Artist and label groups in Europe, and our counterparts in the USA and other parts of the world: we all have a shared interest in maximising the revenue of artists.

Today, IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys, SAG-AFTRA & Human Artistry Campaign, representing a broad spectrum of recorded music creators and companies around the world, announced a unified approach to voluntary track labelling to give fans clearer information about the use of generative AI (GenAI) in sound recordings.

IMPALA, the independent music sector trade body in Europe, has issued a new plan to transform the digital music market. Referring to the fact that the sector is about to reach one billion subscribers on streaming services, IMPALA notes this is “something to celebrate” and at the same time flags that there is significant potential for the market to become “larger, fairer, more diverse and transparent.”

The Music Climate Pact (MCP) has teamed up with music streaming service Deezer to publish Sound Choices – a best practise guide on how all of us as music fans can reduce the impact our streaming has on the environment without lessening the listening experience we all cherish.