Two songwriters say they've been cheated out of royalties for the hit song, which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023.
Wilson wrote a substantial portion of The Beach Boys' songs, including many of the band's biggest hits.
Here's what all songwriters and music publishers should know about the $230 million loss in U.S. mechanical royalties from Spotify.
Darius “Deezle” Harrison, who settled a similar lawsuit over his work on “Lollipop” and other Lil Wayne hits in 2012, says he hasn’t been paid royalties in more than a decade.
In his annual State of Music Publishing address on Wednesday (April 2), David Israelite covered a range of hot-button issues.
Attorneys for the company say a judge should reject a case that claims that it adds a "deceptive" fee covering music costs to the advertised subscription price.
Although recent reports indicate declining subscription growth, insiders expect it to grow at a healthy pace in the long term via price hikes and increased penetration rates in emerging markets.
The French music streaming service paid out an average of $0.018732 per stream in the year ended March 31, 2024.
Streaming has helped the music industry generate more money than at any point since 1999, but hit songs used to drive album sales.
Analyzing global royalty and streaming data, the financing company says Amazon Music paid the most at $8.80 per 1,000 streams.
