We certainly disagree—strenuously—with many of Grammy's choices, but most of these are subject to debate. But The Weeknd?

BTS will score its second #1 debut of 2020 with BE. Meanwhile, Christmas music starts making its move, as...

The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Tuesday morning, 11/24. Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch and Brittany Howard lead the nominations.

It’s all but unanimous: The biggest shocker of the 2021 Grammy nominations is the total absence of The Weeknd. The consensus favorite for Album, Record and Song failed to even be nominated in any of the major categories—or anywhere else, for that matter. And that's just the tip of the iceberg...

The Daily Show's Trevor Noah will host the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, on 1/31. It’s his first time emceeing the telecast.

K-Pop superstars BTS should take #1 by a mile on our next chart. Here's how it's looking for the group's new set, BE, right now.

If you’re like us, you still picture trending industry figures—like Mike Caren, Sal Slaiby, LaTrice Burnette and Nick Holmstén, among the latest assemblage of luminaries—taking care of business from their executive suites. In reality, of course, they’re slumped at kitchen tables or power-napping on living-room couches in sweats and PJs, just like the rest of us. In Bizarro World 2020, even the high and mighty seem relatably human.

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Interscope, which will be crowned marketshare champ of 2020, has tied Republic for #1 in total activity on our Top 100 Weekly Marketshare Chart for the week ending 11/19. Columbia climbs to #3, with 12% of the weekly Top 100, up from 8% the previous week.

Warner Music Group saw double-digit digital revenue growth in its fiscal 2020, rising to $2.9b, representing nearly two thirds of the company’s income. Despite the effects of the pandemic, the fiscal fourth quarter—the summer months—broke even with the same period a year earlier.

Downtown Music CEO Justin Kalifowitz has been busy on multiple fronts of late as the company expands its considerable catalog holdings and continues to build out its various other units. So we're as surprised as you are that he took the time to answer a few of our pestering questions.

Rainmakers 2020, our latest anthology narrating the stories of top industry players, will be landing on desks with a resounding thud very soon. Among the careers profiled will be those of Top Dawg, John Esposito, Jonathan Daniel and Bob McLynn.

In our latest Noisemakers roundup, we present a fresh batch of rising professionals from different areas of the biz whose dedication and effort make their superiors look good.