As Vivendi prepares to spin off 60% of UMG, the eyes of the biz—most of which are bugging out at the gargantuan transaction—are on Sir Lucian Grainge and company and the details...

Sir Lucian Grainge has the whole world in his hands on the Sam Viviano-created cover of our latest print issue, coinciding with UMG’s public offering.

Boyd Muir, a key member of Sir Lucian Grainge’s tight inner circle, is featured on the Contents page of our latest magazine.

In our latest gathering of trending industry topics, chess master Sir Lucian Grainge—who’s renowned for his decisive moves—finds himself amid an array of stars, including Kacey Musgraves, David Bowie, Lil Nas X and Frank Ocean. That’s fitting, because art drives commerce in this business.

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Alt queen Karen Glauber is crazy about Glass Animals, whose “Heat Waves” just reached 1 billion streams, and The Lumineers, whose new single, "Brightside,” introduces their upcoming fourth album. We know that because KG says so in her new Post Toasted column, titled after Glass Animals’ latest single, “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance).”

Warner Music Group has added David Bowie’s 21st century works to its catalog, giving it control over all five decades of Bowie’s recordings. It takes effect in 2023.

Netflix received 44 Emmy Awards this year, more than doubling its 2020 total and distantly outpacing HBO/HBO Max, which took home 19 awards. The primetime show even had rapping.

Drake’s blockbuster Certified Lover Boy spends a second week at #1 on the HITS Top 50. The OVO/Republic LP, which earned 233k in week two, has already surpassed 1b U.S. streams. Kacey Musgraves bows at #3, followed by Baby Keem...

Insiders are chirping that acclaimed artist Frank Ocean, who has been releasing material independently since exiting his Def Jam deal ahead of his 2016 masterpiece, Blonde, is shopping a new album.