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Garth Brooks Considers Sale of Music Catalog, Seeking Roughly $2 Billion

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  • Garth Brooks is considering selling his music catalog, seeking roughly $2 billion for the rights to his songs and recordings, according to people familiar with the matter.
  • The potential deal would rank among the largest catalog sales for an individual artist, comparable to the billion-dollar transactions for Queen and Michael Jackson.
  • Brooks has largely kept his music off mainstream streaming services, making it available exclusively on Amazon Music since 2016.
  • He recently surpassed the Beatles in U.S. album sales, with 200 million units sold through 2026, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
  • Brooks has told potential investors he believes his catalog could be worth between roughly $1 billion and more than $2 billion.
 2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READ

Musician with Parkinson's uses AI tools to complete new album

Illustration accompanying article: Musician with Parkinson's uses AI tools to complete new album
  • London singer-songwriter Samuel Smith has released his second album, "The Art of Letting Go," after using AI song-generation platforms to create demo arrangements when Parkinson's disease limited his ability to play guitar.
  • Smith was diagnosed with the progressive neurological disorder in 2020, and tremors, stiffness, and fatigue deteriorated his guitar skills over the more-than-a-year production period.
  • The AI-generated demos were not mixed into the final studio recording of the instrumental track "Horizon"; Smith used them only to convey his musical vision to session musicians.
  • Platforms Suno and Udio produced the demo arrangements after Smith hummed rough melodies into his phone and uploaded the recordings, he said.
 2026-06-01 · 3 MIN READ
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