From ElevenLabs’ $11B UMG deal to HYBE Weverse’s knowledge breach… it’s MBW’s Weekly Spherical-Up

This week, ElevenLabs struck its first settlement with a serious music firm — a multi-year licensing cope with Common Music Group.

In the meantime, Suno launched its new v6 AI music fashions in partnership with Warner Music Group, BMG and Consider.

In associated information: Suno and Consider struck a world licensing deal overlaying collaborating repertoire from Consider and TuneCore.

Additionally this week, HYBE‘s superfan platform Weverse confirmed an information leak affecting 422,584 accounts, together with fee and refund particulars.

Plus: UMG confirmed it has now purchased again practically €1 billion of its personal shares in 2026.

Listed here are a number of the greatest headlines from the previous few days…

1. ElevenLabs’ $11B valuation is greater than twice the dimensions of Suno’s. It simply struck a world AI music cope with UMG.

Common Music Group has signed a multi-year licensing settlement with ElevenLabs.

ElevenLabs will launch a brand new AI-powered music platform for followers below the deal, with the 2 corporations additionally collectively growing AI audio merchandise for artists and songwriters.

It’s ElevenLabs‘ first settlement with a serious music firm, based on the 2 corporations. (MBW)

2. Suno inks international licensing cope with Consider

Consider has struck a strategic partnership with Suno, simply over 4 months after it started blocking the distribution of tracks made on the AI music platform.

The settlement, introduced on Tuesday (September 8), covers “collaborating repertoire” from Consider and TuneCore, its platform for self-releasing artists. Consider confirmed to MBW that the partnership is international in scope.

“Beneath the settlement, music from collaborating Consider and TuneCore artists and labels will probably be included within the new music fashions that Suno is launching in partnership with the music trade,” the 2 corporations stated. (MBW)

3. Suno launches v6 AI music fashions in partnership with WMG, BMG, and Consider

AI music platform Suno, going through copyright claims on a number of fronts, has been promising licensed fashions since November 2025.

That month, it settled Warner Music Group’s copyright lawsuit and stated it might launch “new, extra superior and licensed fashions” in 2026.

Within the months since, Suno has signed offers with BMG and, simply yesterday, Consider. It has additionally dedicated to audio watermarking and fingerprinting know-how, and capped the variety of songs its subscribers can obtain every month. (MBW)

4. HYBE’s Weverse confirms knowledge leak affecting 422,584 accounts, together with fee and refund particulars

HYBE’s superfan platform Weverse has confirmed that knowledge from 422,584 accounts was leaked, a determine the corporate stated was calculated based mostly on account ID models.

The leak was disclosed in a discover issued on Sunday (September 6) by Zooil Yang, President of Weverse Firm, the HYBE subsidiary that operates the platform.

The corporate categorized one leaked merchandise as private info: inner identification info, which it described as a novel inner numerical worth generated for person identification at registration. (MBW)

5. UMG has now purchased again practically €1 billion of its shares this yr

Common Music Group has accomplished the €250 million share buyback program it launched in August – the final of three repurchases below a €1 billion share repurchase dedication the corporate set out in April.

UMG has spent EUR €999.2 million (USD $1.16 billion) by itself inventory this yr in consequence.

Common confirmed on Monday (September 7) that the €250 million program, the second of two open-market buybacks it has run this yr, was completed. (MBW)