That was the last time Billboard tackled the monumental feat of ranking the top R&B artists, dating back to the ‘50s. Michael ...

Visual artists are fighting back against unauthorized uses of AI on their work by using tools that contaminate and confuse the AI systems. One tool, for example, can make AI think a dog is a cat.

Left: Pam Longobardi, Sappho’s Mirror I, 2010, found ocean plastic from South Point, Hawaii, 96 x 50 x 4 inches.Center: Kristyna and Marek Milde, Igeology, 2012-ongoing, hand-embroidered plastic ...

The National Folk Festival, a free three-day event, will begin its three-year residency in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 2025. Six new artists have been added to the 2025 lineup, joining eight ...

TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching TikTok for Artists, a new music insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers. The official launch comes two ...

It found that Spotify paid artists $3 per 1,000 streams, while other platforms like Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube paid $8.80, $6.20, and $4.80, respectively, per 1,000 streams in 2024.

For artists who have no choice but to continue promoting work online, tools like Glaze can feel indispensable. Recent Statista data showed that online art sales in 2023 reached nearly $12 billion, ...

Syncopation is when notes are held over beats, not only offbeats. This is a video about syncopation and how it is used in the music of Bob Marley, Louis Armstrong and Stevie Wonder.

The artists’ letter asks the N.E.A. to “reverse” the changes, saying “abandoning our values is wrong, and it won’t protect us. Obedience in advance only feeds authoritarianism.” ...

The court declined to dismiss copyright infringement claims against the AI companies. The order could implicate other firms that used Stable Diffusion, the AI model at issue in the case.

A federal judge has allowed new claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by artists against Stability AI, DeviantArt, Runway, and Midjourney. A number of other suits are still pending.