<br /><br /><ul><li><keyword id="685487" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Spotify">Spotify</keyword> users in India will finally be able to stream Bruno Mars, <keyword id="1432681" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ed-Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</keyword> and other popular stars.<br /></li><li>The music streaming service has renewed its partnership with the <keyword id="347869" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Warner-Music-Group">Warner Music Group</keyword>, ending a very public dispute over music rights.<br /></li><li>The music giant’s full library of songs now extends to India as well.<br /></li></ul>Spotify and one the world’s largest music labels, Warner Music Group, have renewed their global licensing deal ending a very public dispute of music rights.<br /><br />The music giant’s full library of music will finally be available to users in India — including songs by Bruno Mars, <keyword id="34647" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Coldplay">Coldplay</keyword>, Ed Sheeran, Linkin Park and others.<br /><br />“Spotify and Warner Music Group are pleased to announce a renewed global licensing partnership. This expanded deal covers countries where Spotify is available today, as well as additional markets. The two companies look forward to collaborating on impactful global initiatives for Warner artists and songwriters, and working together to grow the music industry over the long term,” said a joint statement by the companies. <br /><br />The Indian music streaming industry is highly competitive with over 10 different music streaming apps in the market including local big wigs like Gaana, JioSaavn and Wynk. However, the Swedish music streaming app has been fighting its way through with one hand tied behind its back.<br /><br /><strong>The lawsuit by Warner Chappel<br /></strong>Three days ahead of its launch in India, Spotify’s grand entry into one of the biggest music streaming markets in the world was marred by a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/spotify-india-launch-delayed-by-warner-music/articleshow/68165261.cms">lawsuit by Warner Chappel</a> — Warner Music Group’s local music publishing arm in February 2019.<br /><br />The Swedish music streaming app argued that it was using an Indian law, which allowed radio stations to play music from Chappel, to provide songs on its platform. However, it had to pull out millions of songs from its library as Chappel filed an injunction against Spotify.<br /><br />“WMG’s abusive behaviour would harm many non-Warner artists, labels and publisher, and prevent Spotify from competing in the market, leaving us no choice but to file for a statutory license,” the company <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/spotify-india-launch-delayed-by-warner-music/articleshow/68165261.cms">told Business Insider</a> at the time.<br /><br />Blaise Fernandes, CEO of the Indian Music Industry (<a href="https://thenextweb.com/in/2020/02/07/indias-streaming-music-market-is-now-200-million-strong-but-hardly-anyones-paying-for-it/">IMI</a>), estimates that there are around 200 million people in India who are streaming music. While the demand for music is huge, people don’t want to dip into their pockets to listen to songs.<br /><br />The disparity has made it hard for international giants to find their footing in India. This is true not just for Spotify but also other players like Apple and the newly-launched Resso.<br /><br /><strong>See also:<br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/spotify-india-launch-delayed-by-warner-music/articleshow/68165261.cms">Another thorn in Spotify’s side ahead of its India launch</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/people-are-making-coronavirus-and-quarantine-themed-spotify-playlists/articleshow/74602997.cms">People are making coronavirus and quarantine themed Spotify playlists</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/spotify-made-its-shuffle-feature-less-random-so-that-it-would-actually-feel-more-random-to-listeners-heres-why/articleshow/74657263.cms">Spotify made its shuffle feature less random so that it would actually feel more random to listeners - here's why</a></strong><br />

Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and others will now be available to Spotify users in India

