In case Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl wasn’t indication enough, Latin music continues to grow at an exponential rate in the United States. On Friday, the Recording Industry Association of America revealed that Latin music generated $490.3 million in revenue during the first half of 2025 — marking …
Read More »Latin Music Set a New Record by Generating $685 Million in First Half of 2024
Latin music continues to grow year over year, and 2024 has been no exception. On Thursday, the Recording Industry Association of America released new data showing that the Latin music industry generated $685 million in the first half of 2024 — setting a new record. “Latin music keeps soaring to …
Read More »A.I. Music Startup Suno Fires Back at Record Labels, Admits Training on Copyrighted Music
Five weeks after the three major record labels filed filed lawsuits against A.I. music startups Suno and Udio, accusing them of “trampling the rights of copyright owners,” Suno fired back Thursday in a legal filing, acknowledging that they trained their music-generating model on copyrighted music — while insisting that doing …
Read More »AI's Most Ambitious Music Generators Accused of 'Massive' Infringement In New Lawsuit
The major record labels have filed lawsuits against the prominent AI music generation companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing the companies of training their AI tech on the unlicensed works of some of the world’s biggest artists. The suits — filed in Massachusetts and New York — were filed …
Read More »How Pirates and Factory Workers Changed Music Forever (and Made Eminem's Life Miserable)
The story everyone knows about the rise of the Mp3 and the end of the CD gold rush is a good one. It’s got Metallica and Dr. Dre, Sean Parker and the RIAA, Napster, Kazaa, Limewire, and the record industry’s flabbergasting decision to sue its own fans. But the real …
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