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Craig Kallman Named Chief Music Officer at Warner Music Group

Craig Kallman has been appointed chief music officer at Warner Music Group (WMG), the company announced Tuesday (Dec. 9). He will report directly to WMG CEO Robert Kyncl. Kallman served as co-chair/CEO of Atlantic Records for nearly 20 years before being named chief music officer at Atlantic Music Group last September amid a generational reshuffle […]

Coldplay Sweeps Year-End Billboard Boxscore Charts – Again

For the second consecutive year, Coldplay rules the year-end Boxscore charts. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the Music of the Spheres World Tour grossed $464.9 million in the 2025 tracking period, enough to land at No. 1 on the annual Top Tours recap. The 2025 year-end tracking period includes all shows, worldwide, between […]

Bad Bunny & Sabrina Carpenter Crown 2025 Year-End Global Charts

For the first time since the inaugural year-end global charts in 2021, the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts have different reigning artists. Sabrina Carpenter is the top artist on the former list and Bad Bunny leads the latter. Explore All of Billboard’s 2025 Year-End Charts Both acts are powered by new […]

Joey Moi Is the Top Billboard Hot 100 Producer of 2025

Joey Moi returns as the No. 1 Hot 100 Producer of the year for the second time, thanks to another blockbuster year with Morgan Wallen. Moi finishes 2025 as the No. 1 Hot 100 Producer thanks to the chart performance of 38 production credits on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 2025 chart eligibility period […]

Kendrick Lamar Is the Top Billboard Hot 100 Songwriter of 2025

Kendrick Lamar caps a landmark 2025 on Billboard’s charts by finishing as the top Hot 100 Songwriter of the year for the first time. He finishes 2025 thanks to the chart performance of 22 songwriting credits on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 2025 eligibility period (charts dated Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025), […]