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Luminate Partners With Tencent Music to Bring Chinese Music Metrics to Its Data Platform

Luminate has announced a new global data partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment (TME), marking the company’s first data collaboration with a chart that measures music engagement in China, the companies announced Wednesday (Nov. 5). Under the agreement, Luminate, Billboard‘s longtime data partner, will integrate streaming and sales metrics from TME’s platforms — including QQ Music, […]

No Radio Without Royalties: New Rules for a New Era (Guest Column)

Here’s a story that captures everything wrong with Washington: Billion-dollar corporation asks Congress to force car manufacturers to install AM radio in every vehicle — a government tech mandate worth billions of dollars to its bottom line — while refusing to pay the artists and rights owners whose music is the very foundation of their […]

These Ultra-Soft Celeb-Loved Blankets Should Be the Number One Thing on Your Holiday Shopping List

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Devoted viewers of The Kardashians may already know that Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian have all been spotted at some point […]

Tyla Bags Her Third No. 1 on U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart With ‘Chanel’

Tyla storms in at No. 1 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart as “Chanel” bags the top spot of the list dated Nov. 8. The new champ, an Afrobeat, amapiano and pop composition, namechecks the iconic designer brand and centers on the repeated lyrical refrain “Say you love me, put me in Chanel.” It […]