Written for music industry professionals and fans. Contents provide news, reviews and statistics for all genres of music, including radio play, music video, related internet activity and retail updates.
‘Life Goes On’ Launches As Historic No. 1
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Tough Tickets • Ticketmaster’s vaccine verification system uses some of the same technology as its anti-scalping software. What does that mean for the secondary market?
MARKET WATCH
Rainy Days And Money • MAKING IT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC REQUIRES MORE THAN SOUND STRATEGY — IT ALSO TAKES DEEP POCKETS
Social Media With Chinese Characteristics • China offers plenty of opportunity for Western artists — if they can adapt to the country’s unique online ecosystem
IHEART’S CUTS • COVID-19 has hurt advertising, but the radio giant also faces long-term issues
Livestream Aid • Charities with close ties to the music business are moving their big events online — and thriving
Where Does Viagogo Go From Here? • U.K. competition authority raises doubts about the company’s big-ticket deal to buy StubHub, which it could be forced to sell
SHE’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS • How the legendary Darlene Love adapted her annual holiday tour at a time when people need it most
VERY MERRY STREAMS • Of 2020’s many already-released holiday songs, these four quickly surpassed the 1 million mark in total on-demand, year-to-date streams, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
Good For The ‘Soul’ • Why Jon Batiste feels he has been practicing his whole life to compose for Disney Pixar’s most thought-provoking film to date
Arlo Parks
Paris Jackson
“ILY (I LOVE YOU BABY)”
ALI TAMPOSI • SONGWRITER
KELVYN BOY
WOMAN OF THE YEAR Cardi B • Whether mobilizing voters, raising up fellow women artists or praising the power of “WAP,” her unapologetic voice resonated far and wide when the world needed it most
Jennifer Lopez
Chloe x Halle
Dua Lipa • Amid a pandemic, the pop dynamo took the world to the dancefloor and reimagined the album campaign — all just part of her plan for “global domination”
Jessie Reyez
Dolly Parton
Brianna Agyemang & Jamila Thomas CO-FOUNDERS, #THESHOWMUSTBEPAUSED • Putting the industry on notice for one day, they started a movement with lasting impact that has led the way in “trailblazing a new path for our generation”
Billboard’s Women In Music Hall Of Fame • Chosen by Billboard as first among their peers in prior years, these former Executive of the Year honorees reflect on the achievements, activism and unprecedented challenges of 2020
Getting Better All The Time… • …OR IS IT? SIX EXECUTIVES ON SIGNS OF GENDER EQUITY PROGRESS — AND WHAT THE INDUSTRY STILL NEEDS TO FIX
Farm Aid’s Backstage Force • WHY WILLIE NELSON CALLS CAROLYN MUGAR ‘THE BRAINS’ BEHIND HIS CHARITABLE CONCERT’S DECADESLONG SUCCESS
Interscope’s Year Of Chart — Toppers — And Influence
Raised In Space’s Problem Solver • SHARA SENDEROFF FINDS SOLUTIONS THROUGH TECH INVESTMENTS
The A&R Equation • WOMEN ARE FINALLY RISING TO THE TOP OF THE RANKS. IT’S STILL AN UPHILL CLIMB
Stayin’ Alive • HOW THE UNITED KINGDOM’S LEADING LIVE-SECTOR GENDER-EQUITY INITIATIVES ARE COPING AMID A PANDEMIC
IFPI’s Global Master • FRANCES MOORE LEADS THE TRADE GROUP THROUGH EXPANSION DESPITE A PANDEMIC
She Is The Music Stays The Course
BTS, Mendes & Bieber Make ‘Monster’ Starts
Carey’s ‘Christmas’ Classic Keeps At No. 1
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