Editing Duran Duran (section)

===2013–2018: ''Paper Gods''===
On 4 March 2013, the band returned to the studio to work on their fourteenth album, and continued during the week beginning 23 September. They reconvened 13 to 18 December. On 31 December 2013, the band posted a mixtape curated by John Taylor as a New Year's "thank you" to their fans. On 10 February 2014, John Taylor and Roger Taylor worked with the [[Voce Chamber Choir]] and London Youth Chamber Choir on vocals for use on some Duran Duran tracks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/new-site-timeline/ |title=Duran Duran Timeline |publisher=Duran Duran |access-date=28 March 2014 |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317051908/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/new-site-timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Then former [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] guitarist [[John Frusciante]] worked with the band on the new album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Duran Duran Timeline|date=24 April 2014 |url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2014/john-fruscinate-duran-duran/|publisher=Duran Duran|access-date=5 October 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006184606/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2014/john-fruscinate-duran-duran/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 11 September 2015, the album ''[[Paper Gods]]'' was released.<ref name=ddpressrelease>{{cite web|title=Duran Duran Announce Title & Release Date of Upcoming New Album|url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2015/duran-duran-announce-title-release-date-of-upcoming-new-album-2/|website=Duran Duran|date=15 June 2015 |access-date=15 June 2015|archive-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617162234/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2015/duran-duran-announce-title-release-date-of-upcoming-new-album-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> The single "Pressure Off" was also released the same week, first via [[Microsoft]]'s [[Groove Music|Xbox Music]].<ref name=xboxmusic>{{cite web|title=Duran Duran – Pressure Off at Xbox Music|url=https://music.xbox.com/album/duran-duran/pressure-off-feat-janelle-monae-and-nile-rodgers/bz.69730B09-0100-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933|website=Xbox Music|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620121957/https://music.xbox.com/album/duran-duran/pressure-off-feat-janelle-monae-and-nile-rodgers/bz.69730B09-0100-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song subsequently appeared on [[Google Play Music]].<ref name=googleplay>{{cite web|title=Duran Duran: Pressure Off|url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Duran_Duran_Pressure_Off_feat_Janelle_Mon%C3%A1e_and_Ni?id=Bwdtzwvp536smdav62znp6bxr5q|website=Google Music|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620132839/https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Duran_Duran_Pressure_Off_feat_Janelle_Mon%C3%A1e_and_Ni?id=Bwdtzwvp536smdav62znp6bxr5q|url-status=live}}</ref> The album debuted at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the band's highest debut in 22 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2015/duran-durans-paper-gods-is-the-bands-highest-charting-album-on-the-billboard-top-200-in-22-years/|title=Duran Duran's Paper Gods is the Band's Highest-Charting Album on the Billboard Top 200 in 22 Years|date=21 September 2015|work=duranduran.com|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191759/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2015/duran-durans-paper-gods-is-the-bands-highest-charting-album-on-the-billboard-top-200-in-22-years/|url-status=live}}</ref> The album also reached number two in Italy, number four in the Netherlands, and number five in the UK. In 2016, the artist [[MNDR]] stood in for Rhodes during part of the third leg of the Paper Gods tour in the United States, while he returned to the UK in order to attend to an urgent family matter. Rhodes was quoted as saying, "I will be back as soon as I can but know, in the meantime, that I am leaving both the band and fans in great hands, with the fabulous MNDR."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2016/statement-from-duran-duran-regarding-summer-leg-of-paper-gods-north-american-tour/ |title=Statement from Duran Duran Regarding Summer Leg of Paper Gods North American Tour |publisher=duranduran.com |date=7 July 2016 |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-date=23 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723014504/http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/2016/statement-from-duran-duran-regarding-summer-leg-of-paper-gods-north-american-tour/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also, several remixes of their song "Last Night in the City" were released in digital form in that year.

In December 2016, the original five-piece lineup lost a case in the British [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] after they attempted to reclaim the U.S. copyright on their first three albums from Gloucester Place Music, part of [[EMI Music Publishing]]. Rhodes commented, "We signed a publishing agreement as unsuspecting teenagers, over three decades ago, when just starting out and when we knew no better... if left untested, this judgment sets a very bad precedent for all songwriters of our era."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38182418|title=Duran Duran 'shocked' after losing legal copyright battle|date=2 December 2016|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212058/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38182418|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2020, Duran Duran signed with the [[Warner/Chappell Music]] publisher, covering their post-1986 catalogue.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/duran-duran-inks-global-publishing-deal-with-warner-chappell-music |title=Duran Duran inks global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music |date=21 May 2020 |access-date=6 December 2020 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100233/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/duran-duran-inks-global-publishing-deal-with-warner-chappell-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The band spent 2017 touring the American continent and playing a handful of festival dates in Europe and Asia.