As April flower petals open after a dark winter, radiating hopefulness, so too does society. The warming trend extends to trending biz entities including Peter Edge’s RCA, Olivia Rodrigo, Poo Bear, Tommy Brown, Ian Holder and Casey Wasserman. The seeds these musical horticulturalists are planting now bespeak a brighter future.
The R&B resurgence has been dominated by female artists. But you can add a new dude to the genre’s young leaders as Not So Fast/Epic’s GIVĒON breaks through ...
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Word in pub circles is that yet another enormous catalog deal is about to go down, adding an additional set of iconic hit songs to the year's already long list of lucrative sales. Who's the author of those songs, and who takes the prize? Meanwhile...
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Universal Music Group’s revenues grew 9.4% at constant currency in the first quarter of 2021 to €1.81b ($2.17b). The IPO is now looking at a fall start.
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Eric Church banks a second consecutive #1 debut at iTunes on flipover Friday while Moneybagg Yo proves popular in sales and streams.
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Polo G had a lucrative week, as “RAPSTAR” debuted at #1 on the Song Revenue chart with north of a quarter-million bucks. Features with Rod Wave and Lil Tjay and his 2020 single “Martin & Gina” brought the Columbia star’s take to $410k. Taylor Swift, meanwhile, added $254k to her vast coffers, while three classics from the late DMX generated $179k.
Greg Jacobs, the rapper who led Digital Underground under the name Shock G, died Thursday at a hotel in Tampa, Fla. He was 57.
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Eminem has revealed details on his first NFT collection, Shady Con, hitting Nifty Gateway on Sunday, 4/25. The drop features a variety of Eminem collectibles, including action figures and instrumental tracks produced by Slim Shady himself...
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As The Weeknd's "Save Your Tears" prepares to assume the #1 spot at Pop radio, Taylor Swift's "willow" is about to take top position at Hot AC and Lord Huron is soon to own #1 at Triple A, it's striking how Gary Spangler's Republic squad is performing at the top of the Mediabase charts.
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N-Less/Interscope rapper Moneybagg Yo has released the track list to his fourth studio album, A Gangsta's Pain, which arrives 4/23. The 22-track set will feature Future, Lil Durk, Polo G, Pharrell and Jhené Aiko...
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