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Over the past several years, Spotify has faced plenty of criticism for the way it calculates royalty rates, as a growing number of artists have accused the streaming giant of underpaying. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek addressed the controversy during a recent interview with Music Ally, suggesting many artists were satisfied with their streaming income, but have no incentive to say so […]
The Game‘s sexual assault accuser has scored a huge legal victory. According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, Priscilla Rainey has been granted ownership of The Game’s independent record label Prolific Records, as well as royalties from his latest album, Born to Rap. This means Rainey now has full control over any salary The Game was receiving through […]
According to The Guardian, the music industry could be using new copyright laws, which could allow for musicians to be comped for music in online games, to get in on some of the record profits racked up by titles, like, let’s just go with Fortnite for obvious reasons. PRS for Music, which is the body […]
Ariana Grande‘s “7 Rings” is a massive and lucrative hit—especially for legendary composers Rodgers & Hammerstein. Since its release on Jan. 18, the record-breaking single has garnered more than a billion streams and has topped the Hot 100 chart for six nonconsecutive weeks. Though there was some controversy about the inspiration behind “7 Rings”—as a number of artists […]
Donald Glover has settled his legal dispute with Glassnote Records—the indie label with which he recorded his first three albums. In July 2018, Glassnote Entertainment Group went to court to resolve their royalties dispute with the artist also known as Childish Gambino. The label claimed it owned the copyrights to the material in question and was, therefore, entitled to 50 percent […]
The nearly year-long legal battle between Frank Ocean and Om’Mas Keith is finally over. According to documents obtained by The Blast, the parties have settled their lawsuits against one another and are no longer seeking damages. Ocean and Keith have also agreed to pay their own legal fees. In February 2018, Ocean sued his longtime producer who […]
If Juice WRLD is concerned over Sting coming for a cut of his song “Lucid Dreams,” he’s not showing it. The rapper said that he’s making too much money to bother getting mad over the singer allegedly taking a chunk of the song’s royalties for interpolating “Shape of My Heart.” “Lost millions made millions,” he […]
