Universal Music Group and TikTok’s Deal Secures Artist Royalties and AI Protections
Universal Music Group and TikTok’s Deal Secures Artist Royalties and AI Protections
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/umg-tiktok-music-royalties-ai-protections/
Publish Date: 2026-05-22 13:37:00
Source Domain: www.cnet.com
- Universal Music Group (UMG) and TikTok have signed a multi-year agreement which will allow artists like Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Noah Kahan to continue using the platform.
- The new deal puts an end to a royalties dispute from 2024 that led to UMG temporarily pulling its music from TikTok for three months.
- The agreement expands UMG’s partnership with TikTok, incorporating enhanced marketing campaigns, e-commerce, and artist-centric tools.
- New provisions in the agreement include AI protections for artists ensuring that royalties effectively reach them, as well as efforts to remove unauthorized AI-generated music from TikTok.
- This agreement adds to UMG’s recent AI-related deals, including an AI feature with Spotify where users can create remixes and covers for an additional fee, and partnerships with companies like Nvidia, Splice, and Udio.
