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An interview with the K-pop girl group New Jeans, the magazine's Group of the Year honoree for 2024, is presented. The group members include Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein. They discuss their reaction to their Artist of the Year and Song of the Year awards at the Melon Music Awards and MAMA Awards, their experience of training under a female chief executive officer, and their views on having their own fandom.

An interview with music artist Charli XCX, the magazine's Powerhouse honoree for 2024, is presented. She talks about her upcoming studio album "BRAT" and its concept, her experience in writing songs for other female music artists, and moments in her career wherein she stepped into a new level of power.

The article announces the recipients of the American Association of Independent Music's (A2IM) 2024 Libera Awards, that include "I Killed the Dog" by L'Rain as Record of the Year, Dead Oceans as Label of the Year, and Fuga as Distributor of the Year.

The article reports on the final concert tour of the Latin duo Los Temerarios, led by brothers Adolfo and Gustavo Ángel, after more than four decades of achieving entries on music charts and success. It informs the five consecutive nights of sold out concerts at Areana Ciudad de México in February 2024. Focus is given on the evolutions of the music of Los Temerarios and their connection with multigenerational audience as demonstrated by their entries in music charts.

Well done and peace and love to you, Dolly!" STING "Dolly's iconic voice and her spirit are transcendent and unique. Left: Dolly Parton already was a country music queen by 1977, when she performed in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II in Glasgow, Scotland. FEATURES DOLLY PARTON'S FAVORITE WORD MIGHT be "no." I'm the only artist in history, and it's in the Guinness Book of World Records, that's had a number-one song on the same song twice, which I think is kind of cool. [Extracted from the article]

FEATURES Minutes before The Hollywood Reporter's Songwriters Roundtable was scheduled to begin in late November, we were informed that hitmaker Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote original song "Not Alone" with fellow Roundtable participant Joe Jonas for the film Devotion (as well as Top Gun: Maverick's "I Ain't Worried" by his band One Republic), was too sick to make the virtual conversation. So any time the greatest songwriters and composers choose your song to be one of only five - the Academy Awards has one song category, as opposed to the Grammys, where there are 5,000 song categories - and if you're lucky enough to be in that category, it is a huge win every time. DIANE WARREN, ON WHAT MARKS SUCCESSFUL MUSIC FOR FILM FINNEAS "NOBODY LIKE U" TURNING RED "NOW I JUST WORRY IF THE SONG'S GREAT, BECAUSE THE MOMENT THAT IT COMES OUT MIGHT BE THE WRONG MOMENT, AND THAT'S OK." FINNEAS One of the highlights of my life, certainly my career, was seeing the No Time to Die Bond film in a theater and hearing the title sequence song play. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with Ice Spice, a rapper and the magazine's Hitmaker honoree for 2024, is presented. She talks about her definition of a hit song, her success in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2023, the songwriting advice she received from music artist Taylor Swift, and her favorite hitmakers of all time.

An interview with U.S. singer-songwriter and actress Olivia Rodrigo, the "Billboard's" 2022 Woman of the Year awardee, is presented. Topics covered include the moment in her life which stands out as particularly unbelievable, whether it was important for her to just let her album "Sour" stand on its own and her view on popular music in 2022. She also describes her working relationship with Dan Nigro, who co-wrote and produced "Sour."

An interview with U.S. country music singer Gabby Barrett, who is a "Billboard's" 2022 Women in Music honoree, is presented. Topics covered include why she writes her own material, how her experience joining an African-American gospel choir growing up helped her develop her sound and what she learned from opening acts for singers, such as Keith Urban and Thomas Rhett.

An interview with Canadian singer The Weeknd and his collaborators is presented about the success of the song "Blinding Lights." Topics discussed include the recognition given to the song as the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 song of all time, 1980s music featured in the video game "GTA: Vice City," and the first poster of the film "Star Wars."

The article reports on the historic record set by singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, with the song "The Tortured Poets Department" remaining on the top spot on the Billboard 200 and the album "Fortnight" ruling the Billboard Hot 100 both in their second week ended May 11, 2024.

The article reports that country musician Cody Johnson earned his second Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 with "The Painter" which has increased by 12% to 31.2 million impressions for the February 23-29, 2024 tracking week.

