Universal Music Group (UMG) has withdrawn its extensive music catalog from TikTok, including songs by Taylor Swift, Drake, Bad Bunny, and others, after a contract dispute over royalty payments led to the Wednesday expiration of their licensing deal. The move has become the talk of the music industry, especially ahead of the Grammys, and has resulted in songs starting to disappear from TikTok. Artists like Conan Gray have expressed concerns, with Gray humorously remarking that his career might be over without TikTok exposure. The dispute is particularly harmful to lesser-known artists who depend on the platform for visibility. The fallout has altered viral trends and led to industry support for UMG, while raising questions about the future of music promotion on social media.
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From @Breakingviews: Amid a disagreement between Universal Music Group and TikTok over artist pay, the music group has pulled its songs from user-generated videos on social media app. @AnitaRamaswamy has more https://t.co/NFHhY1s8qC
From @Breakingviews: @AnitaRamaswamy throws light on the dispute between Universal Music Group, which represents Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, and TikTok over artists' pay https://t.co/je0LbFGjPd
From @Breakingviews: Universal Music Group pulled its songs from user-generated videos on social media app TikTok after failing to agree on artist pay. But pressure from artists and investors could coax the two back together, explains @AnitaRamaswamy https://t.co/JEFiwNKqw3
More Than One Third of TikTok’s Most Popular Songs Are Gone After UMG Fallout https://t.co/46kaujI1w3
🚫😲 UMG to stop licensing tracks to TikTok, claiming unfair deal terms and concerns over AI and artist pay. Big names like Taylor Swift and Drake could vanish from the app. https://t.co/DWIF6OtREi
Jack Antonoff and other artists are weighing in on Universal Music Group pulling its song catalog from TikTok #THRNews https://t.co/7h2woET243
Less than one week removed from the start of the Universal Music-TikTok licensing showdown, multiple industry organizations and companies have come out in support of the major label. https://t.co/6OW2YZ8NuB
TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out https://t.co/qWYp9FcwE9 https://t.co/4SX6D7v0Oi
TikTok users were quick to mock the disappearance of music from the platform. https://t.co/aGAXq58BEU https://t.co/ALeZrYxrf9
What's next for artists after TikTok? 📲 With UMG pulling music off of TikTok, we asked artists at the #Grammys how they think everyone will promote music next... https://t.co/mjXI2rprtZ
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Why did Universal Music leave TikTok? How might this affect musicians? @sisario explains. https://t.co/9iXgGysNJU
Not sure that young TikTok users realize how bizarre the last six years has been with regard to music rights. We've never seen anything like that before. https://t.co/532mcLGPPx https://t.co/ysUVil6ZWT
UMG has pulled its music from TikTok. But every time a crackdown like this occurs it leads to more piracy—and more hoops for smaller artists to jump through. https://t.co/x8iRvnDH3o
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Universal Music has withdrawn its music catalogue from TikTok over a dispute about royalty payments https://t.co/TSzGDMj3p4 https://t.co/R9HOwBiWtc
.@MattBelloni is joined by Rolling Stone’s @MillmanEthan to discuss the ongoing battle between Universal Music Group and TikTok. Listen: https://t.co/RhWXoegNu8
In the contract dispute between UMG and TikTok, it’s lesser-known artists who will suffer the most, argues @jewelwickershow https://t.co/OxgvlHfaBC
Here's why songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and more are starting to disappear from TikTok https://t.co/WKJFP7VcL6 https://t.co/A3zYNfaYLK
Earlier this week, Universal Music Group - which represents big-name artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake - said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of a licensing deal between the two companies. https://t.co/k5jLxVS1Vz
The silencing of Universal Music Group’s artists on TikTok has become the talk of the music industry ahead of the #Grammys. “My career is over, for sure. I’m never gonna have a hit song again at this rate,” Conan Gray quipped. More: https://t.co/o0Ng46DWtO https://t.co/Nj6lpJzvUq
TikTok users will no longer be able to create videos with songs from Taylor Swift, Jon Batiste, boygenius and other Universal Music Group artists as the soundtrack, as contract negotiations between the 2 companies have collapsed. https://t.co/PRltZqOIHT
"Look around everybody on mute." 🤐 If you haven't noticed it already, many TikTok videos have lost their sound. That's because Universal Music Group has removed its catalog from the video-sharing app after failng to reach a licensing agreement with TikTok. 📷: Getty https://t.co/T5mKLKKu00