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Wolf Alice Snags U.K. No. 1 With ‘Blue Weekend’
Some 14,700 units of Blue Weekend (41% of the total) were on vinyl, a market-leading tally. With Wolf Alice reaching the summit for the first time, Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (Geffen), the week’s most-streamed album, is bumped 1-2 on the main chart. Coming in at No. 3 is James with All The Colours of You (Nothing But Love Music), for the Manchester act’s 10th Top 10 album. Dua Lipa, the most popular act across the U.K.’s airwaves in 2020, according to a report published last week by collecting society PPL, stages a return to the Top 5 with her Brit and Grammy Award-winning sophomore album Future Nostalgia (Warner Records). It lifts 8-4 in its 63rd week on the chart. Rounding out the Top 5 is U.S. rappers Lil Baby & Lil Durk’s collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes (Motown/Quality...
Olivia Rodrigo Makes U.K. Chart History
It’s an historic chart week in the U.K., where Olivia Rodrigo bags three Top 5 singles, including the leader with “Good 4 U” (Geffen). The teenage Californian singer and songwriter becomes the first female artist to occupy three spots in the Official Singles Chart Top 5 in the same cycle, the OCC confirms. “Good 4 U” enters a third week at No. 1 with 96,000 combined sales, including 11.2 million streams, while “Déjà Vu” lifts 5-4 and “Traitor” reenters at No. 5, both new highs. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Inter...
IFPI’s Frances Moore, Alison Moyet Recognized In Queen’s Birthday Honours List
“I am really pleased that the role of the recording industry and its contribution to our culture and economy has been recognized and honored in this way,” she comments in a statement. Moyet, the former Yazoo singer, leads a string of recording artists feted in the 2021 honors list. The English singer is awarded an MBE for services to music, having already scooped two U.K. No. 1 albums and a brace of Brit Awards for best female artist across a stellar career. Veteran crooner Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey) is also awarded an MBE for services to music, while veteran Scottish singer and entertainer Lulu is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to music, entertainment and charity. Also recognized is Skin (real name Deborah Ann Dyer), frontwom...
The Players Behind Rauw Alejandro’s ‘Todo de Ti’: See the Full Credits
Artists:Main Artist – Rauw Alejandro Songwriters:Composer Lyricist – Eric “Duars” Pérez RoviraComposer Lyricist – José M. Collazo “Colla”Composer Lyricist – Luis J. González “Mr. NaisGai”Composer Lyricist – Rafael E. Pabón Navedo “Rafa Pabon”Composer Lyricist – Raul Alejandro Ocasio Ruiz “Rauw Alejandro”Performance Arranger – Carlos Orlando Navarro Producers:Executive Producer – Eric “Duars” Pérez RoviraProducer – Luis J. González “Mr. NaisGai”Producer – Raúl A. Ocasio “El Zorro” Engineers:Mastering Engineer – Sensei SoundMixing Engineer – José M. Collazo “Colla”Recording Engineer &#...
A Closer Look at the 2021 BET Awards Nominees for Best New Artist
Here’s a closer look at the nominees. They’re listed in alphabetical order. Coi Leray: The rapper, 24, has two nominations. She’s also up for best female hip hop artist. Leray has placed two singles on the Billboard Hot 100: “No More Parties” (featuring Lil Durk, No. 26) and “Big Purr (Prrdd)” (featuring fellow nominee Poo Shiesty, No. 69). Coi is featured on YSL’s “I Like,” a track from Slime Language 2, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in May. Leray was Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop rookie of the month for April. As Neena Rouhani noted in a Q&A that announced that designation, “Despite the infancy of her career, the multi-faceted performer has already collaborated with a plethora of fellow charting rappers, including Gunna, DDG and Yung Bleu.” In addition, Leray has released ...
100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre, 2 Albums Are ‘Unveiling & Spreading the Truth’ Through Music
Being released in conjunction with New York-based Isotopia Records, headed by Constance Hauman, 1921 … The Black Wall Street Music Project was executive produced by Fred Jones, Thornell Jones Jr. and Guy Troupe. Partners in the project include The Hille Foundation, Osage Casinos and Spirit Bank. Jones is the founder of One Tulsa LLC, whose divisions encompass broadcast, digital and print media, marketing, artist management and philanthropy. Jones, who envisioned the music project three years ago, has close ties to the Tulsa Race Massacre. His grandmother Maggie Jones was in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 25 miles away from Greenwood, when the riot started. “I remember my grandmother saying they could see the smoke as the city burned for three days,” says Jones. “The massacre was about money and the e...
