Paul Rudd introduced Gomez, who also performed a slow version of her new single, “Same Old Love.”

Hozier was honored with the song of the year award for “Take Me to Church” at the Birmingham event that featured performances from One Direction and Rod Stewart.

By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – The artists and filmmakers who sued Warner/Chappell Music over the copyright to the one of the world's most recognizable songs, "Happy Birthday to You," have settled with the company, according to court papers released on Wednesday. Chief U.S. District Judge George King in Los Angeles said in the papers that a trial scheduled for next week would not go ahead after the parties had agreed to settle. In September, King ruled that Warner/Chappell, the music publishing arm of privately owned Warner Music Group, did not own a copyright to the Happy Birthday lyrics.

NEW YORK (AP) — To no one's surprise, Adele's "25" is the best-selling album on iTunes for 2015.

Aurous, an upstart music site that described itself as a search engine for the growing field of streaming, agreed Wednesday to shut down after copyright suits from major labels. Aurous, launched in October by 20-year-old Miami-based coder Andrew Sampson, allows users to search for music across all available online platforms and then click on links to listen. Sampson had described Aurous as a sort of search engine that could become a one-stop site for music fans, who could also import playlists from other platforms.

YouTube has revealed its top trending music videos of 2015, led by Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" from the soundtrack of the blockbuster movie "Furious 7."

Basically the chicest dancer you’ve ever seen.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music-streaming giant Spotify is toying with the idea of allowing musicians to reserve new releases for paying subscribers, although it balked at doing so for Coldplay’s latest album, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Forbes' annual list of music's top earners is out, and Katy Perry is surfing with Left Shark on a ridiculous amount of cash as this year's highest-grossing musician. The "Roar" singer brought in a total of $135 million thanks to her Prismatic world tour. According toForbes, Perry brought in over $2 … Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Katy Perry Taylor Swift This article, Katy Perry, One Direction Make You Sad About Your Bank Balance as Music's Top Earners, originally appeared on TVGuide.com.

Coldplay, "A Head Full of Dreams" (Parlophone/Atlantic)

(Reuters) – Spotify told music executives it was planning to allow some artists to start releasing albums only to its paid subscribers, while withholding the music temporarily from Spotify's 80 million free users, the Wall Street Journal reported. The music streaming service is initially trying the new approach as a test, the WSJ reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The moves comes after British rock band Coldplay decided not to release its new album on Spotify as Spotify required all of the band's music to be available to its free users, the WSJ reported last week.

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