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Boomy is an AI company which lets users generate music then get royalty payments from streams.</li><li>Tens of thousands of its songs were taken down by Spotify, the Financial Times reported.</li></ul><p>Spotify has taken down tens of thousands of songs which were generated by the AI startup Boomy, the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b6802c8f-50e7-4df8-8682-cca794881e30" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Financial Times</a> reported.</p><p>Boomy lets users create tunes in different styles from rap to lo-fi, then release it to streaming services where they can be paid royalties.</p><p>Despite only fully launching to the public in 2021, Boomy's <a href="https://boomy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> claims it has generated 14.5 million songs or 14% of the world's recorded music.</p><p>But the tracks were removed because the number of streams had been artificially boosted, Spotify said.</p><p>Universal Music warned all the main streaming platforms that it had seen suspicious activity on Boomy songs –  suggesting that bots had been used to inflate audience statistics – and Spotify then took down about 7% of the tracks uploaded by Boomy, according to the FT. </p><p>In a statement sent to Insider, Spotify said: "Artificial streaming is a longstanding, industry-wide issue that Spotify is working to stamp out across our service."</p><p>"When we identify or are alerted to potential cases of stream manipulation, we mitigate their impact by taking action that may include the removal of streaming numbers and the withholding of royalties," it added. "This allows us to protect royalty payouts for honest, hardworking artists."</p><p>The <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/aec1679b-5a34-4dad-9fc9-f4d8cdd124b9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FT also previously reported</a> that Universal told streaming platforms to block AI services from training themselves on its songs.</p><p>"You could say: compose a song that has the lyrics to be like Taylor Swift, but the vocals to be in the style of Bruno Mars, but I want the theme to be more Harry Styles," a person close to the situation told the FT. "The output you get is due to the fact the AI has been trained on those artists' intellectual property."</p><p>Last month, the Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said the music industry had "legitimate concerns" about AI-generated songs, adding that Spotify was hoping to "establish a position" where it can protect creators but also permit innovation on its platform.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/drake-ai-music-clone-easy-tiktok-2023-5">AI-generated songs using the voices of Drake and The Weeknd</a> racked up millions of views on TikTok last month, before being taken down for copyright infringements, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/18/ai-song-featuring-fake-drake-and-weeknd-vocals-pulled-from-streaming-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Guardian</a> reported.</p><p>Boomy did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, sent outside US working hours.</p>

Spotify takes down thousands of AI-generated songs after suspected bot use to inflate streams, report says

<p><span>The Silicon Valley and&#xa0;music industry elite gathered on Saturday at gorgeous&#xa0;Lake Como in the Lombardy region of Italy to celebrate the wedding of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek to&#xa0;<span>Sofia Levander.</span></span></p><p><span><span>Ek posted this photo on Facebook of the bride and groom.</span></span></p><p><span><span><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Feldsjal%2Fposts%2F10153678515021933&amp;width=500" width="500" height="505" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></span></span></p><p>Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. &#xa0;</p><p>"<span>Many people know Daniel as one of the great European entrepreneurs -- the founder of Spotify. I know him as a great friend and dedicated father,"&#xa0;</span>Zuck said in a tribute posted&#xa0;to Facebook.</p><p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fzuck%2Fposts%2F10103064033758581&amp;width=500" width="500" height="715" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></p><p>The woman who knows everyone, Brook Hammerling, cofounder of&#xa0;<span>BrewPR, was also there, calling Ek her "#brotherfromanothermother. "</span></p><p><span><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/BJoTHFeAfdJ/embed/" width="658" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div></span></p><p>Hammerling also&#xa0;posted a photo of Bruno Mars performing at the reception with the caption "<span>When the wedding singer is Bruno Mars."</span></p><p><span><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/BJoItpYA59s/embed/" width="658" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div></span></p><p>As part of the celebration, donations were being collected for the&#xa0;charity&#xa0;Pencils of Promise, too. That's a project close to the heart of&#xa0;Shakil Khan, head of special projects at Spotify, but&#xa0;perhaps better known for his heavy angel investing (including in Spotify) and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakilkhan"> his advisor role at many startups</a>.</p><p>Pencils of Promise, which builds school in under privileged countries like Ghana, Guatemala, and Laos, <a href="https://fundraise.pencilsofpromise.org/fundraise?fcid=642764">raised $7,350 in donations</a>&#xa0;in honor of the Ek's wedding.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-amazon-warehouse-2016-8">Amazon has an oddly efficient way of storing stuff in its warehouses</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="53bDg4NTE6DaxYSWXYwidFPbekD1c7qc" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '53bDg4NTE6DaxYSWXYwidFPbekD1c7qc',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Bruno Mars was the wedding singer at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's wedding

