The Weeknd isn’t the only richly deserving artist snubbed or down-balloted by the Grammy brain trust, as the backlash broadens and intensifies. In a Q&A posted on GQ.com, Steven Victor minced no words when asked about his reaction to the late Pop Smoke—whom he discovered and signed to his Victor Victor label—receiving a lone nod...

We’re taking a break from our weekly Top 50 Song Revenue Chart to give you a look at how things add up year to date. Fun fact: “Blinding Lights,” the record-setting, Grammy-ignored smash from The Weeknd, is the year’s second-biggest earner, with north of $4.5m in estimated revenue.

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

Universal Music U.K. has launched 0207 Def Jam, a new frontline label that will serve as the U.K. home of Def Jam Recordings. Alec and Alex Boateng have been named Co-Presidents.

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.

There’s a doctor in the house at Warner Music. Data scientist Dr. Kobi Abayomi has joined WMG as SVP, Data Science and Analytics, to lead analytics globally across the label group.

Six-time Grammy nominee Taylor Swift has revealed that a new original film, folklore: the long pond studio sessions, will hit Disney+ on 11/25 at midnight.

Music organizations have asked congressional leaders to immediately pass legislation to provide additional relief to the artists, musicians, engineers, producers and venues who bring live music to the public.

Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier has launched booking agency One Fiinix Live, after ending a six-year tenure at CAA. His clients include Sheeran, Anne-Marie, Lauv, 2Cellos and JC Stewart, among others.

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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