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Good For ‘Bad Habit’: Steve Lacy Reaches No. 1

BAD BUNNY HOPS TO THE TOP • THE SUPERSTAR’S WORLD’S HOTTEST TOUR GROSS HAS PUT HIM ATOP BILLBOARD’S MONTHLY BOXSCORE REPORT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 2022

A Drought For Breakthrough Artists • A constant deluge of new music — and the difficulty of influencing TikTok’s algorithm — has made building an audience harder than ever. “Everyone’s an artist, but almost nobody’s breaking,” says one manager

Q3 LABEL MARKET SHARE: SONY STAYS HOT, INTERSCOPE’S ON TOP

Introducing The Billboard Global Music Index • A new feature that tracks the performance of 20 publicly traded global music companies

Tennessee Is Vinyl Country • With a rapidly growing number of pressing plants, and other crucial advantages, the state is now the vinyl hub of the U.S.

THE K-POP BOOM HITS A MILITARY ROADBLOCK • With BTS and other groups facing compulsory service, politicians scramble to find a solution

From The Desk Of… Joe Brenner • PARTNER, GRUBMAN SHIRE MEISELAS & SACKS

All Eyes On Detroit • Thanks to the recent success of Icewear Vezzo, Babyface Ray and Baby Money, Motor City rap is having another moment

ANGIE RANDISI • AUDIO ENGINEER

THE CONTRIBUTIONS

BEHIND THE HIT • d4vd’s “Romantic Homicide”

THE MARVEL OF MIRAVAL • HIDDEN AMID THE GROUNDS OF A SPRAWLING PROVENCE ESTATE, A LEGENDARY STUDIO IS REBORN THANKS TO CO-FOUNDERS DAMIEN QUINTARD AND BRAD PITT — WHO WANTS TO MAKE IT A “SANCTUARY FOR ARTISTS TO COME IN AND DO THEIR THING” ONCE AGAIN

INTERSCOPE GEFFEN A&M

BLACKPINK

ARILENNOX

ONEREPUBLIC

CMG THE LABEL

MACHINE GUN KELL

ELTON JOHN

LADY GAGA

JID

IMAGINE DRAGONS

SUMMER WALKER

OLIVIA RODRIGO

YUNGBLUD

YEAT

ELLAMAI

EINNEAS

KENDRICK LAMAR

DESTINATION: Studio Heaven • Sure, you could make that game-changing album in a big city. Or you could do it at a state-of-the-art recording space amid the mountains of Brazil, in a Pacific Northwest treehouse or at the edge of the Arctic Circle in Iceland — and change your whole creative outlook in the process

THE ARCTIC SWEET SPOT

The Well-Appointed Bubble ‘At The End Of The World’

THE HISTORIC ISLAND SPOT WHERE ABBA REUNITED

The English Countryside Eden For Electronic Acts

THE SLICE OF MIDDLE-EARTH IN SPAIN

The Washington Barn — And Tree House — With A ‘Family Vibe’

THE LUXE GRECIAN ISLAND IDYLL

THE BRAZILIAN MONASTERY OF SOUND

The Bespoke Studio Matchmaker

AARON DESSNER’S HUDSON VALLEY REFUGE

THE WOODLAND OASIS OUTSIDE NASHVILLE

The Exquisite And Eco-Friendly Vermont Setup

PHISH’S CHILLED-OUT VERMONT CLUBHOUSE

The ‘Safe Haven’ Under A Baja Hotel

THE ESTATE UPSTATE

Hans Ƶimmer’s Seductive Santa Monica Lair

THE BAHAMIAN BEAUTY THAT GIVES BACK

The Welsh Farm Where Rock Legends Frolic

TAME IMPALA’S ‘SPIRITUAL HOME’ ON THE AUSSIE COAST

The Coolest Kind Of Camp

THE SPRAWLING TEXAN SUPERSTUDIO

Peter Gabriel’s Rural, Revolutionary Retreat

THE THAI COMPOUND FIT FOR A (LITERAL) KING

GEMINI RISING • The breakout streaming success of "Bad Habit" has made 24-year-old STEVE LACY a Grammy concender. But his timeless cool resists classification-as he discusses with here and kindred spirix LENNY KRAVITZ

KID HARPOON IS POP’S NEW SECRET WEAPON • The producer-songwriter lets artists like Harry...