US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI
Michael Smith, 52, charged after flooding platforms with thousands of AI songs and boosting them with bots
The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983
Swift leads the 2025 vinyl charts with 1.6m sales of The Life of a Showgirl while Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar round out the top three
Britney Spears sells rights to music catalog for undisclosed sum, say reports
Music publisher Primary Wave said to have bought rights to pop star’s music, including Toxic and Baby One More Time
Reshona Landfair on her life after R Kelly: ‘I had to rebuild my entire self’
She was just 14 when she was groomed by the R&B star, and filmed in an explicit video. She tells the extraordinary story of how she survived
‘Tickets have become status symbols’: from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?
Styles is playing a record 12 nights at Wembley Stadium and 30 at Madison Square Garden, as demand for big artists soars – and audience expectation along with it
Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’
Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility’
UK hospitality firms demand more help with business rates amid questions over Heathrow discount
Airports identified as biggest winners of government’s £4.3bn support package with Heathrow alone taking £900m discount
Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan on his lip-syncing downfall and Grammys comeback: ‘The truth will set you free’
Three decades after having his Grammy rescinded as part of the notorious duo, he is a nominee once more, for the audiobook of his unflinching memoir. ‘I had to tell my story,’ he says
‘It’s a hospitality-wide problem’: night-time traders react to business rates relief plan
Gyms, pharmacies, restaurants, cafes and convenience store owners question why only pubs and live music venues should get help in England
Wednesday briefing: Can we afford to be optimistic about grassroots music venues?
In today’s newsletter: Music spaces are welcoming bigger crowds again, but the industry remains fragile as rising costs and shrinking local circuits threaten the next generation of talent
Is this man the future of music – or its executioner? AI evangelist Mikey Shulman says he’s making pop, not slop
Worth a staggering $2.45bn, Suno is an AI music company that can create a track with just a few prompts. Why is its CEO happy to see it called ‘the Ozempic of the music industry’?
Music executive LA Reid settles sexual assault lawsuit on day civil trial was due to begin
The former Arista Records chief executive had faced allegations that he derailed the career of former employee Drew Dixon after she rejected his advances
Ten years after his death, is David Bowie’s musical legacy at risk of fading from view?
From the V&A to the Stranger Things finale, the pop icon still looms large – but with lower streaming figures than his peers, how many new listeners are discovering his music?
Oasis reunion and Taylor Swift vinyls fuel boom year for UK music industry
BPI figures show music lovers listened to equivalent of 210.3m albums by UK artists in 2025 in 11th consecutive year of growth
CDs return to Christmas shopping lists as gen Z embrace ‘retro renaissance’
Demand for CD players rises 74% this year amid deluxe releases from artists such as Taylor Swift and Pink Floyd