The Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, or CAPIF, has released its 2024 music report, which analyzes last year’s music consumption in the country.

In 2023, the market grew by 8.2% compared to 2022 with a sustained revenue growth trend in the digital space. According to the 70-page report, the data reflects the predominance and prevalence of digital consumption in today’s music industry with audio and video streaming dominating the market with 75%.

Furthermore, the public communication rights, collected by AADI-CAPIF, make up 16% of the market, while physical sales, represented by CDs and vinyl account for 8%. Synchronization, which covers the use of music in advertising, films and television, accounts for the remaining 1%.

“The music industry in Argentina has experienced a remarkable transformation in recent years,” wrote Diego Zapico, president of CAPIF, in the report. “From the explosion of urban sounds to the resurgence of traditional genres, the production of our music is leaving an indelible mark both nationally and internationally. The current state of Argentine music is vibrant and is full of challenges and opportunities, typical of this moment we are living in the country and globally … there’s a possibility of reaching the public through multiple platforms and formats.”

While Argentine hitmakers like Maria Becerra, Bizarrap and Nicki Nicole have offered a global spotlight to the country’s burgeoning urban music scene, their music also fared well at home. According to the report, 53% of the music played in Argentina in 2023 was local repertoire.

The data also includes the top 10 songs from last year, which include Maria Becerra’s “Adiós,” “En La Intimidad” by Emilia, Callejero Fino and Big One, plus Ke Personajes’ “Pobre Corazón” ft. Onda Sabanera.

Read the full report in Spanish here.

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If you’re a sports fan, ESPN is the go-to hub for year-round live sporting events, including Monday Night Football, NBA games and even March Madness. DirecTV Stream used to be another source to watch ESPN at home for free — and even included a five-day free trial for new users at signup, but due to a licensing dispute with Disney, an estimated 11 million subscribers lost access to major channels including ESPN and ABC on Sunday (Sept. 1), according to CNN. Thankfully, the live-TV streamer isn’t the only cable alternative that’ll let you watch ESPN online.

ESPN is one of the easiest ways to get access to games and analysis, but sports fans who have become cord-cutters don’t have to re-invest in cable if they want to watch ESPN. There are a variety of affordable streaming options that can give you access to watch ESPN online.

These days, there are a number of live TV streaming platforms that include ESPN as well as hundreds of other channels that’ll get you access to NHL, UFC and more online at home. Plus, most of the platforms include promos and free trials that’ll help save you additional money while allowing you to watch ESPN online for free.

Keep reading to learn how to watch ESPN at home without cable.

How to Watch ESPN Online Without Cable

ESPN+ is the official streaming platform for ESPN, and a subscription includes instant access to games and more exclusive content for $10.99/month. You can save more than 15% off by purchasing an annual subscription for $109.99/year. There is no free ESPN+ trial, but it does include exclusive on-demand videos and access to content from what was formerly known as ESPN Insider.

In addition to live sports, ESPN+ has original shows to stream on-demand, plus game recaps and analysis hosted by Peyton Manning, a shorter version of NFL Primetime and full replays of historic NFL matchups.

To expand your savings and content offerings, you can also bundle ESPN+ with Hulu and Disney+ for a single monthly price of just $14.99 for all three services.

How to Watch ESPN Online Free

While ESPN+ doesn’t currently offer a free trial, there are other streamers that offer ESPN online free. If you want access to ESPN and additional channels, you can take advantage of Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV and Fubo, which are all offering free trials or promos right now. Some of them can give you free access to ESPN for up to a week.

Here are all the ways to watch ESPN online, including ways to stream ESPN online for free.

Sling TV

Sling TV is providing new users half-off their first month when they sign up for one of the three packages available. ESPN is only included in the Orange and Orange + Blue packages, which you can get for as low as $20 for the first month (reg. $40). After your first month you’ll be charged the full package price.

The Orange package includes 32 channels and can be streamed on one device at once. For even more channel options including FS1 and the NFL Network, you can combine both plans for $27.50 for the first month (reg. $55/month) and get access to 46 channels.

