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.

Billboard US

Department Of Records: Swift Makes More History

58 “Tell Ur Girlfriend” Lay Bankz

BILLBOARD 200

2 “Espresso” Sabrina Carpenter

5 KENDRICK LAMAR WEEKS ON CHART 435

Boy Begets No. 1 For Hemmings

ILLIT Attracts Followers

Tommy Richman Banks First No. 1

More Leading Music For Winans

Towers Turns In Top Debuts

‘Unstoppable’ After 100 Weeks

Sony Extends Its Sweep • Warner Chappell holds second place on both music publisher rankings for a second consecutive quarter

She’s All Biz-ness • Portia Sabin pulls back the curtain on the 2024 Music Business Association’s annual conference

ADULT R&B’S YOUTHFUL LOOK • Maeta, Muni Long, SZA and other artists in their 20s and 30s are reenergizing a format that was once the domain of legacy acts

From The Desk Of... Tunji Balogun • CHAIRMAN/CEO, DEF JAM RECORDINGS

It’s Showtime • After breaking through on Cowboy Carter , rising country star Shaboozey has scored a smash of his own

Coastal Cowboy • Why country-forward venue Desert 5 Spot is expanding to another major city

Good Neighbours

COUNTRY WITH A FLARE • With her thoughtful songwriting, farmer’s-daughter grit and self-branding savvy, it may seem like Lainey Wilson shot to stardom overnight — but the long road here is what’s keeping her grounded

SETH ENGLAND • The Big Loud partner/CEO’s golden ear and bold risk-taking helped him turn a boutique music publishing operation into a multifaceted hit machine — and shape music’s mainstream

WME’S COUNTRY POWER TEAM

NATE SMITH • He’s making chart history now, but the road to viral breakout success was long and hard for the indefatigable country-rocker — who’s still just grateful to have “a stable job”

THE WAR AND TREATY • It’s pretty much impossible not to love the married duo, whose exuberant music is winning fans in Nashville and far beyond

LINDA MARTELL • The pioneering singer’s brief time in Nashville was bittersweet — but thanks to appearances on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter , she’s finally in the spotlight again

DASHA • How booting a lover led the country-pop artist to a breakout hit with “Austin”