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‘Adore’-able: Harry Styles Scores Second Solo Top 10
Billboard
Necessity Becomes The Mother Of Promotion • Labels and managers are turning to Instagram, online concerts — and even drones
MARKET WATCH
What’s In Store For Physical Retail • MUSIC SHOPS ARE STRUGGLING AND AMAZON IS FOCUSING ON HOUSEHOLD GOODS. CAN THE VINYL AND CD BUSINESS SURVIVE?
THE LIVE-BUSINESS FORECAST FROM CHINA: THIS TOO SHALL PASS • Experts in China estimate the live sector there will contract by 50% in 2020, but infection numbers are slowing dramatically and offices are opening again
Low Money, More Problems • CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ARE FURTHER COMPLICATING THE LATIN LIVE BUSINESS
MusiCares Raises Millions For Music Biz Workers • Funds will go directly to those who have lost their livelihoods to the coronavirus shutdown
MORE WAYS TO GET HELP • HEAD TO BILLBOARD.COM/CORONAVIRUS FOR A STATE-BY-STATE RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE MUSIC COMMUNITY
Fighting The Lockdown Blues • As the European concert business reels amid the coronavirus, music lives, with flash mobs in Italy and virtual concerts in Spain
AMY THOMSON • Manager and Author, Artist Management & Marketing: A Beginners Guide
The Scene
THE NEW SUMMER? • Coachella moved to fall first, and other festivals are following its lead. Can the season sustain them all?
THE NEW NORMAL • As live music shuts down, different parts of the industry have had to get creative and keep spirits high. Metal band Code Orange pulled together an album-release livestream show, manager Doris Muñoz comforted clients, and singer-songwriter Caroline Rose was looking at her first sold-out tour — but then she just wanted to get home
Delivering On A Promise • Emerald Fennell wanted a pop-driven soundtrack for her directorial debut — and a group of powerful executives helped her get one
Joshua Bassett • LABEL WARNER RECORDS
LABEL LOOK • RENEW RECORDS
DISCO’S NEW RULE
Dynamic Duo • Why friends and collaborators Thundercat and Flying Lotus crave creative complications
Caylee Hammack
THE NEXT STAGE • The concert business shutdown is creating a credit crisis that’s choking indie promoters. The industry that emerges when it’s done will be more competitive — and concentrated — than ever
THE CATERER • Shelleylyn Brandler, owner of Ta-Da! Catering, is facing a big loss of business — and a new set of challenges when shows start again.
THE TALENT BUYER • For independent venue employees like the Lodge Room’s Raghav Desai, an unimaginable situation could have a silver lining.
THE MANAGER • Brooklyn-based SKH Media co-owner Keith Hagan had to shift entire tours in an attempt to dodge the outbreak.
THE TOUR PHOTOGRAPHER • A week into touring season, Catherine Powell’s annual spring arena run was cut down to nothing.
THE LIGHTING DESIGNER • When SXSW was canceled, Kelly Ostrander’s packed schedule started to empty. Now the freelancer is looking for a different kind of work entirely.
THE CEO • Sean Miyashiro of the Asian music collective 88Rising can handle a canceled festival. Racism was another story.
LIVE THROUGH THIS • How to create — art, cash flow and new opportunities — amid a crisis
Merch Madness Merch Madness • From light sticks to fish sticks, a dazzling array of branded goods has K-pop fans shelling out the equivalent of thousands of dollars a year to support their favorite acts. How much is too much?
A Stan Is Born • How far will K-pop superfans go to...