Fubo

Fubo is another affordable option you can take advantage of to watch ESPN online. The streamer offers a seven-day free trial that’ll give you access to ESPN free and more than 100 live TV channels.

After your free trial is over, Fubo’s Pro Plan is its cheapest option at $79.99/month and it comes with 199 channels, 1000 hours of DVR storage and the ability to watch content on up to 10 screens at once. You can also upgrade to its Premier plan for $99.99/month, which includes everything in its Elite plan as well as access to Showtime and 275 channels.

Hulu + Live TV

For the most content options, Hulu + Live TV gives you access to the entire Hulu library in addition to more than 95 live TV channels — including ESPN for just $77/month.

And, unlike the rest of the options, you can also expand your content library by bundling Hulu + Live TV with Disney+ and ESPN+. You’ll not only have all of the Hulu library to watch, but also exclusive and original programming available exclusively on ESPN+.

JoJo Siwa is ready for the world’s stage. According to the 21-year-old star, Poland is considering her to represent the country in the next Eurovision Song Contest — and she’s totally down to do it.

The Dance Moms alum shared the news while getting ready to head to the airport in a recent TikTok video, telling followers that she was visiting Poland to connect with her Polish ancestry after one of her songs — “Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s Today” — went viral in the country. Coincidentally, she explained, one of her followers had jokingly commented on a previous video that she should perform at Eurovision – which will be held in Basel next year — on behalf of the country, but now it’s “actually become a real conversation.”  

“Eurovision’s into it,” she continued. “We’re talking with the people in Poland. If Poland wants me to represent, I will be there. I will make it happen.”

Siwa also noted that she wouldn’t be able to perform “Yesterday’s Tomorrow’s Today” at the competition, as the rules of Eurovision dictate that each country’s entry must be a previously unreleased song. However, the “Karma” artist is prepared.

“I did come up with an idea [for a new song] that I 100% would do,” she told followers. “I can’t wait — I think it would be so frickin’ fun.”

Billboard has reached out to Eurovision for comment.

Siwa went on to share videos of her exploring Poland, teasing that she had the “best meeting in Poland” and later adding that she’d gotten the “best news.”

According to the BBC, however, executives in charge of Poland’s Eurovision entry said they haven’t been in contact with the Nickelodeon star, while the Polish broadcaster TVP — which helps select the country’s representatives — said it wasn’t currently speaking to any artists and hadn’t made any decisions about 2025.

Watch Siwa’s videos below.

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Sabrina Carpenter achieves her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 7), as her new studio album, Short n’ Sweet, debuts atop the tally. The set earned 362,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 29, according to Luminate — marking her best week ever, and the year’s third-largest debut. The set, which is also her first top 10-charting effort, was announced on June 3, and its Aug. 23 release was preceded by a pair of top three-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit songs: “Espresso” (No. 3) and “Please Please Please” (No. 1).

Meanwhile, the first official release of Travis Scott’s 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo opens at No. 2, marking his fifth top five-charting effort. The set earned a little over 361,000 equivalent album units — the year’s fourth-largest debut and biggest week for any rap album. Of that sum, album sales comprise 331,000 – yielding 2024’s second-biggest sales week, and best sales week for any rap album. Days Before Rodeo’s Aug. 23 release was announced on Aug. 18 — the 10th anniversary of the set’s initial free release in 2014. Until Aug. 23, the set had never been commercially released nor officially made widely available through all streaming services.

Carpenter’s and Scott’s debuts were both aided by social media chatter about them potentially vying for No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The two artists also had promotional help on social media from some very famous friends. Among the endorsements: Taylor Swift shouted out her former Eras Tour mate Carpenter in her Instagram story on Aug. 23, writing, “Short. Sweet. Has made an extraordinary album… Go support our girl!” Carpenter’s rumored boyfriend and “Please Please Please” video co-star, Academy Award-nominated actor Barry Keoghan, shared a link to buy the album in his own Instagram story on Aug. 29. That same day, Ye (formerly Kanye West) shared a link to buy Scott’s album in his Instagram story.

