TikTok Global Head of Music on All Things Music; Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' Surpasses One Billion Spotify Streams
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Sonos’ Move 2 might just be 2023’s best portable speaker
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A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023
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Microsoft Copilot gets a music creation feature via Suno integration
Users can enter prompts into Copilot like “Create a pop song about adventures with your family” and have Suno, via a plug-in, bring their musical ideas to life. From a single sentence, Suno can generate complete songs — including lyrics, instrumentals and singing voices.
UK vinyl sales increase for 16th consecutive year reaching highest level since 1990
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Daft Punk's Get Lucky surpasses one billion Spotify streams
The iconic track celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this year.
Why Are Certain Songs Greyed Out on Spotify?
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