AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAI & Streaming: YouTube Music is labeling songs made primarily with generative AI, while Deezer will let listeners hide AI tracks from search results. Industry Shake-up: Universal Music Group is reshuffling leadership as it pursues $270 million in savings, with senior executives leaving Republic and Def Jam. Platform Expansion: Spotify has launched a catalog of 350,000 audiobooks in Nigeria, extending its push beyond music. New Music: Blondie will release High Noon on Feb. 26, their first album in nine years and the final one featuring late drummer Clem Burke; Johnny Marr guests on new single “Spectral Eyes.” Chart Records: Drake’s HABIBTI gives him a record 18th No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, surpassing the Temptations. Catalog Revival: Michael Jackson’s The Essential is the UK’s top album of 2026 so far, with more than 508,000 chart units, boosted by renewed interest after his biopic.
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