While Carpenter’s and Scott’s albums lead the top 10 action, they aren’t the only debuts in the region. Country singer-songwriter Lainey Wilson notches her first top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200, as Whirlwind blows in at No. 8 in its opening week.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Sept. 7, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Wednesday, Sept. 4 (a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. on Sept. 2). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet starts with 362,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 184,000 (her biggest sales week ever and the fifth-largest sales debut of 2024), SEA units comprise 176,000 (equaling 233 million on-demand official streams of the 12 songs on the streaming edition of the album; her largest streaming week ever and the fourth-largest streaming debut of 2024) and TEA units comprise 2,000.

Short n’ Sweet also opens at No. 1 on the Streaming Albums chart.

Short n’ Sweet is Carpenter’s seventh charting album but first to reach the top 20. Her first visit to the chart came in 2015 with Eyes Wide Open, peaking at No. 43. Until this week, Carpenter’s best chart rank came with the 2022 release Emails I Can’t Send, which debuted and peaked at No. 23. The album includes “Nonsense,” which marked her first top 10-charting hit on the Pop Airplay chart. She followed it up with “Feather,” a bonus track added to a deluxe edition of Emails. “Feather” floated to No. 1 on Pop Airplay and marked her first top 40-charting song on the Hot 100.

The Short n’ Sweet campaign began brewing on the charts with its lead single, “Espresso,” which reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 in June and No. 1 on Pop Airplay in July. A second single, “Please Please Please,” followed, and it hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 in its second week on the list in June, and tops the Sept. 7-dated Pop Airplay chart. The set’s third promoted song, “Taste,” debuts at No. 34 on the Sept. 7-dated Pop Airplay ranking.

The official music videos for “Please” and “Taste” are also starry affairs, with the former co-starring Keoghan and the latter featuring actress Jenna Ortega.

Short n’ Sweet’s sales were bolstered by its availability across nine vinyl variants, five CD editions, two cassettes and four digital album download variants. Vinyl sales combined totaled 105,000  – Carpenter’s best week on vinyl and the second-largest sales week of the year for a vinyl album. Short n’ Sweet also debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart.

As for the rest of the album’s first-week sales, it sold 33,000 on CD; 45,000 digital download albums; and 2,000 cassettes.

Among Short n’ Sweet’s vinyl variants were some exclusively sold through Carpenter’s official webstore, including one variant with a bonus track, a picture disc and a signed edition. Her webstore also exclusively carried a signed CD.

There were also exclusive editions of her physical album sold through the likes of Amazon (a color vinyl and a CD with alternative packaging), Target (a color vinyl, and a CD containing a poster) and Urban Outfitters (a color vinyl).

As for its digital download variants, Short n’ Sweet was initially issued widely through digital retailers (including her webstore) as a standard 12-song album. The set did not garner additional variants until Aug. 28-29, the final days of the tracking week. Carpenter issued one variant in the evening of Aug. 28, followed by a second variant in the afternoon of Aug. 29, with a third arriving around 10 p.m. ET on Aug. 29. All were exclusively sold via her webstore for $4.99 each (the minimum price required for chart eligibility), and all contained the standard album’s 12 songs, plus one bonus track each. (The standard digital album was also discounted to $4.99 on Aug. 29 in both her webstore and in the iTunes Store.)

Of the additional variants, first came the Bonus Track Digital Album edition, with the extra song “Needless to Say.” Then the Short n’ Sweet(er) edition was second, and it came with the bonus track “Busy Woman.” The final variant was the Short n’ Sweet(est) edition with a demo recording of “Taste” as its bonus track.

The three alternative variants became unavailable to purchase on Aug. 30.

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Scott’s Days Before Rodeo enters with 361,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 331,000 (the second-biggest sales week of 2024, trailing only the 1.91 million sales start of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department), SEA units comprise 176,000 (equaling 40.63 million on-demand official streams of the 12 songs on the album’s streaming edition) and TEA units comprise less than 500 units.

Days Before Rodeo also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

Days Before Rodeo was initially released as a free mixtape on Aug. 18, 2014. It garnered its first commercial and official streaming release for its 10th anniversary, on Aug. 23, as the 12-track set was issued through all major digital retail and streamers. Scott ushered in the album’s official release with an anniversary concert on Aug. 22 at The Masquerade in Atlanta, where he performed 10 of the standard album’s 12 songs, in addition to other material.

