Billboard Magazine

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.

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Bizarrap & Quevedo’s ‘52’ Is No. 1

Universal Shares No. 1 With Sony • The music publisher ’s 11 percentage-point market-share gain vaults it to the top of the Hot 100 ranking for the second quarter

MO OSTIN

RUSSIA’S MUSIC REFUGEES • With the Russian music industry in collapse after the invasion of Ukraine, artists have been forced to flee the coun try to restart their careers

The Collective Power Of Black Promoters • “It’s time for us, as the culture, to buy back the culture”

From The Desk Of… Brendan Carr • COMMISSIONER, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Fearless (NIKI’s Version) • Inspired by Taylor Swift’s rerecordings, the 88rising star is proving it’s never too soon to own your past

BEHIND THE HIT • “I Ain’t Worried”

TobyMac

Opening Up

Radical Joy • Embracing their identity, SAM SMITH has found a revitalized creative spirit — and is ready to show the world that soulful songs can be happy, too

WILLOW ROCKS ON • With her most adventurous album yet, child stardom is firmly in her rearview — and she’s setting a new model for what career longevity looks like

TECTONICS SHIFT • As Music Tectonics returns to an in-pers on model, the industry conference hopes to maintain the global appeal of its virtuale vents

2022 Music Tectonics Panelists

GLORIA TREVI’S 40-YEAR CAREER • The “Mexican Madonna” on how her career thrived in four decades despite the singer’s ban from TV and a stint in prison

STEVE LACY • STEVE LACY