After-hours trading pushed iHeartMedia’s stock to more than $20 a share for the first time in the radio behemoth’s history.
The success of buzzing U.K. independent act Central Cee has folks lining up to ink the hot rapper, and word has it he's signing a pub deal with Warner Chappell. His most recent mixtape, Wild West, debuted at #2 in the U.K. and was Spotify's #1 Global album debut.
Sherri Sosa is leaving Las Vegas to oversee operations, business development and marketing for Live Nation’s 100+ owned and operated venues in the U.S.
Taylor Swift's Fearless (Taylor's Version) gives Team Republic and distro UMG another week at #1. This marks UMG's...
What's better than a bunch of postage-stamp-sized faces floating atop a vertiginous background pattern? Verily, this pandemic is the gift that keeps on giving. But we digress. Team Capitol is majorly stoked about artist Duncan Laurence, whose single "Arcade" has been certified gold. Tower chief Jeff Vaughn assembled the U.S. and Netherlands teams for the virtual hootenanny captured here, during which he surprised the artist with this gilded news; you can see Duncan's ebullient response on the bottom row.
Jonas Cash passed away on 4/13 of natural causes; he was 81. Jonas’ career started in the late ‘50s at Baltimore’s Buddy Deane Show. That gig led to his first label job, with Monument Records. He went on to launch Jonas Cash Promotions and then the company for which he would be best known, A.I.R. (Active Industry Research)...
Presenting a brand-new HITS feature you never asked for, which focuses on a single key development in the biz. As usual, we apologize in advance.
Qu’est-ce que c’est, Justin? Le Bieb performed a 15-minute show in Paris Tuesday night that can be viewed on YouTube.
"Fiel," the all-star collaboration among hitmaking production duo Los Legendarios, veteran reggaeton MC Wisin and rising star Jhay Cortez, is #1 in 15 countries on Spotify. Released through La Base/WK Records, the track is now Top 10 Global and breaking in the U.S....
The RIAA handed out 32 gold and platinum album awards and 196 singles awards in March. Dua Lipa is now covered in platinum.
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The musical tapestry we know as R&B.
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Predicting the next big catalog deal.
JUST THE VAX, MA'AM
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WORLDWIDE GROOVE
How is globalization bringing far-flung territories into the musical mainstream?
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