Tyler, the Creator is looking at a third week at #1 with CHROMAKOPIA, while TOMORROW X TOGETHER is angling for the runner-up spot.
Spotify had plenty to celebrate amid its Q3 earnings report, which showed monthly active users up 11% YOY to 640m and total revenue rising 19% to $4.25b. The streamer is on track for its first full year of profitability.
Larry Jackson’s gamma. (period, yes; label, no) has added two new hires: Mike Hamilton as SVP of Commercial Partnerships and Casey Compernolle as VP of A&R and Digital Strategy.
Green Day (CAA), Korn (ITB) and Sleep Token (UTA) will headline the 2025 edition of the Download Festival, the U.K.’s grandest hard rock and heavy metal gathering.
Olivia Rodrigo will play her first headlining stadium shows in Brazil and Mexico next year on 2025 GUTS world tour: spilled and also visit London for a high-profile gig at BST Hyde Park.
Business was booming at Live Nation in Q3, with the concert-promotion behemoth enjoying a 39% jump in profitability to $474m and overall revenue of $7.7b. Michael Rapino said it was the company's "most active summer concert season ever."
My Chemical Romance had so much fun performing The Black Parade in full at the recent When We Were Young Festival that it will reprise the concept on a stadium tour next year.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for its Class of 2025, a list that spans six decades of writing talent. This year’s field includes 13 non-performing songwriters and teams and 13 performing songwriters and groups.
This time out, Grammy accomplished its most important task: It rewarded some of the most essential artists and recordings of the last year in the top categories. By our reckoning, they were about 80% on the money.
Naturally, the biz is fixated on the acts and labels that have gobbled up the lion’s share of the Grammy noms. Check out the heavyweights in a special HITS List.
BEY LEADS ARRAY OF FEMALE STARS IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Adding up the numbers (11/8a)
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