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

Carpenter Pours Double Shot, Led By ‘Espresso’

21 “Good Luck, Babe!” Chappell Roan

BILLBOARD 200

16 HOZIER WEEKS ON CHART 125

‘Feather’ Flies To Top 10

Radio Loves Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

1 “Take Her Home” Kenny Chesney

Swift Scores 13th No. 1

El Fantasma Finally Finishes First

Premier Placement For Plays Metallica

Lauper’s Canary Still Perched In Top 10

Live Nation Lawsuit: Pre-Trial Discoveries • The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust action will probably take years to resolve, but its complaint hints at the probable winners and losers

Guitars, Cadillacs... Beats • Country songwriters are marketing their work on sample libraries

SWIMMING AGAINST THE STREAM • Artists are experimenting with alternative rollout strategies to better market and monetize their music

From The Desk Of... Willie “Prophet” Stiggers • CO-FOUNDER/PRESIDENT/CEO, BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION

High-Flying Bird • Towa Bird’s debut album proves she never needed permission to be the artist she has become

Tayla “To The Max”

AT LONG LAST • Trans soul singer Jackie Shane disappeared in 1971 — a new film reclaims her legacy

Nemo

$IGN OF THE TIMES • The Kendrick Lamar track that capped a historic beef and the No. 1 Ye album no one expected have something crucial in common: connections to Ty Dolla $ign, the musical polymath who has changed the sound of modern R&B and hip-hop

BILLBOARD Pride LIST 2024 • Over the last decade, LGBTQ+ music fans have seen representation among popular artists steadily rise to new heights. At the same time, queer professionals have become more visibly integral to the music business — and have helped many of these talents achieve their massive accomplishments. Across all sectors of the industry, these 30 executives are working to create a more diverse, more equitable future for music’s LGBTQ+ community.

DAVID FURNISH • Guiding Elton John through a record-setting farewell tour is just one way the former ad executive has transformed the legacy and relevance of the pop legend (who also happens to be his husband)

‘I’m Queer. I Know How To Code-Switch’ • For Grammy-winning hit-maker Annie Clark — better known as the shape-shifting rocker St. Vincent — identity and performance have always been linked. Two decades into her career, her influence is felt more than ever

TRO ESSEX HITS 75: ‘WE ARE READY FOR THE FUTURE’ • The pioneering music publisher launches new label Shamus Records

40 YEARS OF ‘PURPLE’ REIGN