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Lauryn Hill Champions California Bill to Limit Record Labels’ Power: ‘Greed Often Perverts’

Lauryn Hill has come out in support of a California bill that would prevent record labels from suing artists who leave their record contracts prematurely. On Thursday (April 14), the eight-time Grammy-winning singer/rapper made a public plea to members of the California State Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media to support […]

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After Deezer Failed to Go Public Years Ago, Now Timing Is Everything

Since 2020, nine music-related companies — including the first- and third-largest record labels — have gone public to take advantage of renewed investor interest in a once-struggling industry. Add French music streaming service Deezer to the list. According to a report on Wednesday at The Wall Street Journal, Deezer, which first attempted an initial public […]

Lizzo’s New Music Is Here & It’s ‘About Damn Time’

Lizzo is back! The star unveiled her highly-anticipated and fittingly titled new single, “About Damn Time,” on Thursday (April 14), via Nice Life Recording Company/Atlantic Records. The track is the introduction to her upcoming album, Special, set to release on July 15. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating) “Turn up the […]

Major Labels Appeal to Keep Mechanical Royalty Rate at 9.1 Cents

The RIAA and the three major record labels have filed a motion with the Copyright Royalty Board asking to limit the scope of a recent ruling to reconsider the long-standing 9.1 cent mechanical royalty rate on physical and download format sales. The motion, filed April 5, seeks to confirm that when the CRB rejected a […]