From streaming’s AI drawback to Spotify’s lossless launch… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

This week, Deezer revealed that just about a 3rd of all tracks uploaded to its platform are actually absolutely AI-generated, marking a dramatic surge to over 30,000 AI tracks every day.

In the meantime, Spotify lastly launched its long-awaited lossless audio characteristic for Premium subscribers in choose markets, although it’s not a part of a rumored super-premium tier.

Elsewhere, TikTok’s SoundOn distribution platform, which has seen over 1.1 million artists register to entry its providers since launching in 2022, is increasing into Germany.

Additionally this week, a US Appeals Courtroom quickly reinstated copyright official Shira Perlmutter after blocking the Trump administration’s try to take away her from workplace.

Plus, we discovered that US streaming subscriptions hit 105.3 million in H1 2025, however recorded music income was up by lower than 1% YoY.

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

1. NEARLY A THIRD OF ALL TRACKS UPLOADED TO DEEZER ARE NOW FULLY AI-GENERATED, SAYS PLATFORM

Absolutely AI-generated music now constitutes 28% of all tracks delivered to Deezer every day, in keeping with new information from the French streaming service.

The platform says it now receives over 30,000 absolutely AI-generated tracks every day, marking a pointy enhance from the 20,000 determine it reported in April and the ten,000 it disclosed in January when it first launched its proprietary AI detection software. In accordance with Deezer, as much as 70% of performs for these absolutely AI-generated tracks have been detected as fraudulent, with the corporate filtering these streams out of royalty funds.

Though absolutely AI-generated music presently accounts for less than round 0.5% of all streams on Deezer, the platform believes the first goal of importing these tracks is fraudulent exercise somewhat than real artistic expression.

“Following a large enhance throughout the yr, AI music now makes up a big a part of the every day monitor supply to music streaming and we wish to prepared the ground in minimizing any destructive affect for artists and followers alike,” stated Alexis Lanternier, CEO of Deezer… (MBW)

2. SPOTIFY IS FINALLY LAUNCHING LOSSLESS – BUT IT’S NOT PART OF A ‘SUPER PREMIUM’ TIER

Spotify has lastly added lossless audio to its platform.

The brand new characteristic comes amid Spotify’s ongoing efforts to develop a brand new “super-Premium” tier, presumably branded as “Music Professional,” beforehand reported to be launching as quickly as this yr.

Regardless of reviews that the corporate would doubtless gate lossless behind a higher-priced subscription tier, the characteristic will likely be accessible for Premium subscribers beginning Wednesday (September 10) in choose markets. The rollout arrived a few weeks after Spotify launched a direct message characteristic inside its app, which the platform stated is supposed to make sharing music and different content material simpler.

A giant query the broader music business will likely be asking this week is whether or not these new options, direct messaging and lossless audio, may sooner or later develop into perks of a pricier ‘tremendous Premium’ subscription tier…. (MBW)

3. OVER 1 MILLION ARTISTS HAVE REGISTERED WITH TIKTOK’S SOUNDON. NOW IT’S EXPANDING INTO GERMANY.

TikTok’s SoundOn has seen over 1.1 million artists register to entry its providers since launching in 2022.

Now, the platform is launching in Germany, the world’s fourth-largest recorded music market.

The Germany roll-out marks the distribution and providers platform’s newest enlargement following its preliminary launch in markets such because the UK, US, Brazil and Indonesia, and Australia.

In accordance with its web site, SoundOn presently counts 1.158 million “companions and rising”. MBW understands this to imply artists who’ve registered (i.e. signed up) on the platform.

Of those registered artists, TikTok famous, SoundOn has seen “a whole bunch of hundreds” of acts launch music and generate income on the platform… (MBW)

4. TOP US COPYRIGHT OFFICIAL SHIRA PERLMUTTER REINSTATED, AS APPEALS COURT BLOCKS FIRING BY TRUMP

A US federal Appeals courtroom has blocked the Trump administration’s try to take away Shira Perlmutter from her place because the Register of Copyrights and Director of the US Copyright Workplace. The injunction pending enchantment, filed on Tuesday (September 10), quickly reinstates Perlmutter and prevents the Trump administration from putting in Government Department officers to run the Library of Congress and the Copyright Workplace.

The saga round Perlmutter’s ousting began in Might 2025 after the Trump Administration fired Carla D. Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, and changed her with Todd Blanche, the Deputy Legal professional Basic with the Division of Justice.

Blanche then instantly fired Perlmutter and changed her with Paul Perkins, an Affiliate Deputy Legal professional Basic on the DoJ. The Appeals Courtroom’s 2-1 choice guidelines that Perlmutter’s removing in Might was doubtless illegal and quickly restores her as Register of Copyrights whereas the case continues. “The President doesn’t have the authority to take away the Register of Copyrights or to put in his personal officers to run the nation’s library,” stated Brian Netter, Authorized Director at Democracy Ahead… (MBW)

5. US STREAMING SUBSCRIPTIONS HIT 105.3M IN H1 2025, BUT RECORDED MUSIC REVENUE WAS UP BY LESS THAN 1% YOY

The US’ recorded music business noticed income development of simply 0.9% YoY within the first half of 2025.

That’s in keeping with the brand new information revealed by the RIAA on Tuesday (September 9), which reveals the US generated USD $5.59 billion in wholesale recorded music income within the six months to finish of June.

(Not like earlier years, the RIAA has shifted to reporting business revenues on a wholesale, somewhat than retail, foundation. This represents precise income flowing to music firms somewhat than complete client (retail) spending, however makes comparisons with earlier years extra difficult.)

One constructive stat: There have been 105.3 million complete paid premium music subscriptions within the interval, up 6.3 million YoY.

That +6.3 million YoY internet development was considerably increased than the equal development seen in H1 2024 (+2.5m)… (MBW)

Companion message: MBW’s Weekly Spherical-up is supported by BMI, the world chief in performing rights administration, devoted to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the worth of music. Discover out extra about BMI right here. Music Enterprise Worldwide