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Napster, the legendary peer-to-peer filesharing site that sparked a music pirating controversy in the early days of the internet before a recent evolution into an AI firm, has announced a stunning revelation to its shareholders. The $3.36 billion investment from a never-identified investor, which had been touted as a done deal in January, is never going to materialize.

Harris’s presidential campaign is embracing Gen Z trends like “brat summer” and memes that have spread like wildfire across the internet remixing some of her most cringe-worthy public flops.

For the second year in a row, vinyl records have outsold CDs, solidifying their resurgence and popularity among music enthusiasts seeking physical media after tiring of the maze of streaming options.

Not a single woman is on the shortlist of nominees for Artist of the Year in this year’s gender-neutral Brit Awards.

The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is under fire after choosing to describe celebrity murderer Phil Spector as merely a “talented but flawed producer” in the headline of a report on his death in prison. 

Music industry executives are set to launch a concert campaign consisting of 46 concerts in key swing states to “help launch the Democratic presidential nominee into the White House using the inspirational power of music.”

A wide range of liberal artists donated their talents for a project to benefit Planned Parenthood, the organization that performed 323,999 abortions in 2014-15, according to its latest annual report, and received $553.7 million in federal health care grants and reimbursements in the year that ended June 30, 2015.

Legendary folk-rock singer Paul Simon says, after making music for more than 60 years, he’s ready to “let go” of the limelight and “see what happens.”

During his trip to Vietnam this week, President Obama informed the country’s top female rapper that sexism and gender stereotyping is a feature of the American music industry, just as it is in Vietnam.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar is the leading nominee for the 2016 Grammy Awards with 11 nominations, followed by Taylor Swift and the Weeknd, who each earned seven nominations.

Nominees were announced Monday in the top categories for the 58th annual Grammy Awards.

Adele’s new album “25” has sold more than 2.3 million copies in the United States during its first three days on the market, a stunning number for a music industry that has seen sales steadily fall in the digital era.

Apple’s new streaming service, Apple Music, has reportedly drawn 11 million trial subscribers one month after its launch.

It doesn’t take a big-shot music executive or a statistician to see that the music industry is in a major period of upheaval.

For Republican presidential contenders, the first opponent in the fight for the party’s nomination is often the music industry.

John Mellencamp blasted the state of the music business at a UJA Federation of New York luncheon on Thursday—but reserved some kind words for Taylor Swift, who he said is the only one doing anything to save the music industry.

In a party at the Governor’s Mansion, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and First Lady Cecilia Abbott hosted Texas musicians, music industry representatives and vendors, SXSW attendees, elected officials, and other honored guests in an evening to celebrate Texas music. The