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The UK government has rejected findings from the Misogyny In Music report published in January, much to the disappointment of music industry figures. Earlier this year, the Women And Equalities Committee (WEC) - a cross-party committee of MPs appointed to scrutinise the UK Government on equalities - held an inquiry into the music sector. The report looked at misogynistic attitudes in the industry and how these attitudes impact on the wider society. It found that women were underrepresented in key roles across the industry, that sexual harassment and abuse was common, and that many women did no...
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Neil Young and Joni Mitchell begrudgingly returned their music to Spotify last month, two years after leaving the platform in protest of its largest podcaster, Joe Rogan. According to Young, Rogan was using the platform to spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” wrote Young to his manager at Warner Music Group. It turns out, Spotify can have both. And, no matter what you think of Young’s protest (or boycott, or whatever it was), his clash with Spotify is a reminder that tech giants have a funny way of getting what they want and resistance fr...
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The hard rock legends Kiss have struck a mega-deal with Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group, selling their music catalogue, brand, and IP for over $300 million (€276m). This isn't the first collaboration between Kiss and Pophouse, which was co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. When the band's current lineup - founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer - took the stage at the final night of their farewell tour in December at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, they ended by revealing digitised avatars of themselves. The cutt...
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More than 200 artists feature on a new open letter submitted by the Artist Rights Alliance non-profit, calling on artificial intelligence tech companies, developers, platforms, digital music services and platforms to stop using AI "to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists.” Amongst those names are Stevie Wonder, Robert Smith, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, R.E.M., Peter Frampton, Jon Batiste, Katy Perry, Sheryl Crow, Smokey Robinson, and the estates of Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra. The letter, while acknowledging the creative possibilities of new AI technology, addresses some of i...
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Following the announcement that Lizzo was apparently quitting the music industry because of online bullying, the Grammy Award-winning singer has rowed back and un-quit. Lizzo has explained that what she meant when she declared ‘I QUIT’ in a social media post doesn’t mean she is quitting music. “I wanted to make this video because I just need to clarify (that) when I say ‘I quit’, I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention,” she said in a new video. “What I’m not gonna quit, is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting the people, ’cause I know I’m not alone. In no ...
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Following the announcement that Lizzo is apparently quitting the music industry because of online bullying, those suing her have labelled the Grammy Award-winning singer’s public mid drop as “a joke.” Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, has been accused and sued for sexual harassment, racial discrimination and fostering a hostile work environment by her dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez. The lawyer for these dancers, Ron Zambrano, has responded to her recent announcement, calling it a “joke”. Zambrano told Entertainment Weekly: “It’s a joke that Liz...
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In case you missed it (or you live under a rock), Beyoncé released her much-hyped country album 'Cowboy Carter' on Friday – and the Internet went absolutely mad over it with a flood of think-pieces and reviews. But for the die-hard fans who received their pre-ordered physical copies, something strange was afoot. Over the weekend, many started complaining that their vinyls and CDs of the album were missing tracks that were included on the digital release. Fans took to social media to air their grievances, claiming there were four missing tracks on the CD and five missing tracks on the vinyl. Ac...
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Melissa Viviane Jefferson, aka: Lizzo, has implied she is quitting the music industry due to the online hate and comments targetting her looks and her character. There may be a bit more to it than that though, as her announcement comes a day after a lawyer, who represents three former dancers who filed a lawsuit against Lizzo last August, said it was "shameful" the singer headlined a Radio City fundraiser for President Joe Biden "amid such egregious allegations". "I'm getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet," Lizzo, 35, said on Instagram. "All ...
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Ballads were all the rage, and we’re not talking about Stairway to Heaven. These were songs sung straight from the mouths of balladeers: musicians who went from place to place setting lyrics to music for the public’s listening pleasure. The tunes they played were often already well-known. But instead of coming up with the lyrics themselves, these itinerant performers might have just bought a new sheet of lyrics from a budding songwriter. And so the commercial music market as we know it was born. Universal Music Group threatens to pull millions of songs from TikTok in rights disputeThis is acco...
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Aya Nakamura has not yet been confirmed to sing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, but reports that French President Emmanuelle Macron has sounded her out to headline the event have sparked a racism row in the country. The possibility that the French-Malian pop singer might perform from the repertoire of national treasure Edith Piaf has caused indignation among some far-right supporters. Nakamura is the most listened-to French artist in the world and the only woman to feature in the country’s top 20 bestselling albums of 2023. But the Olympics speculation has made her the target of ...
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