Of Days Before Rodeo’s first-week sales, digital download comprise 300,000 – the largest download sales week for an album this year. (The rest of the album’s sales came from CD purchases.) The set’s download sales were bolstered by its availability across eight different editions of the digital album, six of which were exclusively sold through Scott’s official webstore. Aside from the standard 12-song download album, the other seven variants contained assorted bonus tracks (ranging from unreleased studio cuts, to live tracks from The Masquerade concert, and chopped and screwed remixes of the album’s songs).

All variants sold via Scott’s webstore were priced at $4.99, while versions available in the iTunes Store were also available for $4.99 at the end of the tracking week.

Here’s a recap of the assorted digital album variants and when they were released:

Aug. 23 – Standard Digital Download – 12-song standard album, widely available, though not in Scott’s webstore.

Aug. 23 – Digital Deluxe Album – 12-song standard album with five bonus previously unreleased songs (“Mo City Flexologist”; “Too Many Chances”; “Yeah Yeah,” featuring Young Thug; “Serenade”; and “Whole Lots Changed”), available for pre-order beginning Aug. 18 (the day of the 10th anniversary of the mixtape’s initial free release). Exclusive to Scott’s webstore.

Aug. 29 – Digital Deluxe Album Vault 1 – 12-song standard album with the five bonus songs included on the Digital Deluxe Album (above), plus a PDF booklet. Widely available, including Scott’s webstore.

Aug. 29 – Digital Deluxe Album Vault 2 – 12 song standard album with two bonus previously unreleased songs (“Hold On,” featuring Young Thug and Quavo; and “Respected”). Exclusive to Scott’s webstore.

Aug. 29 – DBR Standard Edition + Live From Atlanta – 12-song standard album with 12 bonus live songs from Scott’s concert at The Masquerade. Exclusive to Scott’s webstore.

Aug. 29 – DBR Deluxe Edition + Chopped and Screwed Edition – 12-song standard album, plus the seven bonus songs included on the Digital Deluxe Album and Vault 1 editions (above), and “slowed and chopped” remixes of 18 of the album’s songs. Exclusive to Scott’s webstore.

Aug. 29 – Digital Deluxe Album Vault 3 – 12-song standard album with two bonus previously unreleased songs (“Naughty” and “Too Many Options,” featuring an uncredited Young Thug). Exclusive to Scott’s webstore.

Aug. 29 – Digital Deluxe Album Vault 4 – 12-song standard album with two bonus previously unreleased songs (“Whoudini,” featuring an uncredited Playboi Carti; and a remix of “Quintana, Pt. 2”). Exclusive to Scott’s webstore.

Vault 1 was released in the morning of Thursday, Aug. 29, while the rest of the editions issued on Aug. 29 had a staggered release through the rest of the day, until Vault 4 dropped shortly before 11:30 p.m. ET. All download variants, except for the standard widely available 12-song edition, became unavailable for purchase on Aug. 30.

In terms of physical formats, the set was available as a CD during its debut week, only via Scott’s webstore. It was sold both as a stand-alone CD and as part of a deluxe boxed set containing a branded hat and a CD. Two vinyl variants (a standard edition, and one in expanded packaging), as well as two further boxed sets (one containing a hoodie and the standard vinyl, one with a T-shirt and the deluxe vinyl) were available to pre-order during the tracking week, but have yet to ship to customers, so they do not impact its debut numbers.

A wide retail release beyond Scott’s webstore for any physical formats of the album has not been announced.

With both Short n’ Sweet and Days Before Rodeo each launching with over 360,000 equivalent album units earned, it’s the first time that two albums have earned at least 360,000 units in the same week in over eight years. It last happened on the May 14, 2016-dated chart, when Beyoncé’s Lemonade bowed at No. 1 with 653,000 and Prince’s The Very Best of Prince earned 391,000 units at No. 2 (shortly after his death). The latter title, first released in 2001, had re-entered at No. 1 the previous week.

