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Louis Tomlinson Announces Plans to Launch New Management Company

Louis Tomlinson is looking to develop some new musical talent. The 29-year-old singer took to social media on Saturday (March 6) to announce his plans to launch a new artist management company. “I always dreamed of having my own label, having an imprint never really worked for me because I still had to have someone […]

Beyonce Pays Tribute to Late Fan Lyric Chanel With Emotional Medley

Beyonce is honoring the memory of her young fan Lyric Chanel, who died Friday (March 5) after a two-year battle with brain cancer and anaplastic ependymoma. The 13-year-old girl’s difficult illness was documented by her family on Instagram, which drew more than 600,000 followers and caught the attention of celebrities like Queen Bey and Cardi […]

Roc Nation Wins $12M Insurance Claim Over Maroon 5 Manager’s Death

Roc Nation has won a $12 million lawsuit against Texas-based insurance provider Houston Casualty Company (HCC) for failing to pay out a “key man insurance policy” on Maroon 5’s late manager Jordan Feldstein. Feldstein, older brother of actors Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein, was the co-founder and CEO of Career Artist Management (CAM) where he […]

Diddy’s REVOLT Promotes Detavio Samuels, Colin McIntosh

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ REVOLT has unveiled key promotions to reshape the top management at the hip-hop cable network after the departure of Roma Khanna as CEO last year. Detavio Samuels, hired as chief operating officer in 2020, is promoted to CEO, while Colin McIntosh adds the COO title to his chief financial officer duties at […]

Bhaskar Menon, Legendary EMI and Capitol Records Head, Dies at 86

Bhaskar Menon, the founding chairman and CEO at EMI Music Worldwide who is widely credited for breaking Pink Floyd in the U.S. and presiding over one of Capitol Records’ most successful eras, died on Mar. 4, 2021, at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 86. “Determined to achieve excellence, Bhaskar Menon built EMI into […]

Music’s First Blockchain Ticketer Big Neon Has Run Out of Money

Big Neon was billed as music’s first blockchain ticketing company when it launched at the end of 2018 and announced plans top become a token-based system by 2020 and the eventual “spiritual successor” to Ticketfly. But 27 months after launching, the mobile-based ticketing system has run out of money and is now shutting its doors, co-founders Dan […]

Kelly Clarkson Wraps You With ‘These Arms of Mine’ for Her Otis Redding Cover

Kelly Clarkson embraced an old-school classic by covering Otis Redding’s “These Arms of Mine” for Friday’s (March 5) Kellyoke segment on The Kelly Clarkson Show. A single spotlight illuminated Clarkson’s silhouette as she walked up to the mic on the blacked-out stage before yellow and purple lights lit up the talk show host. “These arms of […]

Jesus Gonzalez Named Vice President of BMI’s Latin Creative Team

Jesus Gonzalez has been named vice president of BMI’s Latin creative team, Billboard can confirm. Based out of BMI’s Los Angeles office, Gonzalez will report to BMI senior vp creative Alex Flores and will join the company beginning March 8. He takes the spot left by Delia Orjuela, the longtime vp Latin creative for BMI who […]

Christina Aguilera Is ‘Excited & Inspired’ to Be Back in the Studio

Good things come to those who wait — and for Christina Aguilera’s fans, they might not have to wait much longer for her new music. She addressed her fans in two new pictures that revealed she’s getting back to work in the recording studio. “So excited & inspired right now!! Fighters – I can’t wait […]

Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram & Jon Randall Set to Release ‘The Marfa Tapes’

Miranda Lambert and fellow singer-songwriters Jack Ingram and Jon Randall are joining  together to release The Marfa Tapes, out May 7. “In His Arms,” the first of the 15 tracks, is out Friday. Lambert broke the news on her socials Thursday (March 4), writing on Instagram, “They’re raw. You can hear the wind blowing, the […]