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The global music industry just crossed a symbolic threshold. Worldwide recorded music revenues reached USD $31.7 billion in 2025, surpassing $30 billion for the first time and marking the industry’s eleventh consecutive year of growth. That figure, revealed within the IFPI’s Global Music Report 2026, is more than double the industry’s nadir of $13.1 billion … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/as-recorded-music-revenues-hit-31-7b-globally-ifpi-ceo-victoria-oakley-explains-the-opportunities-and-the-threats-ahead/

Deal with BMG also covers the late superstar's Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tina-turner-music-interests-acquired-by-pophouse-in-strategic-transaction-with-bmg/

Company recently disclosed that it was receiving approximately 60,000 fully AI-generated tracks per day — around 39% of all daily deliveries Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/deezer-posts-first-ever-annual-profit-despite-total-subscriber-base-declining-in-2025/

Deal includes the singer's 17 studio albums, eight live albums and more than 50 singles, including Santa Baby. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/primary-wave-partners-with-estate-of-eartha-kitt-acquiring-music-catalog-and-name-likeness-rights/

BMG Rights Management has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic, the AI giant behind the Claude AI chatbot. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-sues-anthropic-alleging-ai-giants-380b-valuation-was-built-on-stolen-copyrighted-works/

IFPI has published its new 'Global Music Report 2026' showing that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% YoY in 2025 Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/global-recorded-music-revenues-hit-31-7bn-in-2025-up-6-4-yoy-users-of-paid-music-subscriptions-reach-837m/