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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Ghost’s Story: Impera Scores Biggest Sales Week Of 2022

BAD BUNNY, GOOD BUSINESS • THE LATIN STAR’S OPENING SHOWS IN SUPPORT OF EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO SET RECORDS ACROSS U.S. ARENAS

The New Old Guard • A close examination of the 10,000 most streamed songs reveals that contemporary artists like Drake, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd and TikTok are driving the catalog boom more than legacy acts

TOP 10 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

TOP 10 LEGACY ARTISTS

TikTok’s New Sound • The platform moves further in to the music world with its marketing and distribution service

UMG UNVEILS RX FOR CREATIVES

Next Level NFTs • Gamification unlocks ongoing conversations with fans, but comes with demands

‘WE CAN’T LET RUSSIA CHANGE OUR LIVES’ • As the Ukraine war rages, Polish promoters hope Warsaw will remain a must-play market

Alejandro Duque • PRESIDENT, WARNER MUSIC LATIN AMERICA

‘It Sounded Unlike Anything Else’ • How a pair of friends from the Isle of Wight formed Wet Leg and became indie rock’s latest, and quirkiest, saviors

“Do It To It”

DEMBOW’S LONG-AWAITED RISE • How the once-banned genre is finally getting global recognition

Omar Apollo

BAD BOY FOR LIFE • With a magnetic mix of glam, grime and guitar, Machine Gun Kelly went from also-ran rapper to prince of the pop-punk revival. His new album may be called Mainstream Sellout, but he’s ready to prove — once and for all — that he’s no poseur

SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE GOES LIVE

2022 TOP MUSIC LAWYERS • The savviest legal counselors in the business are called upon to advise on familiar contracts and a surging tide of catalog sales but also IPOs, NFTs, Web3 and new ventures in the me taverse

LEADING LAW SCHOOLS OF THE TOP MUSIC LAWYERS • The most frequently cited alma maters of the 2022 class of honorees

THE DECLINE AND FALL — AND AFTERLIFE — OF THE COMPACT DISC