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- 14 Sept
14 SeptIFPI asks the EU to make AI companies disclose every song they trained on
- IFPI launched its Music in the EU 2026 report at a Brussels event on September 10, 2026.
- CEO Victoria Oakley called for the absolute and uncompromising implementation and enforcement of the AI Act's transparency and labelling rules.
- The report asks the European Commission to add a mandatory second tier to the AI Act transparency template, releasing detailed training records to rightsholders on request.
- 14 Sept
14 Sept27 music companies signed IFPI's anti-fraud pledge. DistroKid and TuneCore didn't.
- IFPI launched the Streaming Integrity Initiative on September 14, 2026 with 27 companies signed on.
- Participating distributors commit to 5 practices, including Know Your Customer identity checks and vetting uploads for AI-related risks.
- DistroKid, Believe and its TuneCore platform, SoundOn and UnitedMasters are all absent from the launch list.
- 14 Sept
14 SeptRoger Taylor says a Queen avatar show is 'a possibility', but he won't tour with a virtual Freddie
- Roger Taylor raised the idea of a Queen avatar show on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio on September 10, 2026.
- Asked directly whether Queen would tour with a digital Freddie Mercury, Taylor answered no and said he wished it was.
- Taylor named ABBA Voyage as the reference point, saying technology has come on so far.
- 11 Sept
11 SeptKeyBanc puts a number on Spotify's AI music plans: about 2% more revenue per listener
- KeyBanc reiterated its Overweight rating on Spotify with a $680 price target on September 10, 2026.
- The firm estimates AI music features could add about 2% to Spotify's average revenue per user within 12 to 18 months.
- KeyBanc says that number could rise faster if superfan tiers get adopted.
- 11 Sept
11 SeptNordic Digital Music Survey 2026: 77% want AI music labelled, and 12% have already made some
- 77% of Nordic listeners say AI-generated music should be clearly labelled on streaming services and radio, up from 58% in 2024.
- 77% say composers and songwriters should decide whether their music trains AI services, and 74% say they should be paid for it.
- 12% of people surveyed have used AI tools such as Suno or Udio to make music themselves.
- 11 Sept
11 SeptSIQA announces the first AI Music Awards for November 13, 2026 in Los Angeles, plus a one-day SIQA Summit
- SIQA hosts the first AI Music Awards on Friday, November 13, 2026 at The Mayan in Downtown Los Angeles.
- The SIQA Summit runs the day before, November 12, with panels, demo lounges, a networking mixer, and the first awards handed out at a Premiere Ceremony.
- 25 categories cover AI Song, Artist, Album and Producer of the Year plus genre and classification awards, and verified AI artists pick the winners.
- 10 Sept
10 SeptApple puts always-on Shazam on the wrist with Audio Intelligence on Apple Watch Series 12
- Apple announced Audio Intelligence for Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 on September 9, 2026.
- Shazam is one of four Audio Intelligence features, alongside Sound Recognition, Live Rewind and Siri Recap.
- The watch names the song and artist on the Music Recognition widget in the Smart Stack without the wearer tapping anything.
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- 10 Sept
10 SeptTicketmaster is the first music partner for Meta's Muse AI agent, but it won't buy your tickets
- Ticketmaster is available as a connector inside Muse, the personal AI agent Meta announced on September 8, 2026.
- Once a fan adds the connector, Muse surfaces concerts and other live events with real-time seating options and ticket pricing.
- Muse does not complete the sale. Fans are passed to Ticketmaster's marketplace to pay.
- 10 Sept
10 SeptMeta's Muse AI now posts from @muse on Instagram, and the band Muse is at @museband
- Meta's Muse team is now posting from @muse on both Instagram and X after Mark Zuckerberg announced the AI agent on September 8, 2026.
- The British rock band Muse, which has used the name for over 30 years, posts from @museband on both platforms.
- The band made the switch this summer, months before Meta's announcement, which fans read at the time as a sign something was coming.
- 10 Sept
10 SeptThe 10 Swimming With Narwhals 2026 semi-finalists are mostly plumbing, not consumer apps
- Music Tectonics and the Yamaha Music Innovations Fund named 10 semi-finalists for the 2026 Swimming With Narwhals pitch competition.
- The semi-finalists pitch at the Music Tectonics Online Pre-conference on September 23, 2026.
- Four finalists are then selected to pitch in person to a jury of investors in Santa Monica from October 27 to 29, 2026.
- 10 Sept
10 SeptUniversal Music signs ElevenLabs to a multi-year deal, one day after Suno launched its label-backed v6
- Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs announced a multi-year licensing agreement and strategic collaboration on September 10, 2026.
- It is ElevenLabs' first agreement with a major label.
- The first product is a fan-facing AI music creation platform built on licensed music and artist participation, still in development.
- 09 Sept
09 SeptSuno admits it took YouTube audio with YT-DLP, then says the labels can't sue over it
- Suno filed a 26-page answer on September 1 in Massachusetts federal court, responding to the first amended complaint from UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment.
- The answer states that "audio data was obtained from YouTube for use as training data using YT-DLP", and repeats the YouTube point at five further places in the document.
- Suno argues UMG and Sony lack standing on the stream-ripping claim, saying they are not "person[s] injured" under DMCA Section 1203(a).
- 08 Sept
08 SeptAFM tells the court Article 21(a) is ambiguous, and that alone should keep its AI case alive
- The AFM filed its opposition to Universal and Warner's motions to dismiss in case 1:26-cv-04760
- The union argues it only needs to show Article 21(a) is ambiguous and its own reading plausible, not that its reading is the best one
- It concedes the majors' reading is "possible" while arguing the clause can also be read to trigger payment on the new use itself
- 08 Sept
08 SeptA fake AI Eminem track pulled 109,000 YouTube views in 8 days, with no AI label on it
- An AI-generated track titled "I'm Back" credited to Eminem has 109,000 views and 3,500 likes after 8 days
- The channel behind it, Eminem Pulse, lists 38 videos and 2,110 subscribers, with three more AI tracks posted inside 48 hours
- A signed-out search for "Eminem Pulse" returns four of the channel's uploads at the top of the results
- 08 Sept
08 SeptPrince's estate says no AI finished 'Calabama', and names the three horn players who did
- Fans accused the Timeless album track "Calabama" of using AI on its credits, timing and arrangement
- Prince's estate says live horn players overdubbed his synthesiser track with the intended horn line
- Trombone, saxophone and trumpet were played by Greg Boyer, Adrian Crutchfield and Lynn Grissett, all credited in the album packaging
- 08 Sept
08 SeptSuno signs Believe and TuneCore, 4 months after Believe blocked its tracks
- Believe and Suno announced a global strategic partnership on September 8, 2026, covering participating Believe and TuneCore repertoire
- Artists and labels opt in, and a source close to the deal told Billboard the compensation takes the form of a revenue share
- Tracks made on Suno's new industry partner model become eligible to distribute through Believe and TuneCore
- 07 Sept
07 SeptAnthropic files for an IPO at a $965B valuation while the music publishers' case rolls on
- Anthropic filed a confidential draft registration statement with the SEC for a proposed IPO, with share count and price still undecided.
- A recent raise pushed Anthropic's valuation to $965 billion, ahead of OpenAI's $852 billion.
- Reporting now points to a public prospectus filing by the end of September 2026 and a listing as early as October.
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