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EU Recorded Music Revenues Reach €6.0 Billion as European Music, Culture and Innovation Continue to Excel
~ IFPI launches ‘Music in the EU 2026’ report highlighting excellence of Europe’s music sector and calls for effective implementation of existing rules to support future growth~ 9 September 2026, Brussels – Recorded music revenues in the European Union reached €6.0 billion in 2025, growing 5.1% year-on-year and accounting for 21.3% of global recorded music […]
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IFPI and its member companies take legal action against illegal ‘parasitic app’ Musi
Global music companies Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are commencing legal proceedings in Canada against the developers of Musi, an illegal streaming app that sources music content from YouTube without authorisation.
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IFPI Rolls Out Global Principles for the Eligibility of Recordings Developed Using AI in Official Music Charts Worldwide
~ New principles to be applied across IFPI’s network of official charts ~ 30 July 2026, London – IFPI, the organisation representing the recording industry worldwide, today announced the roll out of a new set of principles to govern the eligibility of recordings developed with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services for inclusion in official music […]
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Music community introduces new labelling program to distinguish generative AI in sound recordings
~Broad Support from IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys, SAG-AFTRA & Human Artistry Campaign Track-Level Labels to Provide Transparency for Fans Across Digital Music Services and Partners~ 10 July (Washington / New York / London) – Today, IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys, SAG-AFTRA & Human Artistry Campaign, representing a broad spectrum of […]
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Recording industry successful in first ever stream ripping blocking action in Indonesia
1 July 2026 – IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, alongside ASIRI, which represents music labels in Indonesia, have coordinated the first successful blocking action in Indonesia targeting 13 stream ripping sites. The sites blocked as part of this action collectively received more than half a billion visits last year from users in Indonesia.
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SoundExchange and IFPI announce new ISRC auto-assignment capabilities
~Functionality reduces manual steps and improves data accuracy~ 2 June 2026 – SoundExchange and IFPI, the organization representing the recording industry worldwide, today announced a new capability that enables the automatic assignment of International Standard Recording Codes (ISRCs), simplifying how these codes can be obtained for individual recordings. The new functionality allows an ISRC to be assigned to […]
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