TikTok and Universal Music Group (UMG) have reached a "multi-dimensional" deal that will restore the music of UMG's vast client roster – including Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, and Drake – to the app.

The two companies reached a new licensing deal, ending a three-month stalemate that kept some of pop’s biggest stars off the platform.

TikTok and Universal Music Group struck a new licensing deal that will return the record label’s artists and their songs to the popular video-sharing app, ending months of disagreements over pay.

A row over how much TikTok was paying saw the two companies trade accusations - and Universal withdraw some of the world's most famous singers. But the rift now appears to have been healed with the firms announcing "improved remuneration" for artists,

Universal Music Group has ended its months-long boycott of TikTok, returning music from some of the world’s top artists to the billion-plus users on the Chinese-owned social media platform. The new licensing deal would lead to “improved remuneration” for Universal’s songwriters and artists,