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Queen Takes Australian Chart Crown
Close behind is K-pop stars BlackPink with their debut Korean language LP The Album, new at No. 2, while fresh sets from Bon Jovi (2020 at No. 3), 21 Savage & Metro Boomin (Savage Mode II at No. 4) and Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor (CMFT at No. 8) impact the Top 10. Prolific homegrown prog-rock outfit King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard take out their fifth and sixth Top 50 entries for the year as Demos Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 and Live In Asheville ’19 enter at No. 14 and No. 30, respectively. Over on the ARIA Singles Chart 24kGoldn’s “Mood” featuring Iann Dior bags a second straight week at No. 1. It’s also the best-seller in the U.K., for a third-successive cycle. Late rapper Pop Smoke has the highest new entry on the Australian survey with “What You Know Bout L...
Hip-Hop Agent Brent Smith Out at WME Following Investigation
Hip-hop agent Brent Smith is out at WME, weeks after he was suspended for reported behavioral issues. “Following an investigation based on complaints of bullying behavior by Brent Smith, WME and Brent have mutually decided to part ways,” reads a statement from the agency. Smith, 55, represents Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator and John Legend. Smith did not respond to a request for comment from Billboard. 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 Internet revenue.
Executive Turntable: Atlantic Shuffles Marketing Department, Sony & Tencent Solidify Liquid State Label Head
Elsewhere at Atlantic, the label has announced that David Grant will move from New York to Los Angeles to take on the role of senior vp, marketing and head of marketing for film & TV soundtracks. In his dual role, Grant will continue running key projects from Why Don’t We, Ben Platt, Reiley and more. He will jointly report to Sinclair and Atlantic’s West Coast president Kevin Weaver. Sony Music Masterworks and independent touring professionals Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota have formed RoadCo Entertainment, a brand-new booking agency that specializes in live family entertainment. RoadCo will develop and produce live events and interactive attractions based on popular brands and pre-existing intellectual properties while collaborating with Sony Masterworks and the broader Sony network...
Why Jonathan Shank Left Red Light to Launch His Own Touring Company Amid a Global Concert Shutdown
Why did you decide to launch Terrapin Station Entertainment? Ultimately the goal was to be able to continue to be aggressive and utilize this time to grow and scale and come out of this with great content and great music. Red Light was super supportive of all of the projects that I took on, but they were family shows. I was carving my own lane. Did you feel like you kind of had to go independent to pivot and be agile? Yeah, and having the ability to continue to be aggressive in the intellectual property space and continue to support my team. With these types of artists and projects, you have to have a really strong team. I felt that this is a great time to go out and license a lot of IP for the future. If you can be aggressive in that space, then when the clouds lift, we have a really stro...
Australia’s Live Industry Welcomes Fine for Viagogo
In one example, the ACCC said the total price for two Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam) tickets was found to increase from A$450.00 ($357) to A$579.95 ($460), a rise of 29%, when the A$125 ($100) booking and A$4.95 ($4) handling fees were added. Justice Burley described one category of representations as having been made on “an industrial scale”. The company’s business practices were “unacceptable,” says ACCC Chair Rod Sims. “Viagogo misled thousands of consumers into buying tickets at inflated prices when they created a false sense of urgency by suggesting tickets were scarce and when they advertised tickets at a lower price by not including unavoidable fees.” The federal court’s stiff penalty is meant as a warning to other companies that breached consumer protections. The court also or...
Indie Venues Devastated After Trump Kills Stimulus Talks: ‘This Is Real. We Need Help’
“It’s devastatingly horrible news,” says Stephen Chilton with the Rebel Lounge in Phoenix. “More venues are going to close — I think the reason we haven’t seen even more venues shut down is because everyone is holding out hope that Save Our Stages passes. I’m not sure how much longer people can hold on — there’s rent, there’s debt obligations and there’s a lot of costs. It’s already been six months with zero revenue.” The news came as a major disappointment for two major independent arts associations who were encouraged last week when Pelosi announced that the Save Our Stages Act would be included in the $2.2 trillion Heroes Act. Save Our Stages would have provided up to $18 million to any independent music ...
Daymond John Launches Black Entrepreneurs Day; 25K In Business Grants Available
Source: JLN Photography/WENN.com / WENN One of the culture’s biggest entrepreneurs is giving back to the people. Daymond John is looking to make history with a new initiative. As spotted on TMZ the founder of FUBU is trying to empower people of color in a major way. Today (Tuesday, October 6) the Queens native announced that he is launching the inaugural Black Entrepreneurs Day. He took to social media to make the formal unveiling. “Excited to announce the first ever ‘Black Entrepreneurs Day’ – a celebration of black business, presented by @Chase For Business 🙌🏾 .@blackentrepreneursday is sure to inspire and educate across all ages and levels of success as we come together to celebrate Black business 🙏🏾” he wrote. The goal is to...
