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Executive Turntable: Believe and Sony Focus on France, Plus an Old Bud Returns to Budde

Welcome to a teeming edition of Executive Turntable, Billboard’s comprehensive(ish) compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across music. And what a depressing late-week it’s been, with Warner Music making deep cuts across its Atlantic Music Group that sources say will affect between 150-175 people. If you need a […]

Diddy Placed on ‘Procedural’ Suicide Watch While Awaiting Trial in Federal Custody: Reports

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been placed on a suicide watch as he awaits trial in federal custody on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, NBC News and People reported on Friday (Sept. 20).  Related A Timeline of Diddy’s Sexual Misconduct Allegations 09/18/2024 The move is “procedural with high-profile clients,” the insider told NBC News. Sources also told […]

On the Road With Naomi Sharon: Singing, Sephora & Surfing

Naomi Sharon is looking for the nearest Sephora in New York City. She also needs to find a nail tech before she takes the Radio City Music Hall stage for a show the following day. Sharon, who signed to Drake’s OVO Sound label in early 2023, is on the road as part of Tems’ Born […]

Katy Perry’s ‘143’: All 11 Songs Ranked

Katy Perry is having fun again. “I was frozen, I was hopeless/ Now there’s poetry in every moment,” she sings in the mid-album reflection track, “All the Love.” Perry’s been open about her struggles with mental health over the past few years, especially after the tepid critical and commercial reaction to her 2017 LP, Witness. “After […]

Ice-T and Body Count Team With David Gilmour For ‘Quite Radical’ Metal-Ized Cover of ‘Comfortably Numb’

How do you take one of classic rock’s most ominous tunes and make it somehow even more foreboding? Just ask Ice-T to give it a spin. The veteran rapper’s hard-rock side project, Body Count, released a radically made-over version of Pink Floyd‘s iconic tale of isolation and medically induced paralysis, “Comfortably Numb,” on Friday (Sept. […]

Friday Music Guide: New Music From Future, Katy Perry, Bad Bunny and More

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  This week, Future continues his victory lap, Katy Perry dives deep into her pop bag and Bad Bunny salutes […]

Warner Music Group Discloses Expected Financial Impact of Atlantic Layoffs

Warner Music Group is going through a transformational year by cutting costs, reducing its headcount and restructuring some label groups to save an estimated $260 million on an annualized basis, the company disclosed Thursday (Sept. 19).   According to a Warner Music Group SEC filing that details the reduction in headcount and financial impact of the […]