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What’s This?! Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums Chart Returns for 2025, Led by ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’

Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart returns for the 2025 season, with familiar favorites among the top 10 of the Nov. 1-dated list, including Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack, Michael Bublé’s Christmas and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (at Nos. 2, 3 and 5, respectively). Leading the tally is the Christmas-meets-Halloween soundtrack to Tim […]

Say Ciao to Warner Records Italy and Atlantic Records Italy

Warner Music Italy is celebrating its 50th anniversary by launching two new frontline labels: say ciao to Warner Records Italy and Atlantic Records Italy. In its announcement, the company described the expansion as a strategic evolution designed to build more agile, focused teams that better support both established and emerging artists. Related Executive Turntable: Avatar […]

Patti LaBelle Partners With Primary Wave on Her Iconic Catalog

Grammy-winning legend Patti LaBelle has brought her estimable music catalog to Primary Wave Music. The new partnership deal includes the singer-songwriter’s artist royalties across a catalog that encompasses 18 studio albums, three live albums, 14 compilation albums and 47 singles. To date, according to Primary Wave’s press announcement, LaBelle has sold more than 50 million […]

YouTube’s Subscription Businesses Get a New Boss

As part of a significant reorganization of its product teams, YouTube promoted Christian Oestlien, previously vp of product management, to lead a team responsible for subscription products across YouTube Music, YouTube TV and YouTube Premium. As vp of YouTube’s subscription products, Oestlien will also oversee podcasts, commerce and YouTube Primetime Channels. Related YouTube Paid Over […]