It's official, Celine Dion & Lady Gaga are teaming up this Friday to perform at the Paris Olympics, and we share how musicians get paid when their tunes air on the show. Keep watching to find out how!
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00:00The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are underway and Taylor,
00:03Celine, Gaga and Gwen are all reportedly involved.
00:12But who gets paid when Simone Biles uses Taylor Swift's song in her floor routine?
00:16Are you ready for it?
00:21Well, NBC, who airs the global event, pays a blanket fee to ASCAP,
00:24BMI and SESAC, who licenses music to cover any potential music that airs during their live
00:30broadcast. A song we know we'll hear during the broadcast is Hello World by Gwen Stefani
00:35and Anderson .Paak. They even work with Ryan Tedder on the lyrics and it's already getting
00:45us in the Olympic mood ahead of tomorrow's opening ceremony.
00:54Speaking of, according to French journalist Thierry Moreau, Celine Dion and Lady Gaga
00:59are teaming up to perform Edith Piaf's La Vie en Rose at the opening ceremony.
01:09Billboard reached out to both when rumors first surfaced but did not hear back from either party.
01:15It would be the first performance from Dion since revealing her Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosis.