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Against the backdrop of a steady decline in album sales, live music is stronger than ever, with double-digit growth nearly every year of the past decade, legions of fans flocking [...]

THE QUEEN OF CHRISTMAS GETS IN THE SPIRIT Though it began with a particularly bumpy takeoff--a gaffe-ridden New Year's Eve performance in which she gave up halfway through--Mariah Carey's 2017 [...]

EVERY MORNING, RIGHT AFTER breakfast, Tony Bennett practices his craft --not with sheet music and a microphone, but with a sketch pad and canvas. Bennett, one of the finest interpreters [...]

AOS THE ONGOING MUSIC industry boom puts labels under renewed pressure to make recording contracts more equitable and transparent, the next battle over creators' rights will be fought in Sacramento, [...]

THE CONCERT INDUSTRY IS ARGUABLY THE most exciting and robust part of the music business, where fans go for experiences no digital stream can duplicate. And they pay for that [...]

ALL IT TAKES FOR A HIT CAREER IS THE RIGHT mix of melodies and lyrics--and lawyers. Never has the role of legal advisers in the music business been more crucial, […]

KEN EHRLICH has produced more than 200 TV specials and live events, but the producer, who's getting a star Jan. 28 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is perhaps best [...]

This year the industry's top players weren't just changing the business in the label, publishing and touring worlds, they also were changing jobs, and the shake-ups are reflected in Billboard's [...]

DOLLY PARTON ALREADY KNOWS HOW she will spend her 75th birthday on Jan. 19, 2021: As she does every year to mark the occasion, she will write a song. 'It's [...]

IN JULY, DARLENE LOVE celebrated her 79th birthday by taking a 7-mile walk across the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in New York. She has always approached her career like [...]

By the time Garner landed at Columbia Records in New York as the first woman on the A&R team, she had already booked the Grateful Dead for Playboy After Dark, [...]

FOLLOWING THE DEADLY massacre at Las Vegas' Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1 that killed at least 59 people and injured hundreds, dozens of artists including Lady Gaga, Ariana [...]

SUMMER IS THE SEASON THAT MAKES OR breaks the live business for the year. Concerts in North America between Memorial Day and Labor Day of 2016 grossed $1.7 billion in [...]

The article presents brief profiles of the most powerful people dominating both the sports and music industries. These celebrities include former baseball player, singer and songwriter Bronson Arroyo, actor and wrestler John Cena and former basketball player, Olympic Gold medalist and singer Shaquille O'Neal. Other celebrities are RCA Records vice president of global brand partnerships Jen Tanner and Memphis Grizzlies basketball team minority owner and singer Justin Timberlake.

The article features the top executives in the music industry who propelled their companies to new heights amidst the challenges. Among them are pop singer Taylor Swift, who was named as the 2023 Person of the Year, Universal Music Group (UMG) chairperson Lucian Grainge, Sony Music Group chairperson Rob Stringer, and Live Nation Entertainment president Michael Rapino.

ON MARCH 16, WHEN Atlantic Records employees officially began working from home because of concerns about the coronavirus, the label created a virtual notebook so staffers at all levels could [...]

NOW THAT THE JAN. 26 Grammy Awards are behind the Recording Academy, the bruised organization must figure out how to move forward in the wake of embattled president/CEO Deborah Dugan's [...]

ON THE EVE OF MUSIC'S biggest night--the 62nd Grammy Awards--the most compelling drama may be unfolding offstage as the Recording Academy's new CEO, Deborah Dugan, now on leave, squares off [...]

On Michelle Jubelirer's desk sits a nameplate that says 'Fuck You.' On a coffee table in the Capitol Music Group chief operating officer's pop-art-filled office is a gold statue of [...]

A death, an alleged rape and arrests mar a season in which acts like Luke Bryan and Keith Urban are drawing massive crowds. What will Nashville do? AFTER A STRING [...]

Who makes the biggest bucks in music? Billboard's annual Money Makers ranking of the top earners is more than a little bit country (Taylor storms in at No. 1), with [...]

AFEW YEARS AGO, director Denis Villeneuve had a query for Hans Zimmer, with whom he had worked on the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049. 'He asked if I had ever [...]

AS MORE COUNTRY artists lean toward pop and listeners care less about genres, Nashville record companies are increasingly partnering with coastal counterparts to push their acts to a wider audience. [...]

Let's get this out of the way: Dhani Harrison is the son of George Harrison--Beatle, guitar legend, cultural icon. As a composer and songwriter, the younger Harrison clearly owes a [...]

With its latest slate of changes, the Recording Academy--and some first-time voters--is more hopeful than ever for long-awaited transparency behind Grammy nominations * When voters for the 64th annual Grammy [...]

CHARLIE DANIELS PLAYED his last show before the pandemic on March 13, 2020, at the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall in Huntsville, Ala. Hunkered down at home in Mt. Juliet, [...]

MAKING MONEY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY is hard enough for artists and executives. To help them spend smartly, invest wisely and (legally) keep as many of their dollars as possible [...]

Sam Smith, Lady Gaga and other songwriters up for best original song at the Academy Awards talk the real-life inspirations behind their music, from environmental devastation to sexual assault THE [...]

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN DISNEY MUSIC GROUP'S Hollywood Records was primarily associated with the Disney Channel's homegrown stars: Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers and, more recently, Sabrina [...]

What: Variety's Creative Leadership Award Who: Annie Mumolo presents to Apatow When: Today, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where: Soho House, 9200 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood FUNNY-PEOPLE FATHER FIGURE Judd Apatow, who [...]

Diane Because of your 'singular' voice, you've give so many singers theirs. You're a national treasure and you own my heart. I love you. Kristin Chenoveth Cher doesn't mince words [...]

One August night a few weeks ago, as the Doobie Brothers were playing before 18,000 ardent fans in Montana, founding guitarist Pat Simmons looked out into the audience. 'I see [...]

AS WOMEN STRUGGLE to make their voices heard on country radio, the Country Music Association will attempt to help them at its 53rd annual CMA Awards, set for Nov. 13 [...]

THE DAY AFTER DEBORAH DUGAN moved from New York to Los Angeles with her three children, 91-year-old mother and their dog, Sandy, to become The Recording Academy's first female chief [...]

FOR LARRY MESTEL, FOUNDER and CEO of Primary Wave Music, the company's latest acquisition resonates deeply. The New York-based company purchased the publisher's share of the eight songs on Boston's [...]

ON THE MORNING OF July 26, Christian hard-rock band Skillet gave an interview to and performed on Fox News channel's Fox & Friends All-American Summer Concert Series in Midtown Manhattan. [...]

Ten years ago, German media giant Bertelsmann enlisted veteran music executive Hartwig Masuch to launch BMG with three employees and the rights to a few recordings that were held back [...]

THE GLITTERY GRAY Baldwin grand piano that Carole King once played during a visit to his office will stay. But the $150 bass from his high school band that's propped [...]

A publicist on Jackson's Bad tour recalls watching his behavior around boys with concern--but says she'll still listen to his music ** I was on the Bad tour with Jimmy [...]

When the nominations for the 54th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced Feb. 20, many of the leading nominees were artists who had broken through in the last [...]