News UMG boss says: "I’m pleased to report that the Streaming 2.0 era has arrived." News CEO Alexis Lanternier said the company plans to 'exclude' fully AI-generated tracks 'from algorithmic and editorial recommendation' News The IFPI has also rebranded its existing charts from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. News Market research firm Luminate named Taylor Swift the top artist of 2024, as well as the top songwriter News The France-headquartered streaming service began rolling artist-centric payments for recorded music in 2023 News Feature allows TikTok users to save songs discovered on the platform to their preferred music streaming service News Cyrus' lawyers argue that rightsholder Tempo Music can't sue because they own only part of the copyright on the song Analysis News UMG has 1,300 stores in its direct-to-consumer business, and the profit margins are huge