News Summer Walker sues LVRN for fraud, asks court to void 2017 deal as Interscope pursues $50M+ claim against her (report) The suit came to light days after Universal Music Group's Interscope Records sued Walker for more than USD $50 million.
News BTS’s ARIRANG passes 5 billion Spotify streams – around 2 billion more than any other album released in 2026, says BigHit Music BigHit Music announced the figure on Wednesday (October 14), naming the runner-up as Olivia Rodrigo's "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love."
News Raye says ticket scalpers used AI bots to create ‘hundreds of thousands of fake registrations’ as 1.8M sign up for 5,000 Royal Albert Hall seats Presale registration for the show ran through a sign-up page hosted by fan marketing platform co:brand.
News Primary Wave partners with Brian Vander Ark, frontman of The Verve Pipe, covering his publishing and recorded music catalogs The deal covers Vander Ark's publishing and recorded music catalogs, including the songs he wrote for The Verve Pipe.
News Viktoria Siniavskaia appointed President EMEA at Believe The appointment is part of what Believe calls its "evolution toward a stronger regional leadership model," the company said.
News Live Nation moves to acquire majority stake in concert promoter Bizarro Chile, months after buying into Bizarro Peru The deal comes less than nine months after Live Nation agreed to take a majority stake in Bizarro Peru
News Deezer to let users block AI-generated music from search results Deezer is introducing an on/off toggle that will let users exclude fully AI-generated music from their search results
News Rebecca Allen to exit UMG UK Chief Artist and Strategy Officer role after 27 years at Universal Allen was promoted to the newly formed role of Chief Artist and Strategy Officer at UMG UK in December 2025
News UK’s Copyright Tribunal backs PRS For Music in cinema licensing dispute The Tribunal had approved changes to its cinema tariff, known as Tariff C, including an increase in the royalty rate cinemas pay to use its members' music.
News Songwriters drop ‘alright, alright, alright’ sample lawsuit against Travis Scott and Sony Music The notice of voluntary dismissal does not say whether they reached a settlement with Travis Scott or Sony Music.
News Spotify launches Spotify Technology to sell its internal software tools to other companies, says the brand is ‘becoming the R&D operating system’ Spotify Technology, groups four products – Portal, Confidence, Xirp, and Spotify for Backstage – under one name, with its own website.
News Special Report: Catalog's Unprecedented Surge on Spotify's Charts in 2026 Music Business Worldwide is pleased to present an all-new special analysis report, exclusively for MBW+ subscribers.
News DistroKid confirms it has removed tracks in response to UMG claims The Verge reported that independent artists had been posting on social media about their music being taken down without notice.
News Warner Music sues Ray-Ban and Oakley owner Luxottica over alleged use of 427+ works in social media posts The complaint alleges that Luxottica's brands set their social media videos to Warner-controlled music without a license and without paying Warner.
News UMG’s Interscope sues Summer Walker for $50M+ after she moves to exit her deal under California’s ‘seven-year rule’; label hopes for ‘amicable resolution’ Walker signed a joint deal with Interscope and Atlanta-based label and management company LVRN in 2017.