EMMYS GALORE Von Pervieux intended to create only one original song for Ted Lasso, but he ended up with two, and now both are Emmy-nominated for outstanding original music and lyrics. Von Pervieux admits it wasn't what he anticipated: "We heard the demo and [were] like, 'OK, this is not the Queen-type song, [it's] more of a love-type anthem, a beautiful ballad-y anthem', " he says before adding that the song exceeded his expectations. CREATIVE MUSIC ARTS It all started with music supervisor Tony Von Pervieux's dream of working with pop music maestro Max Martin for an original Ted Lasso song - and ended with an emotional tearjerker that was so good Jason Sudeikis wrote a specific scene for the tune in the season three finale of the Apple TV+ comedy. [Extracted from the article]

The article announces that brand development and management company Iconic Artists Group (IAG) has added American singer, actress and television personality Cher and the estate of Dan Fogelberg, the former college roommate of founder Irving Azoff, to its roster. Cited are the tendency of the company in buying whatever artists rights that are available, and the interest of IAG in unearthing and highlighting forgotten or lesser-known works from an artist's career.

We never wanted any bad songs in the show, but we knew that the songs Daisy writes for herself had to be very different from the songs she writes when she connects with Billy. THE REPORT We always knew that the songs were going to be a crucial component to the success of Daisy Jones & The Six - and definitely an element that would set this show apart. But for Billy's original version, Blake had to retroactively write a song that existed before Daisy came in and changed it. [Extracted from the article]

The article features British singer-songwriter Jorja Smith. Topics discussed include the core of her highly anticipated second music album, "Falling or Flying," to be released on September 29, 2023, her travel to London, England at the age of 18 to pursue music full time, and an overview of her album "Falling or Flying."

An interview with American country musician Megan Moroney is presented, wherein she talks about what surprised her about the longevity of her song "Tennessee Orange," the interaction of the fans with the song since its release in September 2022, and her future plans following the release of her debut album "Lucky," opening for Brooks & Dunn and headlining shows in the fall.

An interview with Edith Victoria, Téa Campbell and Ada Juarez, members of the pop-punk trio Meet Me @ the Altar, about their album and performances, is presented.

The article reports on the success of Stephen Sanchez's "Until I Found You" as it reaches the top spot in the Rock Digital Song Sales for the first time for the week March 11, 2023.

FEATURES For writer-director Martin Strange-Hansen and producer Kim Magnusson, their live-action short film On My Mind, which is now Oscar-nominated, has a deeply personal connection. The film, shot in Denmark and released by The New Yorker, follows a man who will stop at nothing to sing one particular song at a karaoke bar - before it's too late. [Extracted from the article]

Barry notes how much Black musicians inspired the Bee Gees' music. Marshall The Bee Gees, from left: Maurice Gibb, Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb. In HBO's The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, director Frank Marshall follows Barry Gibb - the sole surviving member of the Bee Gees, the immensely popular trio that included his brothers Robin and Maurice Gibb - as he reflects on his family history and their ascent into pop stardom. [Extracted from the article]

Max Walker-Silverman's soul-stirring feature debut centers on two 60-ish childhood sweethearts (Dale Dickey and Wes Studi) who meet up for a night at a Colorado campsite. With unflashy confidence and finely calibrated emotion, the film slips under your skin - thanks in large part to the indelibly expressive faces and voices of its wonderful leads. [Extracted from the article]

STUDIO 20th Century Studios • RELEASE DATE Dec. 10CAST Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Corey Stoll, Rita Moreno TOP AWARDS AND NOMS National Board of Review top film and best actress (Zegler); New York Film Critics Circle best cinematography WEST SIDE STORY The 1957 musical is sumptuously reimagined, with Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as the young lovers torn apart by a climate of hate and intolerance REVIEWED BY DAVID ROONEY ON DEC 2 The new West Side Story won't take the place of the glorious 1961 screen version, co-directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, whose dances remain untouchable. In his third collaboration with director Steven Spielberg, following Munich and Lincoln, Tony Kushner has adapted the material with a respectful avoidance of cultural stereotypes and a trenchant depiction of the sadly still timely scourge of racial intolerance. Yet the saturated colors and their radiant glow often recall vintage Technicolor movie musicals. [Extracted from the article]

