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Forget Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny — TikTokers are now dancing to royalty-free music
A track called "Fluffing a Duck" by Kevin MacLeod has gained popularity among TikTok creators in th…
Amanda Goh
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Retail investors can soon own a piece of 'Shrek' music royalties and earn payouts as streaming revenue erupts
Trading platform Public will offer 88,970 shares in the "Shrek" music rights for $10 each.
Filip De Mott
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DJ Steve Aoki said he made more money from his NFT drop last year than in a decade of making music
The musician said NFTs are transforming the music industry by adding "scarcity" and a "collectible …
Natasha Dailey
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Musicians say their battle with Spotify goes far beyond Joe Rogan
Some musicians are using Spotify's Joe Rogan controversy to call attention to what they say is an e…
Hannah Towey
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Olivia Rodrigo's 'Driver's License' sits atop Spotify's Billions Club. The playlist reads as a who's who of the highest-earning artists, while smaller artists ask for better payouts.
Spotify's Billions Club playlist includes every song with over 1 billion streams, which equals abou…
Hannah Towey
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Taylor Swift was the highest-paid musician last year, and she did it without any ticket sales. Here's how the top 10 highest-earning artists compare, according to Billboard
Taylor Swift in "You Need to Calm Down."Taylor Swift/YouTube
Hannah Towey
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The feds want to garnish R. Kelly's royalty payments and give the money to 2 of his victims
Federal prosecutors said they have already garnished nearly $28,000 from R. Kelly's inmate trust ac…
Michelle Mark
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Spotify reveals it has paid $23 billion in royalties to record labels
Swedish music streaming service Spotify has paid over $23 billion in royalties to rights holders, i…
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Grimes says she'll split the royalties on any 'successful' AI-generated song that uses her voice
The Canadian electronic-music producer who was in a relationship with Elon Musk says she's open to …
Will Gendron
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Grimes offers a 50-50 split of royalties from successful AI-generated songs that use her voice
While the wider music industry is alarmed by the advent of AI, artist Grimes said she was open to t…
Mia Jankowicz
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Indie musicians are celebrating UMG's decision to pull its music off TikTok: 'It's our time to shine baby'
Indie musicians are using the hashtags #indieartist and #umg on Tiktok posts celebrating their newf…
Shubhangi Goel
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Spotify will promote artists' songs to more users if they agree to lower royalty payments
Artists will request that Spotify recommend tracks to more listeners. In exchange, they get lower r…
Grace Dean
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R. Kelly funneled millions of dollars from music royalties through a childhood friend right before his sex-trafficking conviction, prosecutors allege
One of R. Kelly's childhood friends is holding on to more than $5 million from the sale of his musi…
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Dolly Parton says she used royalties from Whitney Houston's song in 'The Bodyguard' to support a Black neighborhood
Parton made millions in royalties from Houston's rendition of her song "I Will Always Love You" and…
Jason Guerrasio
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Megan Thee Stallion and Warner Music Group sign 'innovative' new agreement that enables her to stay independent while working with the company's resources
Megan Thee Stallion and Warner Music Group signed a new agreement that allows her to stay independe…
John Lynch
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SoundCloud adopts 'fan-powered royalties' that will pay artists based on listening habits instead of the number of streams
SoundCloud announced that it's breaking away from "pro-rata" royalty models in order to pay artists…
Katie Krzaczek
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Spotify removes John Mulaney, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, and other comedians from service over a royalties dispute
John Mulaney, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart are among the comedians whose albums have been removed fr…
Francis Agustin
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Taylor Swift 'doesn't need' to earn streaming royalties, according to a former Spotify boss who said the company is a distribution platform that wasn't built to pay artists money
Former Spotify architect Jim Anderson said the platform was designed to distribute music, not pay a…
Hannah Towey
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How the Amen break became the most sampled drum break in music history
From NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" to Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good," the Amen break has a…