Sony Music Will Start Paying Royalties to Legacy Acts That Still Owe the Label Money
The letter states that Artists Forward will focus on “prioritizing transparency with creators in all aspects of their development.” It continues, “Through this program, we are not modifying existing contracts, but choosing to pay through on existing unrecouped balances to increase the ability of those who qualify to receive more money from uses of their music.” Qualifying artists and participants will be notified in the coming weeks. As a result of the new policy, these legacy acts can now use financial services available through Sony Music’s artist portal. These include a new real-time advance feature that allows artists to receive instant advances on projected future earnings. (The feature is currently available in the U.S. and UK, and will be rolled ou...
European Commission Guidance Muddies the Waters for EU Copyright Directive
They include the requirement for platforms that rely on user-generated content — such as YouTube, TikTok or Facebook — to obtain “fair remuneration” license deals with rights holders and to make “best efforts” to remove unlicensed content and, most importantly, ensure that it stays down. But the document also introduces exceptions that music execs say streaming platforms could use to try and avoid liability for hosting unlicensed content — potentially replacing one safe harbor with another. “The guidance risks creating uncertainty and ambiguity by going beyond the scope of the directive,” says European authors group GESAC, which represents the rights of more than one million musicians, creators and rights holders. GESAC notes that while the guidanc...
UAE ratifies extradition deal with South Africa as hunt for Guptas intensifies
The United Arab Emirates has ratified a 2018 extradition treaty with South Africa, its embassy in Pretoria said on Wednesday, a move that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government hopes will lead to the return of the Gupta brothers to face corruption charges. South Africa signed the treaty with the UAE in late 2018, part of Ramaphosa’s effort to crack down on those accused of corruption and influence peddling under his predecessor, Jacob Zuma. It was ratified in April, UAE’s embassy said in a statement. The Gupta brothers – Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta – are accused of using connections with Zuma to win contracts, misappropriate state assets, inappropriately influence cabinet appointments and siphon off billions of rand in state funds. The Indian-born brothers, who have repeatedly denied wrong...
Inside The Rise of Vinyl Me, Please, The Hottest (And Biggest) Record Club Anyone Can Get Into
Courtesy of Vinyl Me, Please Fiedler (left) and Schaefer “As everything was switching over to paying to access music rather than owning it, people were listening to music more and more passively,” says co-founder/CEO Cameron Schaefer. “We wanted to see if there were other people like us, and that really has remained the throughline throughout the growth of the company.” “What stands out to me now looking back at the origin of VMP is the simplicity of what we were trying to do,” he continues. “We were trying to just pick one record a month that we thought would be worth your time and attention, and that was it. The first several years we were living in constant awe that we got to do it for another year. I don’t feel like, early on, we had the luxury of looking ahead at what this could...
How Vinyl Got Its Groove Back
The vinyl boom only accelerated during the pandemic, generating $626 million in revenue in 2020 in the United States. In a special Deep Dive report, Billboard looks at the limited editions and exclusive pressings driving the market; the supply-chain problems and manufacturing delays that could threaten sales; the way labels use data (and gut instinct) to decide what gets pressed on vinyl; and the move for greener pressing plants. The Pandemic Vinyl Boom — And Why The Industry Can’t Meet It Sales are on track to hit $1 billion this year, but supply-chain and labor problems have hamstrung manufacturers. Read more. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins wi...
Ari Emanuel Leaves Live Nation Board After Stocks Vest, Taking Endeavor Public
But his timing exiting Live Nation makes sense for another reason: Documents obtained by Billboard suggest Emanuel was waiting until June 3 for the vesting of his final stock award of 4,470 shares issued June 2020 worth nearly $400,000. In a Live Nation SEC filing announcing Emanuel’s exit, the company said he “withdrew from reelection to the board of directors and will not be standing for reelection at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders” on June 10. Live Nation officials note that the split was amicable and “not the result of any disagreement.” Emanuel has enjoyed a long relationship with Live Nation chief executive and president Michael Rapino. Endeavor’s talent agency, WME, is one of the world’s largest music agencies and has booked the company’s clients across Live Nati...
