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

Never Say ‘Die’: The Weeknd And Ariana Grande Top Hot 100

44 “Favorite Song” Toosii

BILLBOARD 200

1 “TQG” Karol G x Shakira

1 MORGAN WALLEN WEEKS ON CHART 208

Ticketmaster’s Post-Swift Strategy: Take On Ticket Fees • Although a cyberattack undermined a presale for the superstar’s The Eras Tour, the Live Nation-owned company is focusing on eliminating its “drip pricing” model

TICKETMASTER’S $1.1M LOBBYING PUSH • With the touring giant in the crosshairs of U.S. lawmakers, its expenditures are likely to grow even more in 2023

Life In The Fast Lane • Labels embrace sped-up TikTok remixes

DOWNLOADS GOING DOWN • While physical formats have turned around a decline, paid downloads continue to plummet

A K-POP ‘SUCCESSION’ DRAMA • One of the genre’s original forces, SM Entertainment, is embroiled in a public battle involving its powerhouse founder and HYBE

From The Desk Of... Ebonie Ward • CHAIRWOMAN/CEO, 11 T H & CO

Full Speed Ahead • Mimi Webb has been a consistent hit-maker in her native United Kingdom — but with her debut album, she’s ready for the world to know her name

BEHIND THE HIT • Sabrina Carpenter’s “Nonsense”

Burning Up • How one man took his obsession with fire to some of the biggest stages in the world

First Dance

WOMEN IN MUSIC 2023

YACHTY ROCK • With his adventurous, psychedelic new album, Let’s Start Here, LIL YACHTY has left mumble rap behind — and finally created a project he’s proud of

GREEN LIGHT • He spent years becoming an in-demand songwriter for Latin’s biggest names. But for FEID, unearthing his own artistic identity — and becoming a star in his own right — meant digging deeper (and picking a color)

THE ODD COUPLE • Fifteen years after their influential collaboration “I Remember,” EDM heavyweights Kaskade and deadmau5 have rekindled their unlikely creative partnership as Kx5 — for a limited time

A TINY ISLAND’S BIG INFLUENCE ON MUSIC • Industry executives break down how Puerto Rico became a powerhouse in Latin music

BABY TATE • How the rapper-singer took a timeless ’80s hook and turned it into her breakthrough hit