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TikTok may look (or sound) a little different when you scroll through the app going forward.

Earlier this week, Universal Music Group, which represents big-name artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake, said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of a licensing deal between the two companies.

A new song created using AI software to imitate Canadian singers Drake and The Weeknd has been removed from streaming services after quickly racking up millions of listens and sparking debate over the new technology.

Sting has sold his songwriting catalog, including solo works as well as hits with The Police like "Roxanne," to Universal Music Group, the company said on Feb. 10, the industry's latest such blockbuster transaction.

Greek startup Orfium has grown so much that it is now attracting the attention of foreign senior executives such as Universal Music Group's former general counsel Richard Constant. He is the new chairman at the innovative Los Angeles-based firm that has developed a platform that identifies online music copyright violations.

Cameroonian Afro-jazz and funk favorite Manu Dibango will be making a stop in Athens on Friday, February 1, as part of his 60th birthday tour. He has made an impressive nine appearances in the Greek capital, always to a sold-out house, so tickets are expected to sell out fast.

Japanese entertainment giant Sony on May 22 unveiled a $1.9-billion deal to buy industry titan EMI Music Publishing, which has the rights to songs by the likes of Queen and Pharrell Williams.

Cat Stevens has channeled the Sufi poet Yunus Emre for a song about divine love as he announced his latest album since his return to Western folk pop.

British rock star Sting said on July 10 he has donated the prize money from a prestigious Swedish music award to a non-profit project which helps young refugees in Sweden integrate through music.  
  

Rock legend Sting will perform in the Bulgarian capital on September, 16 2017 as part of the music Tour 57th & 9th, ViewSofia has announced.

The concert, which will be staged at Arena Armeec Sofia, will be one of the biggest events on the Bulgarian music scene this autumn. Tickets will cost between BGN 70 - 140. 

Whenever the stage lights are switched off, the make-up artists leave foe the day, and the wardrobe people take a break, the startling image of celebrities fades away. Here are a few celebrities that look unrecognisable without make-up.

Emilia Clarke