Elias Leight is a Senior Writer at Rolling Stone. He covers various facets of the music industry, including the intersection of music and technology, with a focus on platforms like Spotify and TikTok, as well as broader themes in arts and entertainment. Elias's work has been featured in notable publications such as Billboard and Yahoo News.
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Elias Leight's articles predominantly focus on the music industry, streaming platforms, AI in music, copyright laws, and music trends. His coverage includes a significant amount of press releases and cites data with occasional expert commentary.
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Several other prominent labels and distributors also confirmed to Billboard on Monday that they have not received recent royalty payments from the service.
By: Krystal Rodriguez, Andrew Unterberger, Ana Monroy Yglesias, Eric Renner Brown, Katie Bain, Elias Leight, Jason Lipshutz, Joe Lynch, Thomas Smith, Meghan Mahar
Dance music can often really complex — with all the styles of music that fall under the umbrella term and the countless sounds, artists, fans, parties, opinions
Like many organizations in the music industry, Merlin supports “AI products that aid human creativity, or provide new opportunities for artists to
By: Elias Leight
More than 600 songs appeared on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 this year. Just 24 subsequently jumped to the Hot 100.
By: Elias Leight
"Everything's a side project" for the singer-songwriter Liam McCay, who is earning more than 16 million streams a week across his various artist aliases
As a potential TikTok ban in the United States looms again, record labels are being advised to be prepared.
Can TikTok Shop help music vinyl and merch sales? Some labels have sold thousands of dollars worth of merch for Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa and more.
Lemon8 launched in the U.S. in February 2023 and cracked the top 20 on the Apple App Store four months later, according to Sensor Tower.
By: Elias Leight
Napster is accused of being late with royalty payments by music companies, including several record labels and distributors.
Artist Partner Group filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Create Music Group, also saying it interfered with its artist contracts.
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