Billboard Magazine

Written for music industry professionals and fans. Contents provide news, reviews and statistics for all genres of music, including radio play, music video, related internet activity and retail updates.

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‘Labels Must Make A Business Decision’ • Nashville canceled Morgan Wallen. His fans haven’t. How record labels decide what stars to stand behind — and which ones to drop

JOHNNY PACHECO • 1935-2021

Turning Fan Data Into Dollars • New technology allows artists to interact with superfans — and use information about them to open new revenue streams

SONY DROPS ‘ATV,’ STAYS NO. 1 ON SONGS CHARTS • Newly rebranded publisher shows “Hope” with most titles on Top Radio Airplay and Hot 100 Songs

Can You Tour In A Land Down Under? • Artists from Australia and New Zealand are. Here’s how global acts can follow

FROM THE DESK OF KIRDIS POSTELLE • Global Head of Artist Marketing, Amazon Music

ALL IN THE FAMILY • How falling in love helped Camilo score his career-changing record deal with a Latin music titan

BEHIND THE HIT

DANIEL NIGRO • SONGWRITER-PRODUCER

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MERCURIADIS RISING • The founder of Hipgnosis has spent $2 billion to transform the business of songs, making some creators rich and infuriating rivals by forcing them to spend more. Now he wants to rally songwriters to raise royalties — a plan that might even boost the fortunes of those who call him Publishing Enemy No. 1

STAR TRACK: THE NEXT GENERATION • MAJOR CATALOGS ARE SELLING FOR HUGE PRICES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUNGER SONGWRITERS?

What’s In The Vault • By the end of 2020, Hipgnosis had acquired 129 song catalogs containing over 60,000 tunes. Here are just a few of them

#NOFILTER • Her hilariously candid tweets have made 80-year-old Dionne Warwick an unlikely social media queen. Now — with a little help from the manager who calls her Mom — she’s setting a standard for how to be a living legend

2021 Top Business Managers • TOURING INCOME PLUMMETED. THE VALUE OF SONG CATALOGS SOARED. GOVERNMENT LOANS FLOWED FAST. AND THESE MONEY MEN AND WOMEN HELD IT ALL TOGETHER FOR THEIR SUPERSTAR CLIENTS

‘This Has Been The Most Challenging Year Ever’ • RZO’S BILL ZYSBLAT ON STADIUM TOUR SHUTDOWNS, INSURANCE BILLS AND SUPERSTAR FRUGALITY

SONY/ATV’S 25 YEARS OF SONGS • CHAIRMAN/CEO JON PLATT TALKS THE PUBLISHING GIANT’S SILVER ANNIVERSARY AMID ITS REBRANDING AS SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING

TOP HITS OF 2020 • THE HIGHEST-CHARTING SONGS ON BILLBOARD’S YEAR-END HOT 100 LIST WITH SONY/ATV PUBLISHING CREDITS

ICONIC (AND VALUABLE) HITS IN THE SONY/ATV VAULT • CATALOG EXECUTIVES ON THEIR FAVORITE COPYRIGHTS, INCLUDING SONGS BY CAROLE KING, STEVIE WONDER AND SADE

2021 5TH ANNIVERSARY

Ashnikko • A TikTok campaign and major brand deal slowly but surely helped “Daisy” bloom

2021 TOP MUSIC LAWYERS