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Billboard Magazine

Feb 26 2022
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.

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Billboard

The Magic Is Strong: Encanto, ‘Bruno’ Continue Their Chart Commands

TOOL TIME • THE HARD-ROCK BAND GRABS THE TOP TOUR FOR JANUARY — DESPITE IT BEING THE LOWEST GROSS FOR A NO. 1 IN TWO YEARS

Rough Road Ahead For Tour Managers • Artists are eager to get back on the road, but personnel, trucks and stages are hard to find — will profits be in short supply as well?

Selling A Song Catalog? Now’s The Time • Wealth managers explain what rising interest rates mean for the publishing market

Inflation Impacts Merch And Vinyl • “Everybody is paying more to make less money,” says one executive

ADELE MAKES IT LOOK ‘EASY’ FOR SONY • The music publisher tops both fourth-quarter rankings despite market-share declines

BRAZIL COMBATS FAKE STREAMS • In 2021, an initiative dubbed “Operation Anti-Doping” shut down 84 stream-boosting sites with ties to Russia — the first time that fake streams have been prosecuted as a crime there

From The Desk Of… Ghazi • FOUNDER/CEO, EMPIRE

At Long Last • Reggae singer Koffee made Grammys history as a teen. Now, with a new record deal and full-length debut, she wants to move her genre forward

GOT the beat

JAMEE RANTA • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

THE COLLABORATORS

Aṣa

WOMAN OF THE YEAR Olivia Rodrigo

GAME CHANGER Saweetie

RULE BREAKER Karol G

ICON Bonnie Raitt

POWERHOUSE Doja Cat

TRAILBLAZER Phoebe Bridgers

IMPACT H.E.R.

CHART BREAKER Summer Walker

RISING STAR Gabby Barrett

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR Golnar Khosrowshahi • In August, the Iran-born entrepreneur became the first female founder and CEO of a publicly traded, independent music company when Reservoir Media was listed on NASDAQ. “It was a true moment of arrival,” she says

HALL OF FAME HONOREES • CHOSEN AS THE FIRST AMONG THEIR PEERS IN PRIOR YEARS, THESE FORMER EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR HONOREES REFLECT ON THEIR RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS — AND OFFER THEIR THOUGHTS FOR ADVANCING WOMEN AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Christy Castillo Butcher • Senior vp of programming and booking, SoFi Stadium/YouTube Theater/Hollywood Park

Ethel Gabriel

Marion Keisker

Leaders Of The Mechanical Licensing Collective

Christine Farnon

Suzanne de Passe

María de Jesús “Chuyita” Lizárraga

Theresa Velasquez • SENIOR VP, LIVE NATION MEDIA AND SPONSORSHIP

Bonnie Garner

THE BORDER KID WHO CROSSED OVER • After topping Billboard’s four Latin genre charts, Edgar Barrera — aka Edge — talks about his first decade in music and his new label venture with Sony Music

TRIBUTES • BARRERA’S ARTIST COLLABORATORS SHARE WHAT MAKES HIM STAND OUT MOST

MUNI LONG • The singer-songwriter’s breakthrough hit, “Hrs and Hrs,” is the result of years of hard work — and a career reinvention


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 150 Publisher: Penske Media Corporation Edition: Feb 26 2022

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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.

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Billboard

The Magic Is Strong: Encanto, ‘Bruno’ Continue Their Chart Commands

TOOL TIME • THE HARD-ROCK BAND GRABS THE TOP TOUR FOR JANUARY — DESPITE IT BEING THE LOWEST GROSS FOR A NO. 1 IN TWO YEARS

Rough Road Ahead For Tour Managers • Artists are eager to get back on the road, but personnel, trucks and stages are hard to find — will profits be in short supply as well?

Selling A Song Catalog? Now’s The Time • Wealth managers explain what rising interest rates mean for the publishing market

Inflation Impacts Merch And Vinyl • “Everybody is paying more to make less money,” says one executive

ADELE MAKES IT LOOK ‘EASY’ FOR SONY • The music publisher tops both fourth-quarter rankings despite market-share declines

BRAZIL COMBATS FAKE STREAMS • In 2021, an initiative dubbed “Operation Anti-Doping” shut down 84 stream-boosting sites with ties to Russia — the first time that fake streams have been prosecuted as a crime there

From The Desk Of… Ghazi • FOUNDER/CEO, EMPIRE

At Long Last • Reggae singer Koffee made Grammys history as a teen. Now, with a new record deal and full-length debut, she wants to move her genre forward

GOT the beat

JAMEE RANTA • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

THE COLLABORATORS

Aṣa

WOMAN OF THE YEAR Olivia Rodrigo

GAME CHANGER Saweetie

RULE BREAKER Karol G

ICON Bonnie Raitt

POWERHOUSE Doja Cat

TRAILBLAZER Phoebe Bridgers

IMPACT H.E.R.

CHART BREAKER Summer Walker

RISING STAR Gabby Barrett

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR Golnar Khosrowshahi • In August, the Iran-born entrepreneur became the first female founder and CEO of a publicly traded, independent music company when Reservoir Media was listed on NASDAQ. “It was a true moment of arrival,” she says

HALL OF FAME HONOREES • CHOSEN AS THE FIRST AMONG THEIR PEERS IN PRIOR YEARS, THESE FORMER EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR HONOREES REFLECT ON THEIR RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS — AND OFFER THEIR THOUGHTS FOR ADVANCING WOMEN AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Christy Castillo Butcher • Senior vp of programming and booking, SoFi Stadium/YouTube Theater/Hollywood Park

Ethel Gabriel

Marion Keisker

Leaders Of The Mechanical Licensing Collective

Christine Farnon

Suzanne de Passe

María de Jesús “Chuyita” Lizárraga

Theresa Velasquez • SENIOR VP, LIVE NATION MEDIA AND SPONSORSHIP

Bonnie Garner

THE BORDER KID WHO CROSSED OVER • After topping Billboard’s four Latin genre charts, Edgar Barrera — aka Edge — talks about his first decade in music and his new label venture with Sony Music

TRIBUTES • BARRERA’S ARTIST COLLABORATORS SHARE WHAT MAKES HIM STAND OUT MOST

MUNI LONG • The singer-songwriter’s breakthrough hit, “Hrs and Hrs,” is the result of years of hard work — and a career reinvention


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