Search

The Kid decided he manred ice cream instred. It's a Wednesday in September, and we had planned to grab a late lunch in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But at the last minute, [...]

SINCE THE 1970s, D'Addario has manufactured strings for guitars, orchestral instruments and more with an eye on the future--but back then, no one at the Farmingdale, N.Y.-based company could have [...]

1978 Taito's Space Invaders with its simple bum-bum-bum-bum bassline becomes the first video game to feature a continuous backing soundtrack 1981 Konami's Frogger breaks from the linear music mold, adding [...]

This section presents interviews with several members of the Recording Academy. Topics discussed include the involvement of singer-rapper Kaash Paige in the community of creatives through the organization, the learning opportunities being offered by the academy acknowledged by composer Shirley Song, and the new Grammy Award category that music financier Tara Finegan would like to create.

BARELY A YEAR after graduating from high school in May 2017, iann dior was living part time in a recording studio in his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. Recently fired [...]

LOS ANGELES, FEB. 9 Janelle Monde opened the Dolby Theatre ceremony with a medley (pictured) that paid tribute to nominated movies from Joker to Rocketman, as well as notable snubs [...]

WHEN JOE KEERY performs as his musical solo project, Djo, he looks nothing like the character that millions of TV watchers have come to know--and that's the point. If not [...]

The article features several musical artists who are 40 and under 40. These include Mercury Records president Tyler Arnold, Habibi Management head of talent management Raymond Acosta, Interscorp Records executive vice president Ramon Alvarez-Smikle, Messina Touring Group director of digital marketing Nicholas Ayoub, Apple Music director of artist services Glenne Azoff, and Sony Music Publishing senior vice president of creative Nick Bral.

43 'Thousand Miles' The Kid LAROI How was 'Thousand Miles' created? ANDREW WATT LAROI came to my house a year ago and was like, 'Could you give me something on [...]

An interview with sports league executives are presented, discussing the ties between the music and sport industries in the U.S. Topics discussed include the evolution of the use of music on game days, the leagues' collaboration with athletes who are also artists, and the executives' strategies to approach tentpole events from a musical standpoint. Also discussed are the process of licensing music for games and broadcasts and factors being considered when booking artists for live performances.

LONDON, FEB. 18 Fresh acts stole the show at the 40th annual BRIT Awards, where rapper Dave and Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi led as the two biggest winners of the [...]

* FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT Inspired by Blink-182's Travis Barker, Houston native Trevor Daniel started playing drums in second grade. By the time he was in high school [...]

The singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 in October with 'Savage Love (Laxed--Siren Beat),' a TikTok-friendly teamup with New Zealand producer Jawsh 685 and K-pop stars BTS. It's Derulo's first [...]

Juice WRLD's death at age 21 last December from an accidental drug overdose left the music industry, his fan base and his team at Grade A Productions/lnterscope (IGA signed him [...]

WHEN BARRY WEISS SIGNED 24kGoldn to his RECORDS label in late 2018, he thought he had found a rap star in the making. That changed when Weiss heard the 20-yearold's [...]

'I've been working in the entertainment industry since I started working,' says Goich-Andreadis, who began her career as a copywriter for a humor-based boutique agency. Since then, she spent two [...]

Original Stax Records songwriter David Porter and 20-year business and legal veteran Tony Alexander launched their entertainment company, Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME), in April 2015. Alexander quickly realized that [...]

EVEN IN NORMAL TIMES, PREDICTING THE Grammys' album of the year category can feel like trying to guess where lightning will strike. Great albums released early during the eligibility window [...]

* In March 2016, Young T & Bugsey's hypnotic hip-hop track 'Glistenin' ' prompted Sony's Black Butter Records to reach out over email. Soon enough, the duo was meeting with [...]

* IN MARCH, RIGHT BEFORE CALIFORNIA enforced its first lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jason Derulo met with TikTok at his Los Angeles home to discuss best practices. According [...]

How did you two come together to form Surfaces? FRANK | saw this song that Colin posted on SoundCloud and I DM'd him--neither of us knew anybody that was making [...]

MONTHS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 2019 premiere of the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, in which emerging actor-musician Joshua Bassett stars as Ricky Bowen, his manager helped [...]

FROM Louisville, Ky. AGE 22 LABEL Generation Now/Atlantic Records FOUNDATION When Jack Harlow was 2 years old, his mother would play Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP in their minivan; five years [...]

LABEL FISH GREASE/INTERSCOPE 'I HAD NO CLUE I WAS DEALING WITH someone with zero recording experience,' recalls Andrew 'Pop' Wansel of working with Brianna Cash for the first time. Cash, [...]

EVEN AFTER EARNING ITS FIRST Billboard 200 No. 1 album with Iridescence in September 2018, Brockhampton was eager to create a follow-up project that was 'more accessible,' recalls producer Jabari [...]

The article presents an interview with several live music industry leaders who are 40 or under 40 years old and who are powering the resurgence of the industry following the COVID-19 shutdown, including Haley McCollister, Justin Williams and Christain Coffey. Among the issues they discussed include how every tour is different, the ticketing issues facing the live industry, and their aim to increase diversity in the live sector.

IN LATE 2018, UNIVERSAL MUSIC Group Nashville (UMGN) president Cindy Mabe flew to Los Angeles to see a private screening of the April 2019 faith-drama Breakthrough, hoping to land her [...]

MEXICO POP ESPANOL AIRPLAY Camilo + Pedro Capo, 'Tutu' A co-writer on Becky G and Natti Natasha's 2018 hit 'Sin Pijama; Camilo launched his solo career this year and later [...]

