Arts Mar 21 Watch 7:27 Musicians push back on dwindling payments from streaming services Nearly every song ever recorded is available for about $12 a month, or free if you don’t mind the ads. But while the streaming giant Spotify has conquered the music industry, many of the artists responsible for the music on… By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins
Arts Feb 05 Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét among major winners at 2024 Grammys Taylor Swift won album of the year for “Midnights,” breaking a Grammys record for most wins in the category with four. Miley Cyrus won record of the year for her hit “Flowers," and Victoria Monét won best new artist. By Maria Sherman, Associated Press
Nation Feb 01 Watch 8:20 Why Universal Music Group is pulling songs from TikTok More than a billion users around the world may find that TikTok is a bit less fun than it was just a day ago. It’s tied to a major showdown between the social media app and the world’s biggest record… By John Yang, Jonah Anderson
Arts Dec 24 Watch 5:53 The business of Christmas music and why some songs become classics Christmas music is a big part of the music industry. John Yang speaks with Nate Sloan, an assistant professor of musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and co-host of the podcast Switched On Pop, about what makes Christmas… By John Yang, Claire Mufson
Dec 12 Watch 7:25 How a New York state law opened Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to sexual assault lawsuits By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings Four women are suing hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs over sexual assault allegations dating back to the early 90s. Previously, those lawsuits couldn’t have been filed because of the statute of limitations. But most were filed under a New York… Continue watching
Nov 18 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs reaches settlement with Cassie a day after she files abuse lawsuit By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A lawsuit by singer Cassie containing allegations of beatings, rape and abuse by music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs has been settled, the artists announced Friday, one day after the lawsuit was filed. Continue reading
Nov 17 Cassie accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of rape, violent abuse in new lawsuit By Associated Press R&B singer Cassie, who filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York federal court, said Combs began the pattern of abuse as soon as their relationship started more than a decade ago. Continue reading
Jan 30 Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists, dies at 81 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters, sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and “War.”… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 6:46 British artist Yola’s ‘genre-fluid’ blend turns heads in Nashville By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Lizz Bolaji With the Grammys set to take place Sunday night, the artist Yola is in the running this year in two categories, including "Best American Roots Song" and "Best Americana Album." Jeffrey Brown went to see why the musician has chosen… Continue watching