canadian NHL teams in the playoffs, but the most popular one right now is the Ottawa Senators. The Weeknd is now the latest […]

25 summer concerts in L.A. we can’t wait to see

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It’s like the Super Bowl for online fan armies: Megastars Taylor Swift and Beyoncé will be performing at SoFi Stadium this summer, a mere month apart. Swifties will be sure to note that Taylor has […]

TikTok Developing Generative AI Disclosure System for Creators

TikTok AI disclosure

Photo Credit: Árpád Czapp As generative AI is taking the social media world by storm with song mashups, TikTok is looking to disclose content that has been AI-generated.  A new report from The Information suggests TikTok is […]

The Weeknd Partners With Blue Bottle Coffee To Create Samra Origins

The Weeknd Partners With Blue Bottle Coffee To Create Samra Origins

Blue Bottle Coffee, a specialty coffee and roastery company,  is partnering with The Weeknd to create Samra Origins, a new coffee brand that honours Ethiopian culture.  The brand and product line is named after The Weeknd’s mother, […]

Beatles AI Tracks Are Surfacing With Lennon & McCartney Realism

Paul McCartney performing in the Netherlands in 2009. (photo: Eddie Janssens)

Paul McCartney performing in the Netherlands in 2009. Photo Credit: Eddie Janssens With the well-documented explosion of artificial intelligence music continuing to evolve, a number of AI tracks made to sound like releases from The […]

Universal Music Group Issues Its Sternest Warnings Yet On AI-Generated Content

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Photo Credit: Coolcaesar / CC by 3.0 Universal Music Group issues its sternest warnings yet on AI-generated content in its quarterly earnings call amidst solid earnings in 2023. Universal Music Group’s earnings call on Wednesday was notable […]