News TikTok’s Add to Music App tool surpasses 6B track saves in the past year 6 billion track saves translated to 'many, many billions more streams in repeat' on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music said TikTok
News HYBE moves to crack down on bootleg BTS merch ahead of US tour dates Legal filing arrives ahead of BTS's performances at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa in April
News A folk musician had her voice cloned by AI – and her recordings claimed by a copyright troll. Welcome to 2026. Gamma-owned Vydia caught in controversy over musician whose videos were claimed against
News TikTok’s distro service SoundOn cracks down on manipulated audio via ACRCloud partnership to intercept unauthorized tracks ACRCloud’s Derivative Works Detection service uses audio fingerprinting to identify modified works
News Streaming fraud man who pocketed $8m using hundreds of thousands of AI songs streamed billions of times by bots pleads guilty Smith is scheduled to be sentenced on July 29
Analysis News 10 quick (and crucial) takeaways from IFPI’s Global Music Report 2026 10 quick takeaways from this year's report
News Global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY; users of paid music subscriptions reach 837M IFPI has published its new 'Global Music Report 2026' showing that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% YoY in 2025
News Robert Kyncl tells WMG shareholders: AI is music’s next growth engine, not its downfall Warner boss also signals major pricing opportunity ahead for rightsholders on DSPs
Analysis ‘End Streaming Fraud.’ The following MBW op/ed comes from Victoria Oakley, Chief Executive Officer of the IFPI, and Mitch Glazier, CEO of the RIAA
News Sony Group develops tech to track original music in AI-generated songs (report) When AI developers cooperate for analysis, Sony connects directly to their base model systems to extract training data.
News Harvey Mason jr. on AI, Grammy eligibility, and why human creativity will always matter The Recording Academy boss took part in a fireside chat with Luminate CEO Rob Jonas ahead of the Grammys in Los Angeles
News 60,000 AI tracks hit Deezer daily as platform moves to license detection tech to wider music industry Deezer also revealed that up to 85% of all streams on AI-generated music were fraudulent in 2025
Analysis Why distinguishing human creation from AI mimicry matters more than ever The following MBW op/ed comes from Bobby Bickley & Ewan Bloor, Data Scientists at Beatdapp
News Audiomack tops 50 million monthly active users globally The company has reached the milestone after posting 31% year-over-year growth in 2025.
News Managers and agents of Ed Sheeran, Oasis, Olivia Dean, Radiohead, Fontaines D.C. and more urge EU action on ‘predatory ticket resale’ The signatories want the Digital Fairness Act expanded to tackle ticket resale abuse.