Universal Music Group NV and Spotify Technology SA reached a new multiyear distribution agreement that includes compensation for recorded songs and publishing rights. The world’s largest record label and the leader in music streaming said the new deal reflects changes in Spotify’s business model,
The record label behind Taylor Swift plans to launch a U.S. offering of some shares owned Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square, as the hedge-fund billionaire pushes for a U.S. listing.
The company, home to Ariana Grande and Kendrick Lamar, will longer hold its pre-Grammy artist showcase and awards show afterparty.
During an interview published Thursday (Jan. 16) with Filipino journalist Karen Davila, Sofronio Vasquez revealed he has an “automatic recording label” with Republic Records after winning The Voice in December 2024.
Shares in Universal Music, the world's largest record label, could soon be listed on a U.S. exchange, as a result of a $500 million stock offering by Bill Ackman's Pershing Square. The hedge-fund billionaire said his firm believed that bringing Universal,
Taylor Swift’s first new love after Joe Alwyn is actually a past fling. On May 3, The Sun reported that Swift has been seeing Matty Healy, the frontman of The 1975. The couple was first romantically linked in December 2014.
Drake has filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, claiming a song falsely accuses him of being a pedophile. Meanwhile, Shanghai officials are in talks with Taylor Swift for a possible show following the success of her 'Eras' tour.
Universal Music Group, the parent label to acts like Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar, is canceling all of its Grammy-related events and will redirect those resources to aid wildfire relief efforts.
Grammy Awards are slated to take place on the ceremony’s original date of Feb. 2 and sources say the Clive Davis party is still on.
There are several alternative apps like RedNote, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts that people have flocked to in anticipation of the ban, but TikTok leads the charge in terms of how musicians communicate with their fans, how old songs regain new life, and how new independent artists can reach viral status seemingly overnight.
RAPPER Drake has filed a new lawsuit against his record label, accusing it of pushing an “inflammatory and dangerous narrative” by promoting rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track.
The singer donated to "many amazing organizations and groups banding together to help these communities rebuild."