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a8483bad0307219008b481a-592/image001.jpg?maxX=758&amp;maxY=568" alt="Michelle Obama Valentine's" width="758" height="568" data-mce-source="Spotify" data-mce-caption="Art for Michelle Obama's playlist dedicated to Barack."><p class="source"><span>Spotify</span></p><p class="caption">Art for Michelle Obama's playlist dedicated to Barack.</p></img></div><p></p></div><p>Barack Obama is feeling the love from wife Michelle this Valentine's Day.</p><p>Michelle Obama dedicated a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWWCKk94npRDB">Valentine's Spotify playlist</a> to the former president.</p><p>She posted the playlist art to her personal Instagram on Wednesday with the caption: "Happy #ValentinesDay to my one and only, @BarackObama. To celebrate the occasion, I'm dedicating a little Valentine's Day playlist to you! Click the link in my bio to hear the playlist."</p><p>The playlist includes a total of 44 songs that include a variety of genres and musicians, from modern-day R&amp;B powerhouses like&#xa0;Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, to classic pop sensations like Michael Jackson, to country stars like Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.</p><p>Barack Obama reciprocated the heartfelt message with one of his own:</p><p>These aren't the first mushy posts from the two; the former President and First Lady have been vocal about their relationship on social media since leaving office, with birthday and anniversary posts.</p><p>Apart from Valentine's Day, the two are also celebrating their <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/michelle-barack-obama-portrait-2018-2">official portraits revealed by the Smithsonian</a> on Monday.</p><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/BfLv2n0AOnD/embed/" width="658" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div><div>    <iframe src="//instagram.com/p/BfLwpWoHfUo/embed/" width="658" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true">    </iframe></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/grease-drain-explainer-process-sewer-fatbergs-flooding-london-2017-5">Why you should never pour grease down the drain</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/TZjoTPFE-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

Michelle Obama dedicated a Valentine's Day Spotify playlist to Barack, and it includes Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and Michael Jackson

<p><span style="color: #000000;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5783cbd688e4a70f018b725a-2400/e3027250-0c02-0133-f4d1-0e18518aac2f.jpg" alt="wedding crashers" data-mce-source="New Line Cinema" /><p class="source"><span>New Line Cinema</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">We are at the peak of wedding season </span><span style="color: #000000;">and that means wedding song lists, particularly those associated with the crucial "first dance."</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">But which songs are most popular? Streaming giant Spotify analyzed 6.7 million wedding-themed playlists to find out. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">The top spot for "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/4xIksatpEqyYhqex8hQrXj">wedding reception</a>" playlists was snagged by Journey's </span><span style="color: #000000;">"Don't Stop Believin," followed by The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling," and Bruno Mars' "Marry You." </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">But the "first dance" playlists were a bit more contemplative and slow.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000;">Here were the top 10 song Spotify found for "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/2gq1cOIOXtrQsRPFbBxAPI">first dances</a>":</span></p><p> </p><ol><li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud</span></li><li>Etta James - At Last</li><li>Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing</li><li>John Legend - All of Me</li><li>Christina Perri - A Thousand Years</li><li>Adele - Make You Feel My Love</li><li>Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up</li><li>Michael Bublé - Everything </li><li>Jack Johnson - Better Together</li><li>Lonestar - Amazed</li></ol>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-music-review-features-streaming-2015-7">How to use Apple's Spotify killer - now on everyone's iPhone</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="FibGx5dTrRKa9Z1biyzTU1SbW8sOl5jW" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'FibGx5dTrRKa9Z1biyzTU1SbW8sOl5jW',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

