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Spotify, Warner Music, Live Nation Lead Music Stocks to New High

Shares of Spotify rose 8.0% to $365.00 this week to lead all music stocks in a week the Billboard Global Music Index reached a new high and many of its largest components posted mid- to high-single digit gains.  The Swedish music streaming giant was boosted by a report by Pivotal Research Group that increased its […]

Donald Trump Shares Fake Image of Kamala Harris at a Diddy ‘Freak Off’

Donald Trump took to his Truth Social site this week to repost a doctored image of Kamala Harris that implied she attended one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sexual “freak off” parties. The photo, shared by TMZ, shows the Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee posing alongside Diddy and another woman. “Madam Vice President, have you […]

Billie Eilish’s ‘Birds of a Feather’ Flocks to No. 1 on Pop Airplay Chart

Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” takes flight to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart dated Sept. 28. The track, released on Darkroom/Interscope/ICLG, gained by 8% in plays Sept. 13-19. (The Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on over 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to […]

Big Ocean: See Exclusive Photos of the September 2024 K-Pop Rookie of the Month

HyunJin, ChanYeon and JiSeok came together as Big Ocean to debut in April this year as the first Deaf/Hard of Hearing group in K-pop. The group’s warm embrace onto the scene by superstars, production and executives across Korea points towards a more inclusive global music scene. Brought together by Korea’s only agency representing talent with […]

Pepe Aguilar Teases Song About Daughter Ángela Aguilar & Christian Nodal

On Friday (Sept. 20), Pepe Aguilar sparked intrigue with a teaser of his upcoming song shared on his Instagram. Captioning it “26•09•24” on socials, its release date (Sept. 24), the 22-second snippet features his emotionally charged vocal delivery sung over a rich acoustic backdrop. “Voy a ser muy claro. Haz las cosas bien. Porque para […]

LL COOL J, Usher & More Saluted at Fourth Annual BMAC Gala

LL COOL J and Usher were among the honorees saluted Thursday night by the Black Music Action Coalition at the organization’s fourth annual BMAC Gala. As BMAC co-founder/president/CEO Willie “Prophet” Stiggers noted, the event isn’t about “celebrating record sales, streaming numbers or other accolades. It’s the intersection of activism and music.” Related LL COOL J’s […]

Universal Music Group’s Capital Markets Day Hit the Right Notes, Analysts Say

Universal Music Group hit enough right notes during its first Capital Markets Day (CMD) presentation since before going public in 2021, judging from Billboard’s review of a handful of equity analysts’ comments on Tuesday’s event. Related UMG’s Capital Markets Day: Three Things You Need To Know 09/18/2024 Reviews of the presentation from London’s Abbey Road Studio, […]