This move came after Universal Music Group and TikTok could not reach a common agreement on royalties.
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Universal Music Group is currently making fans extremely confused by threatening to withdraw all artists’ music from TikTok, including famous stars like Taylor Swift , Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Lady Gaga… Statement This came after Universal and TikTok were unable to reach a mutual agreement on issues related to royalties.
Specifically, one of the issues Universal was concerned about in previous contract renewal discussions was the appropriate payment level for artists and musicians, due to TikTok allowing users to use music in videos. their. However, TikTok only proposed to pay “a portion” of the fees that social media platforms of similar scale are paying.
In response to the new statement from Universal, TikTok responded, saying that the partner side was “promoting false stories and words”, and accused Universal of “putting their greed above the interests of other companies”. artist”.
“They chose to forgo the strong support of a platform with over a billion users that serves as a means of free promotion and discovery of their talent,” TikTok said.
Thus, with the failure of the agreement between Universal Music Group and TikTok, audiences will no longer have the opportunity to use the famous hits of artists Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, J Balvin. , Amy Winehouse, Harry Styles, Ariana Grande… on this TikTok platform too.