These are the most popular wedding songs, according to Spotify

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58a1fa366e09a880028b5a36-2400/undefined" alt="william bell" data-mce-source="Getty/Christopher Polk" /><p class="source"><span>Getty/Christopher Polk</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Adele may have won best album at the Grammys, but the biggest winner of the night was <span>William Bell - at least by Spotify streams.</span></p><p><span>77-year-old Bell won an award for best Americana album, for his "This Is Where I Live," which is his first release on a major label in almost 40 years, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-grammys-live-updates-williiam-bill-wins-americana-album-1486940154-htmlstory.html">according to The Los Angeles Times</a>.</span></p><p><span>"Wow, this is quite a surprise," <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-grammys-live-updates-williiam-bill-wins-americana-album-1486940154-htmlstory.html">he said</a>. "I am very humbled by it and glad to be here after all these years and still viable in the industry.</span></p><p>Spotify said that streams for the singer-songwriter's iconic blues song, "Born Under A Bad Sign" (co-written by Booker T. Jones), jumped a whopping 4,950%. Bell's total streams as an artist rose 680% in the wake of his Grammys win.</p><p>Here were a few other artists who saw big post-Grammy jumps, according to Spotify:</p><ul><li>Cynthia Erivo - 680%  (Performed The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" with John Legend)    </li><li>Sturgill Simpson - 346%  (Winner of Best Country Album, performed "All Around You")</li><li>Morris Day - 344%  (Performed a Prince tribute with Bruno Mars)</li><li>Chance The Rapper - 206%  (Winner of Best New Artist, Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance, performed "How Great" and "All We Got" with Kirk Franklin)</li></ul><p><em>A note on Spotify's methodology: "The increases were calculated by comparing the number of streams that took place in the hour following the show with the exact same hour the week before."</em></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/olympic-park-rio-ghost-town-pool-green-stadium-aquatic-park-maracana-stadium-2017-2">The Olympic Park in Rio is a ghost town and its pools are turning green again</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="w4MXdvOTE60ov9l5wlyO5IEiH_pQjxHo" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'w4MXdvOTE60ov9l5wlyO5IEiH_pQjxHo',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

The Grammys' biggest winner was a 77-year-old Memphis legend, according to Spotify streams

<p class="p1"><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images" title_caption="Houston has topped Spotify's most played love songs on Valentine's Day for the past three years." class="zoomin" href="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/52fe839aeab8eae97d063b88-960/whitney-houston-9.jpg"><span class="sprites click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/52fe839aeab8eae97d063b88-1200-924/whitney-houston-9.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="Whitney Houston" width="480" style="float: right;" /></a><p class="source"><span>Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Houston has topped Spotify's most played love songs on Valentine's Day for the past three years.</p></div><p></p></div>We asked Spotify to send over the top love songs getting streamed on Valentine's Day.</p>
<p class="p1">They took a look at the past three Valentine's Days for us pulling together the top songs played among "Valentine's Day" or "Love" playlists. </p>
<p class="p1">Here's what they sent back:</p>
<p class="p1">1. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston<br />2. Make You Feel My Love - Adele<br />3. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars<br />4. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz<br />5. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Armageddon - The Album<br />6. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner<br />7. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams<br />8. Love On Top - Beyonce<br />9. We Found Love - Rihanna<br />10. My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from "Titanic") - Celine Dion<br />11. A Thousand Years - Various Artists<br />12. You're Still The One - Shania Twain<br />13. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez &amp; The Scene<br />14. Endless Love - Various Artists<br />15. I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden<br /><br />To give some context on what songs are streaming the most this year, Spotify also sent over a list of love songs that have increased in streaming the most this week. </p>
<p class="p1">Note that Houston is at the top again.</p>
<p class="p3">1. <strong>Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston - up 246%<br /></strong>2.One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey &amp; Boyz II Men - up 234%<strong style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong>3. I Swear - All-4-One - up 196%<br />4. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge - up 187%<br />5. Far Away - Nickelback - up 181%<br />6. Love Song - The Cure - up 156%<br />7. No Air - Jordin Sparks &amp; Chris Brown - up 150%<br />8. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams - up 131%<br />9.We Belong Together - Mariah Carey - up 113%<strong style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></strong>10. Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie - up 97%</p>

