Warner Music Licenses Artists to Suno AI

26 Nov 2025

Warner Music Group has signed a licensing deal with AI music platform Suno that will let Suno users create AI-generated music using the voices, names, likenesses, images, and compositions of WMG artists who opt into the program. The agreement covers artists on WMG labels — the article names acts such as Ed Sheeran, Twenty One Pilots, Dua Lipa, and Charli XCX — and WMG says participating artists will have “full control” over how their likeness and music are used, though the company did not detail what that control looks like.

Suno says the partnership will enable new “creation experiences” and revenue streams for opt‑in artists and promises users can “build around” an artist’s sounds “and ensure they get compensated.” Suno also plans to use licensed WMG music to train next‑generation music models that it says will outperform its flagship v5 model. As part of its business changes, Suno will require paid accounts to download songs starting next year, with each tier granting a set number of downloads per month.

The licensing deal coincides with WMG dropping out of a lawsuit it had joined (with Universal Music Group and Sony) that accused Suno of ripping copyrighted works from YouTube. The move follows a string of recent licensing agreements between major labels and AI music platforms, including settlements and deals involving Udio and Klay.

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