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‘Stealing Isn’t Innovation’: Cyndi Lauper, Questlove & More Artists Sign on to AI Licensing Campaign

Major music artists are among nearly 800 creators signing onto a new publicity campaign that protests the unlicensed use of copyrighted work to train generative artificial intelligence models. The campaign, dubbed “Stealing Isn’t Innovation,” has support from Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Kahn, Colbie Caillat, Common, Cyndi Lauper, Gavin DeGraw, Jason Aldean, Jason Isbell, Jennifer Hudson, LeAnn […]

Handyman Did His Wild Thing on ‘The Masked Singer’ Thinking Nobody Would Recognize His One-of-a-Kind Voice: ‘It’s Who I Am’

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details about the singer eliminated on Wednesday night’s (Jan. 21) episode of The Masked Singer. There are typically two kinds of celebrities who get revealed on The Masked Singer: ones who the judges and studio audience simply can’t pinpoint because they’ve adjusted their vocals and mannerisms just enough to […]

Brandon Lake Teases New Country Writing Collabs With Lainey Wilson, HARDY, Dan + Shay & More: ‘God Bless Country & Christian Music!’

Brandon Lake earned a massive crossover hit with the Jelly Roll collaboration “Hard Fought Hallelujah” and earned his first CMA Award nomination last year when the song was nominated for musical event of the year. He also recently teamed with Cody Johnson for a collaborative rendition of “When a Cowboy Prays.” And it looks like […]

‘F— That Guy’: Blake Lively Blasts Justin Baldoni In Unsealed Texts With Taylor Swift

Blake Lively’s personal text messages with Taylor Swift have now been made public, the latest in the ongoing litigation connected to the movie It Ends With Us. As previously reported, a judge determined that the friends’ conversations about the working environment on set are relevant to Lively’s sexual harassment and retaliation claims against co-star and director […]

Believe U.K. and Tileyard Music Launch Joint-Venture Label, Sign Pale Waves

Believe U.K. and Tileyard Music have teamed up to launch Tenace Records, a new boutique label formed through a joint venture between the two companies. The label will be spearheaded by Charlie Arme and Michael Harwood, co-presidents and founders of management, publishing, and record company Tileyard Music, and will leverage Believe’s global distribution artist services […]

Ruel Wins 2025 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 

Ruel is the winner of the 2025 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition, snagging the lucrative contest for his release “The Suburbs.” Written by the Australian singer and songwriter (full name: Ruel Vincent Van Dijk) alongside Mark Landon (M-Phazes), Elias Danielson, Chelsea Lena and Fran Hall, and produced by M-Phazes and Danielson, “The Suburbs” was recognized for its “emotional clarity, […]