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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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Interscope Geffen A&M and the National Football League partnered for a players and Legends day on 3/21. Geared toward current and former players interested in the music business, it featured panel discussions with executives, interactive listening sessions at IGA’s state-of-the-art recording studios and more.
Here’s a taste of the previously unreleased archival set Live at Berkeley 1971, hitting 4/28 from Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group and Cheryl Pawelski’s Omnivore Recordings.
U2 has secured its 11th U.K. Official Albums #1 with Songs of Surrender, tying with David Bowie for the most #1 albums. Over on singles, Miley Cyrus sets a new record.
Interscope’s Lana Del Rey illuminates the cover of Spotify’s "New Music Friday" with the release of Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. “Candy Necklace” f/Jon Batiste ranks #2 on the playlist. Also, new cuts by ROSALÍA x Rauw Alejandro, 6LACK f/Don Toliver...
Blood, Sweat & Tears was on top of the world with hit singles, a Woodstock headlining slot and a major Grammy. Then they went behind the Iron Curtain and life was never the same. Filmmaker John Scheinfeld explains what happened in a new documentary.
Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" holds at #1 at Top 40, while Republic still has Coi Leray's "Players" in the top spot at Rhythm and Linkin Park’s “Lost” continues its #1 run at Modern Rock.
Luke Combs, Lana Del Rey and EST Gee lead the new arrivals list this Flipover Friday, debuting in the Top 10 on both the iTunes and Apple Music charts.
K-pop sextet IVE has signed to Columbia Records in the U.S. and The Orchard for international distribution. First single “Kitsch” will be released Monday.
The new iteration of Latin supergroup Menudo is here, with a fresh single, “Mi Amore," and a brace of TV appearances on a very tight schedule overseen by impresario Mario Lopez. Here we find the lads in the Orchard offices, where they suited up in some fly merch. “Indie distribution is tight, yo,” offered 10-year-old Nicolas Calero before he resumed viewing Shou Zi Chew’s congressional testimony on his smart watch. Seen thinking our website would be way more dope if it had, like, dancing lizards or something are...
SXSW's biggest viral moment came before anyone received their badges as boygenius played a set at the Austin Bergstrom Airport. It was a good way to note the 3/31 release of the record, their first for Interscope. The LP is projected to debut with around 50k.