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AI Artist Xania Monet Debuts on Adult R&B Airplay — a Radio Chart Breakthrough

While many Billboard radio airplay stories focus, rightly enough, on which artists and songs are topping the charts, this week’s Adult R&B Airplay survey (dated Nov. 1) contains a potentially historic development at the anchor spot, No. 30, thanks to Xania Monet’s “How Was I Supposed to Know?” Related AI Artist Xania Monet Climbs the […]

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler & Régine Chassagne Split After 22 Years of Marriage, Share Plans for Band’s Future

Win Butler and Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire have separated after 22 years of marriage, the band announced Thursday (Oct. 30). Related Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Four People Will Butler on Writing the Tony-Nominated Music for ‘Stereophonic’: ‘It Was Like a Thousand-Piece Puzzle With 200 Pieces Missing’ Juno Awards Defend Arcade Fire’s […]

Meet The Exec Who Thinks Merch Can Be ‘More Powerful Than A Simple Transaction’

In today’s music economy, where streaming royalties remain thin and ticket prices continue to escalate, one of the fastest-growing and most resilient sectors is merchandise — and few companies are as prominent in the space as Universal Music Group’s wholly owned Bravado, which oversees the world’s largest music merchandise operation. Bravado aims to unite artists […]