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The music business is still a boys’ club, according to a report breaking down the gender makeup on the credits for many of last year’s biggest songs. The University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released its annual “Inclusion in the Recording Studio” report on Wednesday, reflecting an industry stagnant …

Spotify has come out victorious in a lawsuit filed against the company last year over a controversial bundling strategy it adopted that led to decreased royalty payments to songwriters. A federal judge dismissed the suit Wednesday, a significant win in a dispute between Spotify and much of the music publishing …

Limp Bizkit‘s lawsuit against Universal Music Group faces new hurdles as a federal judge has denied the band’s demand to void its contract with the company, months after the group first sued over allegations of hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid royalties. In decision filed on Friday, Jan. 17, …

The Recording Academy has announced significant changes for its upcoming Grammy Week, canceling some of its industry events that would usually lead up to the Sunday awards while repurposing others to focus more heavily on relief efforts for the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. “We understand how devastating this past …

The wildfires around Los Angeles County have become one of the most devastating natural disasters to ever hit the city, burning more than 35,000 acres in and around the city, destroying over 10,000 homes and buildings and forcing nearly 200,000 people and counting to evacuate. Some in Los Angeles’s music …

The Federal Trade Commission announced a new rule on Tuesday to ban hidden fees for concert tickets in a move seeking to address one of the myriad complaints music fans have toward the concert business. The new ruling — which also affects other businesses like hotels and Airbnb — doesn’t …

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan on Friday, requesting that the consumer protection agency more consistently enforce the nearly decade-old legislation that was passed to try and stop scalpers from using bots to corner the market on concert tickets. The Better Online …

Kendrick Lamar and GNX secured a dominant debut on the charts this week as Lamar took up the entire Top Five on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, the publication announced on Monday. “Squabble Up” debuted at Number One with 52 million streams. “TV Off” took second, “Luther” featuring SZA took third, …

Shaboozey made history on Monday as his smash hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tied the record for most weeks atop Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, with the song taking the Number One spot for 19 weeks this year. Shaboozey now shares the record with Lil Nas X, whose country-rap hit “Old …

Ed Sheeran came out to Music Business Worldwide‘s Music Business U.K. Awards in London on Tuesday night, giving a speech to a crowd of industry power players to honor WMG’s outgoing record executive Max Lousada, while imploring record labels to champion art and artist development instead of following analytics and …