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Gunna Launches SB The Label, Releases ‘Pop It’ Video

The Atlanta rapper announced his Splurge album in September.

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Gunna Launches SB The Label Imprint & Releases ‘Pop It’ Video With Tennis Star Coco Gauff: ‘A New Chapter for Me’

The Atlanta rapper announced his Splurge album in September.

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Summer Walker in Contract Dispute with UMG

Walker invoked California's seven-year statute to terminate her contract with Interscope. UMG has now responded with a lawsuit.

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FKA twigs Drops Lawsuit Against Shia LaBeouf

The singer initially claimed he was trying to stop her from “disclosing information about her own survival of sexual assault”

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Summer Walker in Legal Dispute With UMG Over Interscope Record Deal

Walker invoked California's seven-year statute to terminate her contract with Interscope. UMG has now responded with a lawsuit.

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Summer Walker in Legal Dispute With Interscope Over Record Deal

Walker invoked California's seven-year statute to terminate her contract with Interscope. The label has now responded with a lawsuit.

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Travis Scott Lawsuit Over 'Alright' Sample Dropped

A pair of songwriters dropped their nearly three-year-old copyright infringement case against the star rapper.

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Travis Scott No Longer Facing Lawsuit Over ‘Alright’ Sample on ‘Astroworld’ and ‘Utopia’

A pair of songwriters dropped their nearly three-year-old copyright infringement case against the star rapper.

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Tinashe's Manager on 'Popstar' Campaign Strategy

“The music industry moves fast,” says her manager Simonne Solitro, adding, “We constantly need to think outside the box and build intriguing, fresh campaigns.”

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How Tinashe Scored the Biggest Album of Her Career With ‘Popstar’

“The music industry moves fast,” says her manager Simonne Solitro, adding, “We constantly need to think outside the box and build intriguing, fresh campaigns.”

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Rawayana Appoints Carlos Salas as New Management Lead

Salas will lead the Venezuelan band’s management alongside the label's partner Jeff D. Fontanez.

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CAA Appoints Dasha Smith as COO; Warner Music MENA Promotes Leadership

Plus Michael McCall retires from the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum and more music industry hires and promotions.

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Executive Turntable: Dasha Smith Named COO of CAA, Warner Music MENA Expands Leadership

Plus Michael McCall retires from the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum and more music industry hires and promotions.

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Billboard’s Music Industry Events Calendar

A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.

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Rawayana Unveils New Management Team Led by Carlos Salas at Brocoli Records: ‘We’ve Grown Together’

Salas will lead the Venezuelan band’s management alongside the label's partner Jeff D. Fontanez.

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Top Dawg Entertainment Wins Doxxing Lawsuit Appeal

Two women claimed the label broke the law by revealing their names, but an appeals court says they "simply had no right to remain anonymous while suing in court.”

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Top Dawg Wins Court Ruling Rejecting Doxxing Claims by Sexual Assault Accusers

Two women claimed the label broke the law by revealing their names, but an appeals court says they "simply had no right to remain anonymous while suing in court.”

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Denmark’s new digital replica law should go into effect in early 2027, says Danish culture minister

Danish copyright law could provide new protections around voice and likeness in the context of AI-generated digital replicas by the start of next year. Building on previous proposals, culture minister Zenia Stampe presented proposed legislation to the Danish parliament yesterday

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New Suno live music division to help make it the “first creative entertainment platform”

Part of Suno’s licensing deal with Warner Music Group last November involved acquiring concert-discovery platform Songkick. It felt like a strange quirk at the time – what does an AI music-generating platform have to do with live gigs? – but now we’ll find out how this seemingly odd-couple relations

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Super Intelligence round-up: Sonilo, Laylo, Base for Music and more

You’ll doubtlessly have heard the news, and so – as decreed by the super-est mind of our times – Music Ally will be referring to AI as “Super Intelligence” for the foreseeable future. Or until it crashes the stock market, whatever. The post is from Music Ally.