"We don't want our royalties and the money they take from us to be used to sponsor wars and other despicable actions," said ...

Universal Music Group NV is partnering with Nvidia Corp. to boost the role of artificial intelligence in music discovery and ...

It’s a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry—OK Go just ditched EMI—and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help ...

Acts like Zach Bryan, Koe Wetzel, Dasha and BRELAND are initially skipping the traditional Nashville industry as label deals reach new heights. By Melinda Newman When Warner Records signed Zach Bryan ...

Last October SoundCloud--a free music-streaming service with a massive 175 million monthly users--appeared to be running out of cash. News broke that the Berlin-based company had lost $29.2 million in ...

What makes an artist stand out? What qualities does an artist need to achieve longevity — is it star power or talent? What distinguishes someone from being a “great” versus a one-hit wonder? The ...

Royalties collected from commercial facilities are currently paid only to songwriters and composers. Read more at ...

At the time of this writing, the Spotify charts are led by pop and hip-hop acts like Post Malone, Dua Lipa and Selena Gomez. But Mike Sniper isn't worried. As founder of Captured Tracks, the seminal ...

The other week, Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton and I recorded a show about record labels. The idea was to come up with a few labels that held personal significance for each of us. None of ...