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Billboard
Adele Makes Her Historical Chart Stays Look ‘Easy’
WINNERS IN WINTER • TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LEADS THE 2021 HOLIDAY SEASON’S LIST OF THE TOP TOURS
1 Trillion Holds Strong • On-demand streams continued to surge in 20 21, while CDs joined vin yl in the growth column
WHAT’S AHEAD FOR MUSIC STOCKS? • Analysts share their 2022 forecasts
Who Wins The Halftime Show? • The Super Bowl is the biggest booking in music, but will this year’s performance produce results for the hip-hop all-star team?
Music’s Hot New Job Sows Discord • As more artists and producers engage with superfans on the exclusive social platform, they’re hiring “community managers” to moderate their channels — and seeking volunteers
CHINA BOOSTS COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONS • Over the last two years, infringement penalties have strengthened and collection oversight has improved
From The Desk Of… Jay Mehta • MANAGING DIRECTOR, WARNER MUSIC INDIA
TAKING STOCK • Cordae’s second album leans more on personal storytelling, which he believes is one piece of a larger professional plan
BEHIND THE HIT • “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
‘I’M BACK IN FIGHTING MODE’ • At work on his final album, Tank isn’t letting hearing loss impede the next chapter in his two-decade career
Charli XCX: Alone Together
Mountain Man • Hundreds of miles away from industry anxiety, Post Malone is returning with a new album and a new mantra: no more compromising
SOUNDCLOUD’S NEW HORIZON • Can an enthusiastic team of industry veterans turn a platform built as an artist launching pad into a career destination — and a major player in the new creator economy?
2022 BILLBOARD POWER LIST
Sir Lucian Grainge • CHAIRMAN/CEO, UNIVER SAL MUSIC GROUP
Rob Stringer • CHAIRMAN, SONY MUSIC GROUP
3 THE TOP 25
MUSIC GROUPS
Daniel Ek • CEO, SPO TIFY
MULTISECTOR
Jon Platt • CHAIRMAN/CEO, SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING
Jody Gerson • CHAIRMAN/CEO, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP
Irving Azoff • CHAIRMAN/CEO, THE AZOFF COMPANY
8 THE TOP 25
Oliver Schusser • VP OF APPLE MUSIC AND INTERNATIONAL CONTENT, APPLE
LABELS & DISTRIBUTORS
Lyor Cohen • GLOBAL HEAD OF MUSIC, YOUTUBE
THE BILLBOARD POWER LIST BY GENDER
Steve Boom • VICE PRESIDENT, AMAZON MUSIC
Hartwig Masuch • CEO, BMG
Ole Obermann • GLOBAL HEAD OF MUSIC, TIKTOK
14 THE TOP 25
PUBLISHING
15 THE TOP 25
YEAR-END MARKET SHARE BY GROUP
MANAGEMENT
16 THE TOP 25
STREAMING
Ron Perry • CHAIRMAN/CEO, COLUMBIA RECORDS
LIVE
18 THE TOP 25
Wassim “Sal” Slaiby • FOUNDER/CEO, SALXCO/XO MGMT/UNIVERSAL ARABIC MUSIC
AGENCIES
YEAR-END MARKET SHARE BY LABEL
FINANCE
Merck Mercuriadis • FOUNDER/CEO, HIPGNOSIS SONG MANAGEMENT/HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND/HIPGNOSIS SONGS CAPITAL
Michael Rapino • PRESIDENT/CEO, LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT
BRANDING
Coran Capshaw • FOUNDER/CEO, RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT
LEGAL
Jay Marciano • CHAIRMAN/CEO, AEG PRESENTS; COO/OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN, AEG
MEDIA
Rob Light • MANAGING PARTNER/HEAD OF WORLDWIDE TOURING, CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY
David Zedeck Samantha Kirby Yoh • PARTNERS/CO-HEADS OF GLOBAL MUSIC, UTA
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
ASSOCIATIONS
GAYLE • How mood-inspired versions...