Queen Is Ready to Rule the U.K. Albums Chart
If Live Around The World holds its position when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published Friday, it will mark the Queen’s 10th U.K. No. 1 album, and Lambert’s first. Another iconic British rock band is at No. 2 on the Official Chart Update as Oasis’ sophomore album (What’s The Story?) Morning Glory (Big Brother) flies high following its vinyl reissue. On an Official U.K. Chart Update stuffed with new releases, Bon Jovi is chasing a 16th U.K. Top 5 album with 2020 (EMI) arriving at No. 3, while former Pink Floyd vocalist and bass player Roger Waters could bag a fourth solo Top 10 as his live album Us + Them (Sony Music CG) starts at No. 4. Rounding out the Top is CMFT (Roadrunner), the first solo album from Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor. Meanwhile, K-pop girl group Blackpink bow at No....
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dreams’ Surges to Biggest Streaming Week Ever After Viral TikTok Video
The TikTok video in question has “Dreams” soundtracking a man in a hoodie (Nathan Apodaca) seemingly being pulled on a skateboard, as he drinks from a bottle of Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice and sings along with Stevie Nicks’ lead vocal. The video became so popular, it moved the band’s own Mick Fleetwood to recreate the clip. “Dreams” also sold 7,000 downloads in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 1 (up 584%) – its best sales week since the week ending July 24, 2011, when it sold 9,000. “Dreams” makes moves on the Billboard charts (dated Oct. 10), too, as it re-enters at a new peak of No. 9 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, climbs 19-1 on Rock Digital Song Sales, and rises 7-3 on Rock Streaming Songs. (Billboard‘s charts dated Oct. 10 will refresh to Billboard‘s w...
Idles, 24kGoldn Rule U.K. Charts
Meanwhile, Machine Gun Kelly scores a career high with his pop-punk album Tickets To My Downfall (Bad Boy/Interscope), which opens at No. 3. Of MGK’s previous four albums, just one cracked the Top 40 (2017’s Bloom peaked at No. 37). Following Michael Kiwanuka’s Mercury Prize win with KIWANUKA (Polydor), the album fires up on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. The winning album enjoyed a 4,537% week-on-week rise in physical and digital sales, according to the BPI, powering the 2019 album to a No. 4 return, just two places below its peak position. Rounding out the Top 5 is the Deftones’ Ohms (Reprise), new at No. 5. It’s the veteran rockers’ third Top 10 album. Over on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, 24kGoldn extends his chart reign into a second week with “Mood” (RECORDS/Black Butter) featuri...
24kGoldn Strikes Chart Gold In Australia With ‘Mood’
Elsewhere on the weekly chart, Canadian singer-songwriter Tate McRae bags a Top 10 as “You Broke Me First” rises 14-10.Travis Scott “Franchise,” his team up with Young Thug and British rapper M.I.A., cracks the Top 40 on debut. It’s new at No. 31. There’s a surprise reentry in the Top 40 for Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 classic “Dreams,” which is enjoying chart spikes around the globe following a viral video on TikTok. It returns to the ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart at No. 39. Over on the national albums survey, Australian-Japanese artist Joji scores his first No. 1 with Nectar, which features guest slots with the likes of Benee, Lil Yachty and Diplo. Joji is the first artist part of the hip-hop collective 88rising to have a chart-leader in Australia. Machine Gun Kelly’s move from rap to pop-punk appe...
Sony Music Suing Musicians for Allowing Attorney to Use Album Artwork
Sony wishes to sue Lyon and Collins for selling unauthorized, “pirate” versions of their own albums on websites. Last week, UMG made a similar move, countersuing musicians including Joe Ely and Syd Straw for distributing their own music in an unauthorized way. But that’s not all! Most spectacularly, Sony aims to hold the musicians liable for secondary copyright infringement because the musicians’ attorney, Evan Cohen, is apparently using album artwork to recruit other clients. As a letter to the judge puts it, “[B]oth Lyon and Collins appear to have authorized their attorney, Evan Cohen, to distribute and display SME’s copyrighted album artwork on Mr. Cohen’s website, so that Mr. Cohen can advertise his business centered on preparing termination notices.” Here’...
