Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs are getting into business. The label has struck an expansive licensing agreement with the AI audio startup that will see ElevenLabs launch an AI-powered music platform built on UMG’s catalog of artists. The platform will allow fans to remix and mashup artist tracks along with creating “new track interpretations” and “personalized vocal […]

In perhaps the least surprising development in recent CMA Awards history, Ella Langley emerged at the front of the pack when nominations for the 2026 telecast were announced Thursday morning, scoring nine in all, just one shy of the all-time single-year record set by Alan Jackson in 2002. Miranda Lambert has this year second-most nominations, […]

Canadian electronic musician Deadmau5 has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation in all areas across music, film, television, digital content, gaming and technology and intellectual property.  The artist legally known as Joel Zimmerman is “a once-in-a-generation creative force who represents exactly where we believe the entertainment business is going — the intersection of music, […]

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Her first studio LP in four years is led by “Lucky (Hymn)”

All residencies must come to an end someday, but that doesn’t mean Harry Styles is anywhere near done performing live in the era of “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” His Together, Together Tour, which in 2026 consisted mostly of extended runs in a handful of cities, will continue into the spring and summer of […]

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Billy Joel says he is doing better after brain surgery helped relieve some of the symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus, a disorder he was diagnosed with in 2025. On SiriusXM’s Billy Joel channel Wednesday, the singer talked about the surgery he agreed to after noticing “my balance was not good, I had this sensation of […]

Taylor Swift, the award-winning billionaire singer and songwriter, is getting a new honor: The megastar is the namesake of several recently discovered species of plant-feeding insects from Australia. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have named the new species of insect after Swift. A paper describing the 12 new species was published in the […]