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Adele has been named the world’s best selling and most popular music artist of 2015. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) awarded the singer its global artist of the year prize in recognition of her “simply phenomenal” success. Adele’s achievement is particularly notable as her third album 25 was not released until late […]
Taylor Swift is releasing a live concert special from her 1989 world tour exclusively on Apple Music. The 1989 World Tour Live can be streamed from 20 December. It is not available to buy but it is free for streaming for Apple Music subscribers. Swift criticised Apple Music in June for not paying artists during […]
A judge in America has thrown out a lawsuit against Taylor Swift, quoting the lyrics to some of her biggest songs. She was being sued for £27 million for allegedly stealing the lyrics for her song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham claims Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 […]
With estimated earnings of $135m (£88m) in the last year alone, Katy Perry has been named the best-paid female musician by Forbes. She beats US rival Taylor Swift, whose earnings of $80m (£52m) put her in second place. Completing the top three is Fleetwood Mac. The return of Christine McVie and their On With The […]
Taylor Swift is being sued for $42m (£27m) for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham has claimed in legal papers Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 called Haters Gone Hate. As well as the monetary compensation, Mr Braham also […]
Calvin Harris has kept his title as the world’s highest-paid DJ for the third year in a row. Harris made £41.8 ($66m), according to Forbes’ latest rich list – the electronic cash kings 2015. For the last two years the 31-year-old’s earnings have totalled the same amount. In second place is David Guetta on around […]
Taylor Swift has apologised to Nicki Minaj following their Twitter row over the MTV VMA nominations. The singer’s admitted she misunderstood Nicki’s initial tweets, which attacked the music industry for favouring white females. “I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, then misspoke, I’m sorry, Nicki,” Taylor wrote. Nicki has accepted her […]
Nicola Roberts says it’s important that smaller songwriters are acknowledged by big music companies. The former Girls Aloud singer made the comments when asked about Taylor Swift’s recent letter to Apple. Apple wasn’t going to pay artists during their free three-month trial streaming period. But they are now. “We have so many talented writers. Companies […]