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Inside Jim-E Stack’s Big Year Producing For Lorde and Bon Iver

During a recent gym visit, Jim-E Stack heard “Girl, so confusing featuring lorde” start to play, and it walloped him in the middle of his workout session. “I was like, ‘Agh.’ It really makes me emotional,” he says of the remix to Charli xcx’s brat standout, which he co-wrote. That reaction was nothing new for […]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor Calls Out Transphobes Who Make Attacking Trans People ‘Their Whole Personality’

After being uplifted throughout her career by the LGBTQ+ community, disco-pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor is making sure that the community knows she stands firmly with them in a new interview. Related Sophie Ellis-Bextor On ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ Craze and Why It Was ‘Ballsy’ To Name New Album ‘Perimenopop’ Sophie Ellis-Bextor Credits Her LGBTQ+ Fans […]

Nashville Industry Veterans Form Multi-Faceted, Faith-Forward Music Company By Design

Four Nashville music industry veterans have joined forces with the launch of a multi-faceted company built around the belief of putting artists, unbridled creativity and faith-based perspectives at its core. Executives Josh Bailey, Jeremy Holley, Rod Riley and Josh Thompson have teamed for the Franklin, Tenn.-based label By Design, which falls under a larger ecosystem […]

Walmart Has the Nintendo Switch 2 Back In Stock

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. After selling out just about everywhere, you can pick up the new Nintendo Switch 2 at Walmart. Available to the public […]

Once AI Music Makes Money, Who Gets It?

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been looking at how music will be licensed by AI companies — why I think it’s inevitable, how it might happen and what it might look like. Conceptually, this is a fascinating subject, because dividing money fairly among rights holders may depend on having after-the-fact control of training data […]