GRAMMY CHEW: (SORT OF) HANDICAPPING THE BIG 4 This year’s round of top-tier noms is, as ever, a combination of on-target choices, insider favorites and a few unaccountable snubs. How will it all shake out on Music’s Biggest Night? …Read moreHITS LIST: ’TIS THE SEASON As the calendar turns to December, Burl is smokin’, Brenda Lee is comin’ on strong, SZA and 21 Savage are bein' gift-wrapped and Cecilia Winter and the radio shows are in season. DOLLIMORE IS BUZZING (AND NOT JUST FROM THE COFFEE) Considerable buzz surrounds hot free agent David Dollimore, who most recently served as president of RCA U.K. and Ministry of Sound. Is he about to begin a splashy new chapter? …Read moreSONG REVENUE: SEASONAL POTPOURRI The 12 Christmas songs on this week's Song Revenue Chart—four of them in the Top 10—collectively take in $662k. Five tracks from Drake's deluxe For All the Dogs make the Top 50 for a total of $275k. New Balance pitchman Jack Harlow repeats at #1. NEAR TRUTHS: DUA, GRAMMY, NASHVILLE, BMI, MORE In which I.B. spills the pop tea (and the Tennessee whiskey), dishes the nominations and the telecast, offers a PRO tip and more. …Read moreYEAR-END: TAY WRAPS IT UP AT SPOTIFY Taylor Swift received more than 26.1b streams on Spotify worldwide this year, which makes her the DSP’s top global artist of 2023. Bad Bunny was right behind her. Morgan Wallen posted some impressive stats in the U.S. …Read morePHYLICIA FANT: THE HITS INTERVIEW As head of music industry & culture collaborations at Amazon Music, Phylicia Fant has played an instrumental role in expanding not only the tech giant’s standing in the music world but also its leadership with respect to culture and representation. Her approach to this is informed by... …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: CLIQUE BAIT This year’s Grammy nominations were an improvement over recent years—particularly in their foregrounding of the women who’ve been running the table in the pop world. That said... …Read moreFRED DAVIS: THE HITS INTERVIEW As a partner in merchant bank the Raine Group, Fred Davis splits his time between the New York and London locations—when he isn’t circling the globe advising and investing in such music-business entities as SoundCloud, Quality Control, Downtown and Firebird. …Read more |
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GRAMMY CHEW: (SORT OF) HANDICAPPING THE BIG 4
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AI: RISKS AND REWARDS
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HOW LONG WILL TRUMP'S PRISON SENTENCE BE?
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RAINMAKERS 2023
The stories behind the biggest industry careers.
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GRAMMY CHEW: (SORT OF) HANDICAPPING THE BIG 4
Your guess is as good as ours. (12/3a)
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AI: RISKS AND REWARDS
How the biz might use this powerful new tech—and the threats it could pose.
HOW LONG WILL TRUMP'S PRISON SENTENCE BE?
Oh, sorry... we were just daydreaming.
RAINMAKERS 2023
The stories behind the biggest industry careers.
IS IT CHRISTMAS YET?
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This year’s round of top-tier noms is, as ever, a combination of on-target choices, insider favorites and a few unaccountable snubs. How will it all shake out on Music’s Biggest Night?
Mercury/Republic’s Noah Kahan made his Saturday Night Live debut on 12/2, performing “Dial Drunk” and “Stick Season.”
Mica Ertegun, the esteemed New York interior designer and philanthropist best known to the music biz as the better half of late industry giant Ahmet Ertegun, passed away at the age of 97 at her home on Long Island.
Welcome to our weekly collection of photos featuring industry peeps at work and play. These images—Collect 'em all! Trade 'em with friends!—are happily uncaptioned by us. But you may spot such beloved personages as...
As the calendar turns to December, Burl is smokin’, Brenda Lee is comin’ on strong, SZA and 21 Savage are bein' gift-wrapped and Cecilia Winter and the radio shows are in season.
With Taylor Swift's 1989 (TV) moving back to #1, Republic holds the top six titles on this week's HITS Top 50—a feat that has yet to be achieved by a label in the modern chart era.
The short film of "Thriller,” released Dec. 2, 1983, is a freaky, cinematic marvel that continues to echo through the corridors of popular culture.
Considerable buzz surrounds hot free agent David Dollimore, who most recently served as president of RCA U.K. and Ministry of Sound. Is he about to begin a splashy new chapter?
The 12 Christmas songs on this week's Song Revenue Chart—four of them in the Top 10—collectively take in $662k. Five tracks from Drake's deluxe For All the Dogs make the Top 50 for a total of $275k. New Balance pitchman Jack Harlow repeats at #1.
Olivia Rodrigo (12/9) and Billie Eilish (12/16) will cap off the 2023 season of Saturday Night Live. They follow this weekend's musical guest, Noah Kahan.
Peter Gabriel’s first album in 12 years and a single by Beyoncé are highlights of the new arrivals this Flipover Friday as the holiday season starts to have an effect on the iTunes sales charts, with 14 titles in the Top 40.
Jorge Mejia is not only president & CEO of Sony Music Publishing Latin America and U.S. Latin but a gifted pianist, songwriter and Latin Grammy-nominated composer. Entering the music business as an intern, he has signed some of the most influential writers in contemporary Latin music.
Take That has the biggest opening week for a British act in 2023 with This Life, its ninth #1. Over on singles, Jack Harlow enjoys a third week on top.
USA’s animated series Invincible has jump-started interest in the year-old debut single by an L.A. singer as two tracks trending on TikTok wake Shazammers out of their post-Thanksgiving slumber.
We are delighted to share this image of Grammy-nominated Warner artist Billy Strings, who looks like he stepped straight out of an old-time cowboy song, and Warner A&R EVP Jeff Sosnow, whose own impeccable Western ensemble, we can only assume, is still at the dry cleaner. Billy, whom Jeff signed, is a contender for...
Parkwood/Columbia’s Beyoncé takes the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday behind the release of “MY HOUSE.” Also, new cuts by Tyla, Taylor Swift, KAYTRANADA, Rochelle Jordan...
As a token of appreciation to fans for being crowned Spotify's Top Global Artist of 2023, Taylor Swift has released a new track, "You're Losing Me (From the Vault)." Fans responded by sending it to #1 on Spotify's global and...
Sony Music Entertainment President of Global Digital Business and U.S. Sales Dennis Kooker talked copyright in the age of AI at the Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum in Washington, D.C.
Phish will be the next band up after U2 at Sphere, launching a multiyear partnership in April. Please ration your gummies accordingly.
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