https://www.scmp.com/rss/524370/feed The latest news and top stories on Universal Music Group. A leading entity in the global music and entertainment sector, Netherlands and California based Universal Music Group specialises in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content. They primarily serve a worldwide audience of music listeners and artists. UMG is the world's largest music company, holding a significant market share and consistently representing many top global artists. Their overall business focus... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Pop megastar Taylor Swift was sued by ⁠a Las Vegas ⁠performer on Monday who said ⁠Swift’s latest hit album The Life of a Showgirl violates her trademark rights. Maren Wade said in the complaint that marketing for Swift’s album threatened to “drown out” her long-running Confessions of a Showgirl stage show and ‌asked the court to block Swift from creating confusion with her album title. Representatives for Swift and her label Universal Music Group, also a defendant, did not immediately respond to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348462/taylor-swift-sued-trademark-infringement-over-life-showgirl-album-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348462/taylor-swift-sued-trademark-infringement-over-life-showgirl-album-title?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:02:51 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Carter Faith’s success has been eight years in the making. With several EPs released throughout the years, it was her debut album, Cherry Valley, released in October last year, that really made people start paying attention to the up-and-coming country star. It also came out the same day pop icon Taylor Swift dropped her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. Since then, not only has the 25-year-old’s album been ranked No 2 on Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2025... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344749/meet-carter-faith-rising-country-singer-joining-post-malone-and-jelly-rolls-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3344749/meet-carter-faith-rising-country-singer-joining-post-malone-and-jelly-rolls-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:45:33 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US singer Britney Spears has become the latest musician to sell the rights to her catalogue that includes hits like “Baby One More Time” and “Oops!...I Did It Again”, US media reported on Tuesday. The deal is believed to be worth around US$200 million, according to sources cited by celebrity site TMZ, though it said the exact amount is not detailed in legal documents. That sum would be comparable to the sale of Canadian singer Justin Bieber’s catalogue in 2023. Spears, 44, joins a growing list... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343126/britney-spears-sells-rights-her-music-catalogue-reported-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343126/britney-spears-sells-rights-her-music-catalogue-reported-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:52:28 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin Dressed like 1970s rock stars evoking bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Velvet Sundown look the part of a real band – with one key difference: despite millions of listeners, they do not exist. The group is generated by artificial intelligence. AI-generated music is exploding, with the rapid expansion of platforms like the United States’ Suno and Udio, as well as China’s Mureka. From creation to copyright, the technology is making waves globally. But the US and China are approaching it... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3341893/future-ai-music-us-and-china-strike-different-chords?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3341893/future-ai-music-us-and-china-strike-different-chords?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 14:00:08 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Audrey Hobert isn’t clowning herself any more. She was meant to be a pop star. “I had been sitting on all of this music long enough that there was like a tiny man in my soul beating down the door of my soul,” Hobert, 26, said on a recent rainy morning at Swingers Diner in Hollywood. This month, the Los Angeles native set out on her Staircase to Stardom Tour across North America, Europe and Australia. Intimate venues will see her perform from her debut album, Who’s the Clown?, released via RCA... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3337560/audrey-hoberts-journey-nickelodeon-screenwriter-co-writing-gracie-abrams-releasing-her-hit-single?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3337560/audrey-hoberts-journey-nickelodeon-screenwriter-co-writing-gracie-abrams-releasing-her-hit-single?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Dec 2025 22:00:08 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Almost every Katseye performance begins the same way. The bass notes of the girl group’s first single “Debut” echo through the venue, bright stage lights shine on its members and a screaming crowd nearly drowns out their vocals. But roughly a week before heading out on their first official tour, their opening number was met with a few sparse claps. Inside the Hollywood Palladium, the group – fresh-faced, high-spirited and decked out in their colour-coordinated stagewear – held their final dress... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3337509/whats-next-katseye-global-girl-group-their-beautiful-chaos-tour-and-reclaiming-their-lives-20-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3337509/whats-next-katseye-global-girl-group-their-beautiful-chaos-tour-and-reclaiming-their-lives-20-year?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:10 +0000 Lisa Cam Lisa Cam This is the 62nd instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. On October 8, news broke that the Cantopop star Shirley Kwan Suk-yee had been hospitalised in intensive care in Hong Kong following emergency cardiac surgery, and her adult son reportedly flew back from America to be by her side. The sudden health crisis has stirred immense concern, placing the fiercely private singer at the centre of public attention. It is the latest chapter in a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3329926/how-shirley-kwan-cantopops-complex-queen-cool-star-no-other?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3329926/how-shirley-kwan-cantopops-complex-queen-cool-star-no-other?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:15:07 +0000 Lisa Cam Lisa Cam A new documentary film about Wong Ka-kui, the legendary frontman of Hong Kong’s most influential rock band, Beyond, has arrived – but few people in the general public are even aware of its existence. Because of You – Ka Kui is packed with never-before-seen footage and intimate revelations from those who knew Wong. Yet, it is also a flawed and incomplete portrait, conspicuously missing the voices of his own brother and bandmate. The film, one cannot help but feel, is not just a story about a rock... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3329787/why-new-documentary-beyonds-wong-ka-kui-only-tells-part-story?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3329787/why-new-documentary-beyonds-wong-ka-kui-only-tells-part-story?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:15:09 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press When pop groups and rock bands practise or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator with the stage name imoliver, fires up his chatbot. McCann’s songs span genres from indie pop to electro soul and country rap. There is just one crucial difference between McCann and traditional musicians. “I have no musical talent at all,” he says. “I can’t sing, I can’t play instruments and I have no musical background at... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3325853/ai-songwriting-killing-music-and-artistic-creativity-or-just-democratising-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3325853/ai-songwriting-killing-music-and-artistic-creativity-or-just-democratising-it?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:15:08 +0000 David D. Lee David D. Lee Few groups survive a decade in the relentless world of K-pop. But on a charged June night in Goyang, industry juggernauts BTS celebrated 12 years since they first burst onto the scene. Last month’s 2025 BTS Festa saw more than 60,000 fans pack the Kintex centre in the Seoul suburb to commemorate the group’s anniversary. That same weekend, J-Hope held the final dates of his world tour in a nearby stadium complex, marking the first time all seven members of BTS were seen on stage together again... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3319635/what-7-year-curse-bts-blackpink-and-new-era-global-k-pop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3319635/what-7-year-curse-bts-blackpink-and-new-era-global-k-pop?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:16 +0000