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AI Is Sure to Transform the Music Biz. Opinions Vary on Exactly How.

AI was an omnipresent topic at the Music Tectonics conference in Santa Monica, Calif., earlier this week, creeping into seemingly every panel discussion and casual poolside conversation. Everybody can see that AI will transform the music business. That’s a 30,000-foot view. Zoom in, however, and there’s far less certainty about how, exactly, AI will disrupt the status quo.  “Not everybody wants to be a creator” was a […]

2026 Grammy Nominations by Label: Interscope, Island Lead the Pack

The 2026 Grammy nominations were announced Friday (Nov. 7), with Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga highlighting some of the biggest categories. Within the traditional Big Four categories — record of the year, song of the year, album of the year and best new artist — Interscope led all record labels with […]

Country Continues to Be the Grammys’ Poor Relation

The Grammys have a country problem. This is not new news, of course, but in another banner year for country music it was reinforced when the nominations for the 68th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning (Nov. 7). Nowhere is the omission more obvious than in the best new artist category. To be […]