Come awards season, documentarians usually find themselves outside the rope line, on the periphery of the red carpet and tucked away in a neat little box marked "below the line." Beyond the Oscar shortlist and the BAFTA longlist for best documentary, where one would expect to find them, nonfiction films have broken out into a variety of additional categories. Meanwhile, Netflix's David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, focusing on the life and times of the famed nonagenarian broadcaster, broke out beyond the documentary category to earn spots on both the outstanding British film and outstanding score longlists. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a profile of Guatemalan Latin music singer/songwriter Ricardo Arjona, who launched his own independent record label, Metamorfosis, in 2011. His own 2011 recording, "Independiente," spent a year on the "Billboard" Top Latin Albums chart. Topics discussed include his tour of the U.S. and Latin America, his label's signing and promotion of alternative Spanish-language singer Gaby Moreno, and the success of his romantic ballad song "El Amor" on urban Latin radio.

The article reveals the story behind the song "If the World Was Ending" by singers JP Saxe and Julia Michaels.

The article reports that Maren Morris achieved her fourth number song one on "Billboard" magazine's Country Airplay chart with "The Bones" from her second album "GIRL," as of February 15, 2020.

The article details how Pedro Capó's song "Calma" turned into Latin music's sleeper hit in 2019, according to Capó and Sony Music executive Isabel De Jesus.

The article features Afro-pop artist Joeboy, who signed up with emPawa Africa, a talent incubator for emerging African artists.

An interview with Raphael Saadiq, a singer, is presented about his album "Jimmy Lee," co-managed by Ty Stiklorius of Friends at Work and inclusion of Kendrick Lamar's song "Rearview" in his album.

Reports on the interest of U.S. audience in Latin romantic music. List of Latin male crooners; Styles of the Latin male soloists; Characteristic of the song "Mientes Tan Bien" by Sin Bandera.

Focuses on the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers' (ASCAP) compilation of a list of the most-performed love songs for each decade since the 1910s. Notable composers who were omitted from the list, including Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern; Artists with two or more songs on the list, including Hal David and Burt Bacharach.

Mentions the February 1999 release of Quincy Jones' album `From Q With Love.' The artists featured on the two-CD set of love songs; Jones' inspiration for the album; New tracks featured.

Reports that EMI-Capitol Music Group North America is releasing four compilations of love songs on November 5, 1996. Titles being `Hot Luv,' `Smooth Luv,' `Real Luv,' and `Movie Luv'; The genre of each compilation; Comments from Charles Koppelman, chairman/chief executive officer of EMI-Capitol Music Group North America; Inspiration for compilations; Marketing strategy.

The article presents information on the sales of the music compilation album "Now That's What I Call Love Songs," featuring popular love songs including "Marry Me," by Train, "Just the Way You Are," by Bruno Mars, and "You and I," by Lady Gaga.

The article discusses the two major genres competing for airplay on Mexican radio, romantic love songs and corrido songs about graphic sex and violence, and how radio stations, record labels, and concert promoters have to balance promotion of these two divergent types to be successful.

The article reviews the music release "Breakthrough," by Colbie Caillat.

The article reviews the musical release "The Wind Blows," by the All-American Rejects.

The article discusses several love songs that appeared on the "Billboard" 200 music chart, such as singer Mariah Carey's "Ballads" and Frank Sinatra's "Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love." The author predicts that both albums will continue to sell well until the Valentine's Day holiday ends on February 15, 2009.

The article reviews the music release "Elephants/Teeth Sinking Into Heart," by Rachael Yamagata.

The article reviews the music single "Lovebug," by the Jonas Brothers.

The article discusses the opportunities for record companies to market albums of love songs for Valentine's Day. It is said that the holiday has become increasingly significant for retailers, as impulse purchases of music during that week are higher than any other time during the year, with the exception of the November and December holiday shopping season. INSET: BE THEIR VALENTINE.

The article reviews the music album "Duets: An American Classic," by Tony Bennett, produced by Phil Ramone.