This week, Deezer revealed it’s receiving round 50,000 AI-generated tracks each day, accounting for 34% of all tracks delivered to the platform every day.
In the meantime, Spotify launched a pilot of its ‘Premium Platinum’ tier throughout 5 markets, together with India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.
Elsewhere, Thomas Coesfeld will proceed to steer BMG as CEO from January 2027 onward, when he assumes the function of Chairman and Chief Government Officer of BMG’s mum or dad firm, Bertelsmann.
Additionally this week, Sony reported that it generated $2.89 billion from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q3 2025, up 13.3% YoY.
Listed below are among the largest headlines from the previous few days…
1. 50,000 AI TRACKS FLOOD DEEZER DAILY – AS STUDY SHOWS 97% OF LISTENERS CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMAN-MADE VS. FULLY AI-GENERATED MUSIC
Absolutely AI-generated music now accounts for 34% of all tracks delivered to Deezer every day, in response to new knowledge launched by the French streaming platform.
Deezer mentioned on Wednesday (November 12) that it now receives over 50,000 totally AI-generated tracks each day.
The brand new stat marks a big soar from the 30,000 determine it reported in September, the 20,000 it disclosed in April, and the 10,000 it disclosed in January when it first launched its proprietary AI detection software… (MBW)
2. WELCOME TO SPOTIFY SUPREMIUM: HIGHER-PRICED ‘PLATINUM’ SUBSCRIPTION HITTING INDIA, OTHER MARKETS
The music business, significantly the most important music firms, has been ready patiently for Spotify to launch a so-called ‘Supremium’ tier – a subscription providing at a considerably increased worth than its commonplace Premium product, with further consumer perks. Effectively, Spotify isn’t calling its newest launch ‘Supremium’ – it’s calling it ‘Premium Platinum’ as an alternative.
But it surely bears all the hallmarks of what we had been anticipating. Right here’s what’s occurring: from November 13, Spotify is piloting a revamped subscription construction throughout 5 worldwide markets, introducing three distinct Premium tiers designed “to higher meet various consumer wants…” (MBW)
3. CONFIRMED: THOMAS COESFELD WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD BMG IN DUAL ROLE ALONGSIDE CHAIRMAN AND CEO POSITION AT PARENT BERTELSMANN
Thomas Coesfeld will proceed to steer BMG as CEO from January 2027 onward, when he assumes the function of Chairman and Chief Government Officer of BMG’s mum or dad firm, Bertelsmann.
A BMG spokesperson confirmed on November 13 that the manager will assume the twin function when he succeeds Thomas Rabe as head of Bertelsmann after the latter government’s contract expires on December 31, 2026, after 15 years.
Information about Coesfeld’s appointment as Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann broke earlier that day. “I’m very a lot trying ahead to assuming accountability for main Bertelsmann,” mentioned Coesfeld in a press release… (MBW)
4. SONY GENERATED $2.89B FROM RECORDED MUSIC AND PUBLISHING IN CALENDAR Q3 2025, UP 13.3% YOY
Sony’s international music rights operation posted a robust quarter in calendar Q3, with streaming revenues in recorded music up 11.7% YoY, and streaming revenues in music publishing up by a whopping 24.8% YoY.
Throughout each recorded music and music publishing, the corporate’s operations generated USD $2.89 billion within the three months to finish of September 2025.
That’s in response to MBW’s calculations based mostly on Sony Group Corp’s calendar Q3 2025 (fiscal Q2 2025) outcomes, as introduced by the Japanese agency on November 11. The $2.89 billion determine was up by 13.3% year-on-year (vs. calendar Q3 2024) at US dollar-converted constant foreign money…. (MBW)
5. HYBE’S WEVERSE SUPERFAN PLATFORM IS GROWING – AND GOING BIG IN CHINA
HYBE’s superfan platform Weverse is making important inroads into China via strategic partnerships with two of the market’s digital giants: Tencent Music Leisure and Alibaba.
The strikes mark a pivotal second in HYBE’s worldwide growth technique, because it confirms that Weverse reached a report excessive of 11.6 million month-to-month lively customers (MAUs) globally in Q3 2025.
That represented 20% YoY progress for Weverse, into which Common Music Group made an undisclosed funding final 12 months…. (MBW)
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