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How Many AI Artists Have Debuted on Billboard’s Charts? Xania Monet, who becomes the first AI-powered artist to debut on an airplay chart this week, is one of several AI-driven acts to chart over the past two months.

How Many AI Artists Have Debuted on Billboard’s Charts?
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Dune raising £2m for platform where fans buy stakes in artists Startup Dune raises £2m to offer music fans financial stakes in artists, complete with exclusive perks and content.

Dune raising £2m for platform where fans buy stakes in artists musically.com/2025/11/04/d...

GoDigital raises $230m and plans to rebrand Cinq Music Discover how GoDigital raises $230m to expand in music rights acquisition and launch new genre-specific projects soon.

GoDigital raises $230m and plans to rebrand Cinq Music musically.com/2025/11/04/g...

K-pop superfan platform bemyfriends, a rival to Weverse, acquires controlling stake in SK Group’s music streaming operator Dreamus for $38.5m - Music Business Worldwide bemyfriends will acquire a 31.35% stake in Dreamus from SK Group, Neospace and SM Entertainment.

K-pop superfan platform bemyfriends, a rival to Weverse, acquires controlling stake in SK Group’s music streaming operator Dreamus for $38.5m www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/k-pop-superf...

Spotify Hits 281 Million Paying Subs, Third-Quarter Financials Rise The audio streaming giant grows monthly active users to 713 million, ahead of expectations.

Spotify Hits 281 Million Paying Subs, Third-Quarter Financials Rise www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Classical Music Is Making a Comeback… Or Did It Ever Leave? Offered by Reprtoir, the music business software platform

Classical Music Is Making a Comeback… Or Did It Ever Leave? www.reprtoir.com/blog/classic...

DistroKid launches new platform for artists to sell merch directly to fans - Music Business Worldwide The new feature allows musicians to set up online stores selling merch like t-shirts, tote bags and mugs printed with album artwork.

DistroKid launches new platform for artists to sell merch directly to fans www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/distrokid-la...

Spotify accused of ignoring "billions" of fake Drake streams Rapper RBX is suing Spotify after the streaming platform supposedly ignored bots and fake users boosting Drake’s streams.

Spotify accused of ignoring "billions" of fake Drake streams cybernews.com/news/rbx-sue...

Q3 financial results roundup: Apple, Amazon, SiriusXM, Roblox Q3 financial results roundup: the latest data from Apple, Amazon, SiriusXM and Roblox

Q3 financial results roundup: Apple, Amazon, SiriusXM, Roblox musically.com/2025/10/31/q...

YouTube ad revenues up 15% as Shorts outstrip longform videos Learn how YouTube ad revenues are flourishing, supported by impressive financial results and thriving YouTube Shorts.

YouTube ad revenues up 15% as Shorts outstrip longform videos musically.com/2025/10/30/y...

DIY contract creation platform Songpact to launch in India Music-tech startup Songpact, which is among the finalists for the 2025 round of Music Ally’s SI:X contest, will launch in India on Monday, November 10. Songpact, which uses the help […]

DIY contract creation platform Songpact to launch in India musically.com/2025/10/31/d...

Universal Music settles copyright dispute with AI firm Udio www.reuters.com/business/med...

OpenAI Is Reportedly Developing a Generative Music Tool OpenAI is reportedly developing a generative music tool capable of producing outputs based on both audio and text prompts.

Is OpenAI Developing a Generative Music Tool? Report, Job Listing, and Other Evidence Point to Possible Audio Expansion www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/o...

Deezer revenues down but its direct subscribers are growing Explore the latest financial results of Deezer. Revenues down and subscribers decline, yet direct sign-ups show growth.

Deezer revenues down but its direct subscribers are growing musically.com/2025/10/24/d...

Universal Music beats artists in three separate streaming royalty lawsuits A Dutch court has ruled on three lawsuits filed against Universal by artists who claimed that the major was incorrectly interpreting old record contracts and paying excessively low royalties on stream...

Universal Music beats artists in three separate streaming royalty lawsuits completemusicupdate.com/universal-mu...

Chris Dalla Riva talks music stats: 'I want data to give you a deeper understanding' In 2019 Chris Dalla Riva was the first hire when music-streaming service Audiomack set up its analytics team.