Here Are The Most Streamed Love Songs On Spotify During Valentine's Day

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52dfce02eab8eac127f3c4d6-1200-600/lorde-grammys-5.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="Lorde Grammys" width="800" /><p class="source"><span>Getty</span></p><p class="caption">Lorde </p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>17-year-old New Zealand pop artist Lorde may not want to be royal, but that's kind of what she's become over the last year or so with her hit "Royals."</p>
<p>Spotify just revealed its predictions for the Grammy Award winners this year, and it's looking like Lorde will walk away with the Best Solo Pop Performance award. </p>
<p>Spotify has predicted winners in each category, based on the order of most to least song and album streams on Spotify. <span>Last year, Spotify got four of its six predictions right.</span></p>
<p>Here are Spotify's big predictions for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Pop/Duo Group Performance. </p>
<h3>Record of the Year</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons - <strong>WINNER</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. "Locked out of Heaven," Bruno Mars</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. "Royals," Lorde</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. "Get Lucky," Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers</p>
<h3>Album of the Year</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. "The Heist," Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - <strong>WINNER</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. "Good Kid," M.A.A.D. City, Kendrick Lamar</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. "Red," Taylor Swift</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. "The Blessed Unrest," Sara Bareilles</p>
<h3>Best New Artist</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis - <strong>WINNER</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Kendrick Lamar</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. Ed Sheeran</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. James Blake</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. Kacey Musgraves</p>
<h3>Best Pop Solo Performance</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. "Royals," Lorde - <strong>WINNER</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. "Mirrors," Justin Timberlake</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. "Roar," Katy Perry</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. "When I Was Your Man," Bruno Mars</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. "Brave," Sara Bareilles</p>
<h3>Best Pop Duo/Group Performance</h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams &amp; Nile Rodgers - <strong>WINNER</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. "Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">3. "Just Give Me a Reason," Pink feat. Nate Ruess</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">4. "Suit and Tie," Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">5. "Stay," Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko</p>
<p>Be sure to listen to the full playlist on <a href="http://spoti.fi/1dvJCQH" target="_blank">Spotify here</a>. Or just check it out below. <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
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17-Year-Old Lorde Will Likely Win Best Pop Solo Performance This Year At The Grammys, According To Spotify

