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The hard rock legends Kiss have struck a mega-deal with Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group, selling their music catalogue, brand, and IP for over $300 million (€276m). This isn't the first collaboration between Kiss and Pophouse, which was co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. When the band's current lineup - founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer - took the stage at the final night of their farewell tour in December at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, they ended by revealing digitised avatars of themselves. The cutt...
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More than 200 artists feature on a new open letter submitted by the Artist Rights Alliance non-profit, calling on artificial intelligence tech companies, developers, platforms, digital music services and platforms to stop using AI "to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists.” Amongst those names are Stevie Wonder, Robert Smith, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, R.E.M., Peter Frampton, Jon Batiste, Katy Perry, Sheryl Crow, Smokey Robinson, and the estates of Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra. The letter, while acknowledging the creative possibilities of new AI technology, addresses some of i...
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Following the announcement that Lizzo was apparently quitting the music industry because of online bullying, the Grammy Award-winning singer has rowed back and un-quit. Lizzo has explained that what she meant when she declared ‘I QUIT’ in a social media post doesn’t mean she is quitting music. “I wanted to make this video because I just need to clarify (that) when I say ‘I quit’, I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention,” she said in a new video. “What I’m not gonna quit, is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting the people, ’cause I know I’m not alone. In no ...
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Following the announcement that Lizzo is apparently quitting the music industry because of online bullying, those suing her have labelled the Grammy Award-winning singer’s public mid drop as “a joke.” Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, has been accused and sued for sexual harassment, racial discrimination and fostering a hostile work environment by her dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez. The lawyer for these dancers, Ron Zambrano, has responded to her recent announcement, calling it a “joke”. Zambrano told Entertainment Weekly: “It’s a joke that Liz...
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In case you missed it (or you live under a rock), Beyoncé released her much-hyped country album 'Cowboy Carter' on Friday – and the Internet went absolutely mad over it with a flood of think-pieces and reviews. But for the die-hard fans who received their pre-ordered physical copies, something strange was afoot. Over the weekend, many started complaining that their vinyls and CDs of the album were missing tracks that were included on the digital release. Fans took to social media to air their grievances, claiming there were four missing tracks on the CD and five missing tracks on the vinyl. Ac...
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Melissa Viviane Jefferson, aka: Lizzo, has implied she is quitting the music industry due to the online hate and comments targetting her looks and her character. There may be a bit more to it than that though, as her announcement comes a day after a lawyer, who represents three former dancers who filed a lawsuit against Lizzo last August, said it was "shameful" the singer headlined a Radio City fundraiser for President Joe Biden "amid such egregious allegations". "I'm getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet," Lizzo, 35, said on Instagram. "All ...
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Ballads were all the rage, and we’re not talking about Stairway to Heaven. These were songs sung straight from the mouths of balladeers: musicians who went from place to place setting lyrics to music for the public’s listening pleasure. The tunes they played were often already well-known. But instead of coming up with the lyrics themselves, these itinerant performers might have just bought a new sheet of lyrics from a budding songwriter. And so the commercial music market as we know it was born. Universal Music Group threatens to pull millions of songs from TikTok in rights disputeThis is acco...
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Aya Nakamura has not yet been confirmed to sing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, but reports that French President Emmanuelle Macron has sounded her out to headline the event have sparked a racism row in the country. The possibility that the French-Malian pop singer might perform from the repertoire of national treasure Edith Piaf has caused indignation among some far-right supporters. Nakamura is the most listened-to French artist in the world and the only woman to feature in the country’s top 20 bestselling albums of 2023. But the Olympics speculation has made her the target of ...
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It’s becoming increasingly obvious that speaking English is no longer a prerequisite for global musical success in the streaming age. After Luminate’s 2023 Year-End Music Report found more young US listeners are gravitating towards “world music” in languages other than English, Spotify’s Loud & Clear report confirmed that global listeners have developed increasingly diverse music tastes. The annual music economics report, which was released today (Tuesday, 19 March), found that over half of the artists who generated at least $10,000 (€9,220) on Spotify are from countries where English is not t...
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The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has sent a legal letter of complaint to company Jammable regarding the firm's 'deepfake' technology. Jammable, which until recently was known as Voicify, uses AI-based software to mimic artists' voices so that users can include these vocals in new compositions. According to BPI, the software may have been trained using copyrighted works, which constitutes an infringement of property rights. "The music industry has long embraced new technology to innovate and grow, but Voicify …and a growing number of others like them, are misusing AI technology by taking...
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