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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Regional Mexican Dances To Top 10

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BILLBOARD 200

6 DRAKE WEEKS ON CHART 459

WINNER’S CIRCLE • Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour continues its dominance in March by zeroing in on a trio of cities in Brazil

K-Pop’s Cultural Technology • The next step in K-pop’s growth may lie not in music itself, but in exporting K-pop’s disciplined development, production and promotion model around the world

‘ONE THING’ IS A BIG THING • SZA and Morgan Wallen drive market-share surges

Country’s Streaming Boom • Driven by a wave of young superstars, the genre’s growth in streams hasn’t just caught up with the rest of the industry — it has passed it

THE AI WARS GO GLOBAL • It’s creatives vs. computers as artists fight to protect their copyrights while developers consider safe havens where machine-learning is unregulated

From The Desks Of...Fred Davis & Joe Puthenveetil • PARTNERS, THE RAINE GROUP

Just Wanna Rock • How “being miserable” growing up motivated alt-rocker LØREN to pursue music, collaborate with BLACKPINK — and now, step out on his own

Defining K-Pop’s Moves

The BIG BANG Theory • The growth of K-pop may be slowing, but the brains behind BTS — HYBE chairman Bang Si-hyuk — is bringing the band’s business model to other genres as he scours the world for record labels, management companies, gaming firms and new technologies to grow his empire

RISING AND SHINING • From a girl group with virtual members to artists taking songwriting into their own hands and upending business traditions, these promising ascendant acts are redefining the genre — and proving its future is bright

One Country, Many Genres

Hit Or Miss • With BTS on hiatus and singles less dependable smashes than albums, Hot 100 domination still eludes many big K-pop acts. But is it even crucial to their success?

American Idols • Major players in both the United States and South Korea are in hot competition to create America’s first homegrown K-pop group

2023 INTERNATIONAL POWER PLAYERS • As the global recorded-music business sees its eighth year of consecutive growth — with revenue reaching $26.2 billion — the industry’s top executives driving success outside the U.S. are leading the way

COLLECTING SOCIETIES COMPETE ONLINE • ORGANIZATIONS NOW BATTLE TO REPRESENT WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS FOR STREAMING

A NEW ERA IN NEW ORLEANS • On the eve of the 2023 Jazz Fest, the city exudes energy and optimism about its place in the global music business

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