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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‘Super’ Star: Nicki Minaj Scores Her First Solo No. 1

COLDPLAY’S UNIVERSE • EUROPEAN STADIUM RUNS CONTINUE TO YIELD HUGE RESULTS, WITH THE CHRIS MARTIN-FRONTED BAND LEADING IN JULY

MUSIC’S MOST COMPENSATED • Universal, Spotify, HYBE and SiriusXM founders and executives lead Billboard’s inaugural ranking of top earners and shar eholders

Is Web2.5 Web3’s Future? • Crypto pioneers say it’s the key to scaling the music non-fungible token business

UMG TESTS NEW RECIPE FOR A GLOBAL CROSSOVER • Indian rapper Badshah’s collaboration with J Balvin reflects long-standing label goals

From The Desk Of… Seth Dudowsky • HEAD OF MUSIC, NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Hidden In Plain Sight • Performing as Djo, Stranger Things star Joe Keery is turning expectations for his music upside-down

LEGENDS OF THE FALL • A HANDFUL OF R&B GREATS WANT TO SOUNDTRACK AUTUMN

To The Max • How the producers of & Juliet are preparing to take Max Martin’s hits-filled catalog to Broadway

STRANGE ROADS AHEAD

In Full Bloom • Why Jessie Reyez had to start saying “no” more to arrive at second album YESSIE

Kelsea Ballerini

LONG-DISTANCE CALL

The Once And Future King • WITH HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO BACHATA, ROMEO SANTOS HAS BUILT A SINGULAR CAREER IN LATIN MUSIC — AND HIS BUSINESS IS STILL GROWING

Watch This • FOR ARTISTS LIKE USHER, SUCCESS FROM A LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY DOESN’T STAY IN VEGAS. BUT IT TAKES A CREATIVE DIRECTOR TO SHAPE THEIR SONGS INTO AN ONSTAGE SPECTACLE — AND RUN THE SHOW

The Ride Of Their Lives • AS A TODDLER, Pepe Aguilar WATCHED HIS PARENTS POPULARIZE RANCHERA MUSIC IN THE U.S. NOW, HE’S UPDATING THE MEXICAN FOLK EQUESTRIAN SHOW FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WITH AMBITIOUS ARENA PRODUCTION — AND HE’S MAKING IT A FAMILY AFFAIR

HIP-HOP HOO-RIAA! • Rap pioneers Grandmaster Flash and MC Lyte are among those to be honored at the organization’s new Washington, D.C., headquarters

BUILDING AN EMPIRE OF ECLECTICISM • Cleopatra Records founder reveals the key to three decades of indie success

YONCÉ IN A LIFE TIME