WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: A CONVERSATION WITH THE RIAA’S MICHELE BALLANTYNE
She knows what "RIAA" stands for. (3/24a)
IFPI: MUSIC REVENUE HITS $26.2B
Streaming accounts for more than two-thirds of the income. (3/22a)
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HIP-HOP AT 50
The astonishing first half-century of a world-rocking genre.
K-POP'S NEW ARRIVAL
Who's next to grow the profile of Seoul music?
FESTIVAL SEASON
Are we about to see new attendance records set?
RAINMAKERS: GEORGE SANTOS
He signed Elvis.
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Big kudos to Def Jam’s team Sheer for impacting Rihanna's “Life Me Up” (Roc Nation) as the #1 Most Added track at Pop, Hot AC, AC, Rhythm, Urban and R&B. Epic's Sackheim and crew put two tracks in the Top 10 this week, posting 30 impact adds on Black Eyed Peas x Anitta x El Alfa’s “SIMPLY THE BEST” and 23 early adds on Meghan Trainor's “Made You Look.” Island's Schiffman, along with Republic, pulls in another 20 adds on charlieonnafriday’s “Enough” this week, while Columbia's Gray and company put 17 additional adds on Beyonce's “Cuff It” (Parkwood). The Spangler squad also posts another 15 adds on Taylor Swift's “Bejeweled” just as Connone and the In2une bunch score 13 more adds on JVKE's “golden hour” (JVKE/AWAL). RCA’s team Rothschild closes out the Top 10 with 10 adds each on Chris Brown's “Under the Influence” (Chris Brown Ent.) and Tate McRae's “uh oh.”