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57ed337a077dcc62238b8b92-1068/unspecified.jpg" alt="lyor cohen" data-mce-source="YouTube" /><p class="source"><span>YouTube</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>YouTube has hired its first "Global Head of Music": Lyor Cohen, a powerhouse music exec who ran Def Jam and Warner Music Group before starting his own label.</p><p>Cohen's big job is going to be smoothing relations between YouTube and the music industry, which have been terrible, particularly in 2016.</p><p>Over 2016, major labels and other music heavyweights have continually slammed YouTube over the low rates it pays in royalties.</p><p>RIAA boss Cary Sherman has been particularly vocal about it. Here's what he wrote in a Medium post in March:</p><blockquote>"In 2015, fans listened to hundreds of billions of audio and video music streams through on-demand ad-supported digital services like YouTube, but revenues from such services have been meager - far less than other kinds of music services. And the problem is getting worse. Check out the alarming disparity between the growth in the number of ad-supported streams compared to the growth in revenues generated from those streams."</blockquote><p>This is the graphic he's talking about:</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57ed32f4077dcc7e128b8cca-800/1-3hw83bcpe-gsyq_shv6xqg.png" alt="1 3hw83bCpE gSyq_SHv6xqg" data-mce-source="Medium" data-link="https://medium.com/@RIAA/state-of-the-music-business-what-the-numbers-tell-us-63ce1524b30#.ei065mqx1" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://medium.com/@RIAA/state-of-the-music-business-what-the-numbers-tell-us-63ce1524b30#.ei065mqx1">Medium</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Here's the basic problem: YouTube wants to be seen as a promotional tool that drives revenue to other forms of music consumption, but label execs are convinced that many people use YouTube as an alternative to services like Spotify and Apple Music, which pay much more. Streaming music has finally became the biggest part of revenue for the industry this year, and YouTube's model isn't what the labels want.</p><p>So why don't the labels refuse to sign new deals with YouTube? The answer is complicated, and comes back to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which gives YouTube a lot of protection against having to pay if its users post copyrighted material.</p><p>Here's Sherman again, on the topic of label negotiations, <a href="http://www.recode.net/2016/4/11/11586030/youtube-google-dmca-riaa-cary-sherman">from an interview with Recode</a>:</p><blockquote>"The way the negotiation goes is something like this: 'Look. This is all we can afford to pay you,' YouTube says. 'We hope that you'll find that reasonable. But that's the best we can do. And if you don't want to give us a license, okay. You know that your music is still going to be up on the service anyway. So send us notices, and we'll take 'em down as fast we can, and we know they'll keep coming back up. We'll do what we can. It's your decision as to whether you want to take our deal, or whether you just want to keep sending us takedown notices.' That's not a real negotiation. That's like saying, 'That's a real nice song you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.'"</blockquote><p>So YouTube has the labels between a rock and a hard place, but even so, an openly hostile relationship with labels isn't great for YouTube's business. That's especially true because in the EU, where the government seems to be receptive to the music industry's point of view. The European Commission is planning to reevaluate its own "safe harbor" positions. "Safe Harbor" is the basic concept that gets sites like YouTube off the hook for piracy. Those changes could be horrible for YouTube.</p><p>Bottom line: YouTube's bad relationship with labels could end up hurting its business, and that's where Cohen comes in.</p><p>Cohen joins a budding tradition of tech companies snagging well-connected music veterans to serve as dealmakers with labels and artists. Apple Music has Jimmy Iovine, the cofounder of Interscope Records, and Spotify has Troy Carter, who managed the likes of Lady Gaga and Meghan Trainor.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/564cc9b1ecad044a6dcd1bc6-2400/run dmc ap.jpg" alt="Run DMC AP" data-mce-source="AP" /><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p><p class="caption">Run-DMC</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Here's a bit about Cohen's background.</p><p>Cohen first made noise in the music industry when he became Run-DMC's road manager. While working for Russell Simmons' management company, Cohen continued to expand both his artist list and influence, and is credited with being a force behind Run-DMC's huge Adidas endorsement, <a href="http://www.complex.com/music/2016/08/lyor-cohen-300-entertainment-interview">according to Complex</a>.</p><p>Cohen had a knack for savvy business, and became a major force in the hip-hop world, running Def Jam and then Warner Music Group, one of the major labels.</p><p>In 2012, Cohen resigned from Warner, and went to start his own venture called 300 entertainment. The idea behind 300 was to be a new type of record label: a boutique venture that could still swing up and compete with the major labels. It signed artists like Fetty Wap and Young Thug. Google has invested $5 million in 300, <a href="http://www.recode.net/2016/9/28/13097724/youtube-lyor-cohen-300-fetty-wap">according to Recode</a>.</p><p>Cohen will continue to run 300 until December 5, according to YouTube. And after Cohen leaves, 300 will continue.</p><p>But Cohen's new challenge will be bringing the thinking of music industry titans in line with tech companies. "<span>I hope that together we can move towards a more collaborative relationship between the music industry and the technologies that are shaping the future of the business," he wrote in a letter to his new team at YouTube.</span></p><p>Here's the full letter: </p><blockquote><p>"Hi everyone,</p><p>It's an incredible time to be in the music business. Back in 2006, as an executive at Warner Music Group, I worked closely with a fledgling video site to sign its first big record licensing deal. That site was YouTube. Over the next decade, I watched as your work transformed YouTube into an incredibly powerful platform that connects artists with fans all over the world.</p><p>Throughout my career in the music industry, I have strived to stay on the forefront of new technologies and cultural movements. And since starting in the industry over thirty years ago, I've always sought to be an advocate for artists and do everything possible to shine a light on the great talent I've been lucky enough to work with, including Jay Z, Run-DMC, DMX, Public Enemy, Kanye West, The Killers, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Young Thug, Fetty Wap, and Highly Suspect among others. Bringing attention to the often overlooked, but talented communities has been a huge part of my life's work and I've seen how music can truly bring people together.</p><p>Over the last two decades we have seen dramatic shifts, both to the inherent value of music and the literal value that people are willing to pay. Technology and new business models have completely changed the established distribution channels that have long-served the recorded music industry. And while change has been met with understandable resistance, I strongly believe that this transformation provides opportunities that will be larger and more rewarding for both artists and the music industry.</p><p>That's why I am excited to join this incredible team as Global Head of Music. I look forward to working together with all of you on three things. First, helping the music community embrace the technological shifts we're seeing in music today so we can help take the confusion and distrust out of the equation. Second, building on the great work you all have done to help the music industry and creative community break new songs and artists to YouTube's audience of over 1 billion fans. From building on the success of the YouTube Music app, to shining a light on emerging artists, I believe our potential to strengthen the industry is massive. And third, I hope that together we can move towards a more collaborative relationship between the music industry and the technologies that are shaping the future of the business.</p><p>I'm confident that we can bridge the worlds of technology and music in ways that benefit everyone, instead of the zero-sum mentality that exists today. 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