Chris Dalla Riva talks music stats: 'I want data to give you a deeper understanding' musically.com/2025/10/27/c...

Poison Pill aims to protect music from unlicensed AI training Poison Pill is a new startup based in the UK that is building technology to help music companies fight back against unlicensed AI training.

Poison Pill aims to protect music from unlicensed AI training musically.com/2025/10/27/p...

Spotify Fires Back Against the MLC's Amended Bundling Lawsuit Spotify has fired back against the amended lawsuit it's facing from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) over Premium bundles.

Spotify Fires Back Against the MLC’s Amended Bundling Lawsuit, Says the New Arguments Are ‘Unsupportable by the Facts’ www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/24/m...

YouTube’s annual payouts to music industry have reached $8bn YouTube paid out more than $8bn to the music industry between July 2024 and June 2025 – up from $6bn between July 2021 and June 2022.

YouTube’s annual payouts to music industry have reached $8bn musically.com/2025/10/23/y...

Viagogo is unfair, opaque and violates EU law, consumer group tells regulator Viagogo is violating the EU’s Digital Services Act, according to Euroconsumers, which has filed a complaint with the regulator in Ireland. A Viagogo spokesperson insists the company is DSA compliant, ...

Viagogo is unfair, opaque and violates EU law, consumer group tells regulator completemusicupdate.com/viagogo-is-u...

Live music discovery platform Bandsintown reaches 100m registered users - Music Business Worldwide The company says it now has a network of over 700,000 registered artists and 65,000 venues and promoters

Live music discovery platform Bandsintown reaches 100m registered users www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/live-music-d...

Less Than Zero: The Significance of the Per Stream Rate and Why It Matters Spotify’s refusal to discuss per-stream value shows just how far it’s drifted from the artists whose music built its business. Spotify deflects blame to labels, it ignores the obvious truth: the pl…

Less Than Zero: The Significance of the Per Stream Rate and Why It Matters musictech.solutions/2025/10/22/l...

CISAC: Music creator royalties up 7.2% in 2024 - but president Björn Ulvaeus warns of AI threat CISAC has issued its Global Collections Report 2025, which tracks international creator royalties across the global creative industries. Read on for the key numbers and updates on AI, streaming fraud ...

CISAC: Music creator royalties up 7.2% in 2024 - but president Björn Ulvaeus warns of AI threat www.musicweek.com/publishing/r...

Why “Opt-Out” Will Never Work and Why Judges Must Be Empowered to Erase For decades, removal and recall were possible—from physical record deletions to court-ordered takedowns. Distributed p2p tried to make infringement unstoppable until inducement liability (Grokster)…

Why “Opt-Out” Will Never Work and Why Judges Must Be Empowered to Erase musictechpolicy.com/2025/11/04/w...

No Radio Without Royalties: New Rules for a New Era (Guest Column) Artists should be paid for AM/FM radio play, writes SoundExchange's Michael Huppe in a column asking Congress to pass the American Music Fairness Act.

No Radio Without Royalties: New Rules for a New Era (Guest Column) www.billboard.com/pro/artists-...

What indie distribution bosses really think about UMG’s proposed acquisition of Downtown and FUGA - Music Business Worldwide MBW polls opinion from an array of founders leading some of the world’s top independent distribution and music delivery platforms…

What indie distribution bosses really think about UMG’s proposed acquisition of Downtown and FUGA www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/what-indie-d...

beatBread launches $100m global indie fund in partnership with AIM, WIN, IMPALA - Music Business Worldwide Labels will be able to borrow against existing catalog revenue streams, securing advances for artist signings and more.

beatBread launches $100m global indie fund in partnership with AIM, WIN, IMPALA www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/beatbread-un...

Primavera Sound confirms return to South America The Barcelona-hailing festival brand is heading back to Argentina and Brazil in 2026 for the first time in three years

Primavera Sound confirms return to South America
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Suno Reportedly Set to Secure Funding at a $2 Billion Valuation Suno is reportedly preparing to raise $100 million at a $2 billion valuation, which is four times larger than its value in May 2024.

Suno Reportedly in Talks to Secure New Funding at a $2 Billion Valuation — 4x Larger Than in May 2024 www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/20/s...