The Players Behind Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Deja Vu’: See the Full Credits

Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album Sour returned to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its fifth week on the chart, marking its second total week atop the tally. Meanwhile, the album’s second single, “Deja Vu,” rose from No. 10 to No. 9 on the Hot 100, rising from No. 12 to No. 10 after reaching a high of No. 3 on the chart in early June.

Along with “Good 4 U,” “Deja Vu” also hit the top 10 on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart this week, raising Rodrigo’s career top 10s on the tally to three — a count that includes her breakthrough smash “Drivers License.”

Explore the team of musicians, producers and more behind the track with recording credits provided by Jaxsta below.

Artists:
Main Artist – Olivia Rodrigo

Songwriters:
Composer Lyricist – Daniel Nigro
Composer Lyricist – Olivia Rodrigo

Producers:
Producer – Daniel Nigro

Production Team:
Drum Programming – Daniel Nigro

Engineers:
Asst. Recording Engineer – Dan Viafore
Mastering Engineer – Randy Merrill
Mixer – Mitch McCarthy
Recording Engineer – Daniel Nigro

Performers:
Acoustic Guitar – Daniel Nigro
Background Vocalist – Daniel Nigro
Bass – Daniel Nigro
Electric Guitar – Daniel Nigro
Flute – Ryan Linvill
Guitar – Jam City
Organ – Jam City
Saxophone – Ryan Linvill

Labels:
Distributor – Universal Music Group
Label – Olivia Rodrigo PS/Interscope/Geffen

Explore the full “Deja Vu” credits on Jaxsta here.

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SBA Has Delivered $1 Billion in Shuttered Venue Grants

As of today (June 30), the Small Business Administration has delivered $1 billion in Shuttered Venue Operator Grant funds to the accounts of independent promoters, venues, movie theaters and more, according to the organization. The SBA informed those on the daily SVOG stakeholders call this morning that another $1 billion in funds has been awarded to businesses, but has not yet been deposited in their accounts.

The SBA has seen a faster rollout of award notifications in the past two weeks after failing to deliver all Priority 1 businesses — those who lost 90% or more of their revenue in 2020 — in the first 14 days of funding.  

According to this morning’s stakeholders call, 2,919 award approval letters have gone out in total. Another 2,929 award notifications have been queued up to go out. An additional 265 applicants have received decline notices, with another 1,400 set to be declined.  

The SBA’s grant website states that roughly 27% of the more than 14,600 applications are currently under review, with another 21% awaiting consideration. About 1,600 applicants will be receiving a notice to fix technical corrections from the SBA as well. According to an SVOG stakeholder, these are entities that meet the criteria for approval, but something in their application needs to be fixed. The SBA is working on a process to send emails to those that need technical corrections and show them on the portal how to address them.

Also in the works is an appeals process for those who have been denied but believe they are still eligible for the grant. While details of the process are still being worked out, it is estimated that businesses will have around two weeks to work on their appeals.  

“We don’t know when [the appeals process] is going to happen, but it’s good news and it’s something that we’ve been asking for for months,” one stakeholder tells Billboard.  

Following an estimated two-week appeals process, venues will be able to begin applying for supplemental grants based on the money left over. According to SBA figures, $11.6 billion in funding has been requested from the more than $16 billion fund. With several declines and varying award amounts, that could leave around $4 billion in supplemental funds for which music venues, promoters, talent agencies and more can apply.

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Gangstagrass Bring ‘Hee-Haw Hip-Hop’ to ‘America’s Got Talent’

On Tuesday’s (June 29) episode of America’s Got Talent, host Terry Crews called the music of bluegrass/rap quintet Gangstagrass “hee-haw hip-hop.”

And that blending of musical genres and personalities is exactly what the band’s founder, Rench, was going for when he assembled the group more than a decade ago. “I wanted to create a band like this to play for America and bring a message that Americans can find common ground and get over some of the divisions that we’ve been experiencing and come together,” Rench told the AGT panel. “I had to go out and find the perfect people to make it into a reality.”

The group’s performance of original song “Bound to Ride” started out with just a country vibe, thanks to some powerful banjo (Dan Whitener) and fiddle (Brian Farrow) playing, as well as tight bluegrass harmonies, before the two Gangstagrass MCs — R-SON the Voice of Reason and Dolio the Sleuth — traded bars to bring that “hee-haw hip-hop” Terry promised.

“These are my brothers up here,” R-SON said while introducing the band, driving home the message of unity Rench was after. “This is my family.”

Watch the Gangstagrass performance below. America’s Got Talent airs Tuesday nights on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.

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Voila! Quick-Change Artist Performs ‘World Class’ Routine to Katy Perry Medley on ‘AGT’

To describe Léa Kyle as a “quick-change act” is selling her short.

On Monday night (June 29), the 25-year-old French native delivered a magic performance that was all-class, and set to a pumping Katy Perry soundtrack.

Kyle, who hails from Bordeaux, the “wine city,” as she referred it, stepped out onto the big stage with some serious ambitions.

“I hope America’s Got Talent will change my life,” she explained. “My big dream is to have my own show in Las Vegas.”

And voila, everyone’s a believer.

Kyle dazzled with a performance that was soundtracked with “Swish Swish” and “Part Of Me,” as her outfits switched and flew in front of our eyes.

“You’re the best I’ve ever seen,” Simon Cowell could be heard saying. With this type of act, you would usually see two performers and “the music is terrible,” he continued. “This was like, very very cool. You have amazing showmanship. It was world class.”

“It’s magic,” noted fellow judge Howie Mandel, “and your presentation is beautiful.”

Sofia Vergara said she was “in shock.” It then came down to Kyle’s hero, Heidi Klum. “We’ve never really had anyone who was as good as you,” she said. A moment later, the German model slammed the Golden Buzzer and sent Kyle to the live round.

Watch below.

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A Tribe Called Quest to Auction Off Portion of Royalty Streams as NFT

Following on its announcement earlier this month that it would allow rightsholders to sell off their royalty streams as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), online music royalties marketplace Royalty Exchange has partnered with A Tribe Called Quest to auction off a 1.5% share of the sound recording royalties from the hip-hop group’s first five studio albums.

The starting price for the NFT will be listed at $35,000 with a 10% royalty upon any resale, which will be split evenly between Royalty Exchange and the initial seller. The highest bidder will collect royalties derived from sales, streaming, sync, satellite radio, digital downloads, CD sales, TV/film/commercial placements, samples and more.

The 24-hour auction kicks off Wednesday at 8 a.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.

Royalty Exchange kicked off its income-producing NFT program, dubbed NFT plus, by auctioning off CEO Anthony Martini’s share of the publishing royalty stream for his client Lil Dicky’s 2015 song “Save Dat Money.”

Rightsholders looking to sell royalties as NFTs on Royalty Exchange are invited to request that option when contacting the marketplace. The company takes a cut of the sale price, which is typically 15%. Following the auction, royalties are paid every quarter in Ethereum, which can either be converted into a fiat currency or remain a cryptocurrency.

Royalty Exchange is only the most high-profile player to have entered the royalty streams-as-NFTs game over the past several months. In April, the singer VÉRITÉ auctioned off 100% of the artist share of master recording ownership for her single “By Now” on the marketplace Zora. The same month, rapper Taylor Bennett partnered with music rights management company Bluebox to sell 75% of the rights ownership of a forthcoming single release.

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