WHEN MEEK MILL WAS sentenced in November 2017 to two to four years in prison for a probation violation stemming primarily from two misdemeanors, Philadelphia 76ers partner Michael Rubin--a close [...]

In 2008, photographer/video director Randee St. Nicholas was working with her longtime friend and subject Prince on his event-specific biography, 21 Nights. True to form, before that book was even [...]

ON 1979, JIM AND JOHN D'ADDARIO Jr.--two members of the namesake Farmingdale, N.Y.-based stringed-instrument manufacturing company--established the D'Addario Foundation with Jim's wife, Janet, as a music showcase for classical guitarists [...]

* One of the biggest hip-hop releases of the year has also resulted in the unexpected return of a hard-rock legend to the pop charts: 'Take What You Want,' the [...]

NAME SKYLAR GREY MANAGEMENT CRUSH MUSIC Skylar Grey has been in the industry for over 15 years, but she's still looking for new ways to innovate. Many of her greatest [...]

Don't Stop Him Now When Lewis Capaldi was a child, his family began their annual vacations with a 15-hour drive to France from his native Glasgow in a minivan blasting [...]

Since March of last year, the pop-R&B phenom has notched 12 tracks--both solo hits and features spanning genres--on the Hot 100, finishing 2018 as one of Billboard's year-end top 20 [...]

The article focuses on the return of popular music megastars in 2022 following years of universal uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics include the release of new music albums by big artists such as Adele, Beyoncé and Lamar after years of being dormant as recording artists, the return of artists such as Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and Jack Harlow with new material in 2022, and part of the reason popular music was top-heavy during the year.

The article features the executives who are power players of the music industry in 2022. Mike Curb, chairman of Curb Records and Word Entertainment has continued having success in both the contemporary Christian and country genres. The union of BMG and BBR Music Group continues to yield great success five years after. Interviews with Katie McCartney, general manager of Monument Records, and Damon Whiteside, chief executive officer of Academy of Country Music, are presented.

The article presents "Billboard's" 2022 40 Under 40 that honors successful young music executives in the U.S. They include Shauna Alexander, Toby Andrews, and Andrew Asare. Also mentioned are Ryan Beuschel, Alexis Brown, Darcy Brown, Laura Carter, Michele Cranford, Patch Culbertson, and Briana Cheng.

The article presents "Billboard's" 21 Under 21, honoring young musicians under the age of 21 in the U.S. in 2022. They include Olivia Rodrigo, BoyWithUke, and Eslabon Armado. Also mentioned are Lil Tecca, Angela Aguilar, The Kid LAROI, Billie Eilish, Callista Clark, 347aidan, Tiago PZK, and NLE Choppa.

The article presents an interview with actor Samuel L. Jackson. Topics discussed include his way of making the most out of a character and his views on growing up in segregation making him feel angry; controversy surrounding Quentin Tarantino's use of the n-word in the film "Pulp;" and opposing U.S. President Donald Trump.

The article looks at the Billboard Top Music Lawyers for 2022. Lawyers featured include Sony Music Entertainment executive and General Counsel Julie Swidler, Universal Music Group Executive Vice President of Digital Business Affairs Nicola Levy, and Warner Music Group Executive Vice President and General Counsel Paul Robinson.

- SCOTT Business Management Michelle Richburg President/CEO, Richburg Enterprises In May, Warner Music Group tapped Richburg Enterprises - whose clients include SAINt JHN and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - as the accounting and tax compliance firm for its $100 million WMG/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. "Atlantic has consistently been a company that truly believes in artist development", says Darrale Jones, citing Lizzo's rise as an example, with the "Truth Hurts" artist "on the runway building and building until it was her time to take off." "I can go on and on", says Slaiby of his company's various endeavors, including managing new client Sean Combs. J. Erving Executive vp creative development, Sony Music Group; executive vp, The Orchard In December, Sony acquired Human Re Sources, Erving's Los Angeles-based distribution and artist services company, from the music/tech firm Q&A, and folded it into The Orchard. "It's going to take the artists to save the artists, it's going to take the artists to celebrate the artists, it's going to take the artists to change what we don't like as artists", says Swizz. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the expansion of Desert 5 Spot entertainment venue with the opening of a location at Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City.

The article features the music label Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA) and its chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) John Janick. Also cited are Janick's reliance on his entrepreneurial acumen to turn his labels into successful ventures, his accomplishments like the 2020 Grammy Awards wins of IGA artist Billie Eilish, as well as his support to other major artists like Eminem, Lady Gagam and Selena Gomez.

An interview with Recording Academy awards department members Len Brown, Marlon Fuentes, Lisa Goich-Andreadis, and Uziel Colo´n is presented. Brown talks about the things he enjoys the most in his job in the awards department. Goich-Andreadis discusses how they ensure that the Grammy nominations reflect the current trend. Fuentes reminisces on his experiences in attending Grammy Awards shows.

The article features rapper Ian Dior (born Michael Olmo) and the developments in his career as of October 2020. Also cited are the success of Dior's song "Where You At" that attracted the attention of Internet Money producer Touch of Trent, a brief personal history of Dior including his birth in Arecibo, Puerto Rico in 1999, as well as his musical influences like Prince, J. Cole, and The Strokes.

The article features the top power players in the Latin music industry in 2020. Red Light Management senior manager Fernando Giaccardi manages artist Enrique Iglesias. Other featured power players include Lionfish Entertainment co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Rebecca Leo´n, Jorge Brea of Symphonic Distribution, and InnerCat Music Group's Paris Cabezas.