AI Sampling And Royalties: Do You Get Paid If A Bot Samples Your Song?

AI companies are currently training on artists' catalogs at the expense of music rights holders. The courts are about to ...

Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, and more of the week’s best songs

We check back in with our running list of the best songs of the week, including Olivia Rodrigo’s cover of The Magnetic Fields ...

All Songs Considered: Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, and more of the week's best songs

We check back in with our running list of the best songs of the week, including Olivia Rodrigo’s cover of The Magnetic Fields ...
American Songwriter

3 Songs That Turned the Hammond Organ Into a Rock Star Weapon in the 1960s

The Hammond organ was a bit of an unsung hero among 20th-century rock songs, including these three legendary tracks.
American Songwriter

I Tried to Write a Song Like Bruce Springsteen—Here’s My 5 Major Takeaways

To beat my own writer's block, I decided to try to write a song like Bruce Springsteen. Here's what I learned.

Mom hears something coming from the bathroom. Then she realizes it's her husband and son singing about her (exclusive)

Sakinah Bennett-Richard says hearing the sweet song her husband and son were singing made her feel "so valued" ...
Gold Derby

Billboard Hot 100: Every No. 1 song of 2026

Here's every single that topped the charts this year, based on new formula that tallies physical sales, airplay, and streams. The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart measures the top songs every week ...
Louder on MSN

American fraudster earns eight million dollars streaming AI songs no human has ever heard

"The songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars stole was real" ...