Lana del Rey will finally release “Norman F*#! Rockwell!” on August 30th. The album was postponed by her label due to a number of new music releases and competition – but they will push it out for the Grammy Awards (deadline September 30th).

The album was written with Jack Antonoff who worked with Taylor Swift among others. For the album cover she recruited Duke Nicholson, grandson of Jack Nicholson.

Lana will also bundle her album with tickets, a controversial practice that artists use to get their album to chart. People who buy a ticket will get an album — even if they don’t want the album.

The Chainsmokers have dethroned Calvin Harris as the electronic cash kings. The Chainsmokers made $46 million according to Forbes. Most of the money was generated from their residencies at the Wynn’s XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas, as well as festivals and private shows – not bad for two guys with a pair of turntables.

Below is Forbes ‘ full list of Electronic Cash Kings 2019:

1. The Chainsmokers ($46 million) 2. Marshmello ($40 million) 3. Calvin Harris ($38.5 million) 4. Steve Aoki ($30 million) 5. Diplo ($25 million) 6. Tiësto ($24 million) 7. Martin Garrix ($19 million) 8. David Guetta ($18 million) 9. Zedd ($17 million) 10. Armin van Buuren ($15 million) 11. Kaskade ($14 million) 12. Skrillex ($13 million) 13. Alesso ($12.5 million) 14. Afrojack ($12 million) 15. DJ Snake ($11.5 million, tie) 15. DJ Pauly D ($11.5 million, tie) 15. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike ($11.5 million, tie)

A California jury has decided that Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is a copyright infringement.

The lawsuit was brought by Christian rapper Marcus Gray who claimed that Katy Perry’s copied his track Joyful Noise’ – and that the Dr. Luke-produced song took the beat.

Perry and Luke insisted they had never heard of the modest hit ‘Joyful Noise’. He said Perry or Luke could have heard the track on YouTube or MySpace. Perry and Luke pointed out the fact that rappers beat he used was preexisting material. Regardless, they lost!

Do the two tracks sound exactly the same? Listen for yourself here.

DJ Marshmello is on a hot streak. He signed with WME for representation and the top Spotify global artist also landed a historic $60 million Las Vegas residency 2 year deal.

His third release is comfortably sitting at No. 4 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and his smash hit “Happier” with Bastille is charting at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.

To top it off, he collaborated with Stuffed Puffs and sold a million bags of chocolate filled marshmallows at Walmart in less than 24 hours.

Billionaire Haim Saban is betting on music. He’s betting big. Like $500 million big. Who convinced him? Probably his friends Lucian Grainge and Lyor Cohen. “They thought we were on the cusp of the golden age of the music world,” says Saban. “The first thing that came to my head was, ‘If this is the golden age, why am I ignoring it?'”

He’ll invest $500 million in Los Angeles based label Saban Music Group (SMG). The company is led by CEO Gustavo Lopez, who ran the Latin company, Talento Uno Music, which was acquired in May by Saban.

“I can tell you that that $500 million is available now,” says Saban. “The timing of the expenditure will depend on the opportunities presented to us. I don’t think it will be 10 years, but I think it could be next week, or in two or three years.”

The money will go to artist development and acquisitions.

Are they hesitant being a new music label? Not really. “Bad Bunny wasn’t a superstar two years ago,” says Lopez. “We’re in a world where artists are developing at a faster pace than they ever were. One of our goals is finding artists that have strong regional appeal and make them into international stars.”

“We are not going to sign 100 artists,” says Saban. “This is going to remain a boutique label with significant resources to put behind the very few artists that we will sign. Except for hip-hop, there is no limitation to the categories of music we will look to be involved with. We will be very opportunistic.”