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Copyright on music lasts about 100 years before it becomes public domain.

So yeah, youll be able to remix your favorite artists eventually, you might just have to wait 100 years to do it. The music industry will be dead and gone at that point and who knows what music will be by then. In the meantime, go remix some mozart.

>United States (most common reference for many queries)

• For musical compositions (songs, lyrics, sheet music) created on or after January 1, 1978: Copyright lasts for the life of the author + 70 years. For joint works, it's 70 years after the last surviving author's death. copyright.gov
• Anonymous, pseudonymous, or works made for hire (common in film/TV scores): 95 years from first publication or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first. royaltyexchange.com
• Pre-1978 works: Often 95 years from publication (if properly renewed/maintained). Many older works have entered or are entering the public domain. library.mi.edu

Note: This applies to the underlying musical composition. Sound recordings (the actual audio master) have separate rules, especially post-Music Modernization Act, but the composition term is what most people mean by "musical copyright."