As both Days Before Rodeo and Short n’ Sweet are debuts – the last time the chart housed two debuting titles earning at least 360,000 units came on the Dec. 5, 2015-dated chart, when Justin Bieber’s Purpose premiered with 649,000 and One Direction’s Made in the A.M. launched at No. 2 with 459,000.

Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion falls to No. 3 with 111,000 equivalent album units (down 55%), after debuting atop the chart a week ago. Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess dips 2-4 with 72,000 (up less than 1%), Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time slips 4-5 with 58,000 (down 3%), Swift’s former No. 1 The Tortured Poets Department descends 3-6 with 57,000 (down 8%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft falls 5-7 with nearly 53,000 (down 2%).

Lainey Wilson ropes her first top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 with the No. 8 debut of her fifth studio album, Whirlwind. The set swirls in with 48,000 equivalent album units earned — her best week ever by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 34,000; SEA units comprise 14,000 (equaling 17.83 million on-demand official streams of the 14 songs on the streaming edition of the album) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

The set’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across eight vinyl variants, three CD editions (including a signed edition sold in Wilson’s webstore, and a Walmart-exclusive CD containing a branded patch and a bonus track), a standard digital download album, and a deluxe digital album variant with four bonus “worktape” recordings (sold via Wilson’s webstore).

The new album was led by the single “Hang Tight Honey,” which reached the top 20 of the Hot Country Songs chart in August and is percolating in the top 15 of the Country Airplay chart (after reaching a No. 13 high in August).

Whirlwind is the follow-up to Bell Bottom Country, which marked Wilson’s first album to reach the all-genre Billboard 200 (peaking at No. 51) and climbed to No. 9 on Top Country Albums. The set won the Grammy Award for best country album, the Country Music Association (CMA) award for album of the year, and the Academy of Country Music (ACM) award for album of the year. (It became only the ninth album ever to win all three trophies.) Bell Bottom Country spun off three top 10-charting hits on Hot Country Songs — “Heart Like a Truck,” “Watermelon Moonshine” and “Wildflowers and Wild Honey.” All three also reached the top five on the Country Airplay chart, with “Watermelon” topping the tally.

Closing out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 are Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene, which falls 6-9 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (down 7%), and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season, slipping 8-10 with 37,000 units (down 2%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

BTS‘ RM will be the subject of the upcoming solo documentary, RM: Right People, Wrong Place. According to a release, the film directed by Lee Seokjun — who also produced BTS bandmate J-Hope’s videos for “Arson” and “MORE” — will take viewers “through Seoul, Tokyo, and London — cities where RM captured the essence of the album’s visuals, including concept photos and music videos — providing an in-depth look into his creative vision.”

Officially selected to premiere in the “open cinema” portion of the 29th BUSAN International Film Festival (BIFF) at an as-yet-undisclosed time during the Oct. 2-11 event, the film makes use of “various backdrops and diverse artistic collaborations [to] offer an evocative glimpse into his introspection and growth adding depth to the maze-like exploration of RM’s identity as both BTS’s leader and the individual Kim Namjoon (RM’s given name).”

Produced by the group’s agency, HYBE, and distributed by CJ 4DPLEX, the doc will take ARMY on a journey through the eight months leading up to RM’s military enlistment in Nov. 2023 following the release of his debut solo album, Indigo, in Dec. 2022. It will also take viewers through the sessions for RM’s second solo LP, this summer’s Right Place, Wrong Person, promising to put a spotlight on the singer’s “journey of self-discovery as he channels his experiences and emotions into an album that showcases his distinctive sensibility and beliefs through a candid portrayal of feeling like a stranger, out of place.”

Right Place, Wrong Person debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart in June and at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart, with six individual tracks debuting in the top 10 of the Rap Digital Song Sales chart.

Though the exact BIFF screening date has not yet been announced, the release noted that the movie will show in a “large-scale outdoor screening” at the Busan Cinema Center; the film will make history for being the first movie focused on a K-pop artist to be officially selected for the “Open Cinema” section of Asia’s largest film festival.

RM: Right People, Wrong Place will have a global theatrical release later this year.