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Amber Mark Enjoys a Perfect Saturday
Amber Mark’s vibrant and bubbly personality transcends beyond the stage. While dreaming of A Perfect Saturday and walking Billboard through her Getting Ready routine, the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter took a moment to answer a few questions from some lucky fans. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of some answers from the Billboard IG takeover featuring Amber Mark, brought to you by Aperol Spritz. Nicola D’Orazio Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news What is your favorite song on Three Dimensions Deep? My favorite song on Three Dimensions Deep is always changing. But I would say right now it’s probably, “What It Is.” It’s my long running favorite song. I’m very proud of that one and I hold it in a very special place in my heart. ...
Watch Wynonna Judd & Carly Pearce Honor Naomi Judd During ‘CMA Fest’ Special
During Wednesday night’s (Aug. 3) CMA Fest special, which aired on ABC, one of the highlights was undoubtedly Wynonna Judd teaming with Carly Pearce to perform The Judds’ 1984 hit “Why Not Me” at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. During this year’s CMA Fest, the Country Music Association’s annual four-day, fan-fueled music party held June 9-12 in downtown Nashville, the two country artists paid homage to the legacy of the late Judds vocalist Naomi Judd, who alongside her daughter Wynonna amassed 14 No. 1 Billboard country hits in the 1980s. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “CMA Fest, we lost one of our absolute pillars in country music earlier this year: Miss Naomi Judd. As a girl growing up in Kentucky, I idolized The Judds and wanted to be like the...
Manuel Turizo Slides Into No. 1 on Tropical Airplay Chart With ‘La Bachata’
Manuel Turizo snags his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart — and first as a lead artist — as “La Bachata” ascends from No. 4 to lead the Aug. 6-dated ranking. “La Bachata” sends Don Omar, Wisin and Gente de Zona’s “Soy Yo” to No. 3 after four consecutive weeks in charge. “Bachata,” released May 26 via La Industria/Sony Music Latin, collected 5.6 million in audience impressions in the U.S. in the week ending July 31, according to Luminate, up 18% gain from the week prior. The new champ is another achievement for La Industria imprint, which claims its first No. 1 on Tropical Airplay among four titles, dating back to its first placement in 2015 with the No. 17 high “Travesuras” by Nicky Jam. Since then, the label has placed two other top 10s, also by Nicky Jam: “El Perdón” wit...
Beyoncé’s Sets New No. 1 Record Among Women as ‘Break My Soul’ Tops R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
Beyoncé ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for the first time in a lead role since 2015 with “Break My Soul,” which leads the list dated Aug. 6. The single advances from No. 2 after a 10% gain in audience to 22.3 million in the week ending July 31, according to Luminate. Its raw audience gain – of 2 million – also secures the song the weekly Greatest Gainer honor. “Soul” is the lead single from Beyoncé’s Renaissance album, which was released Friday (July 29). The set is expected to arrive with one of the biggest weeks of 2022, and is the frontrunner for next week’s No. 1 rank on the Billboard 200. [embedded content] With her new champ, Beyoncé achieves her first R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay No. 1 since her featured turn on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” completed a th...
St. Vincent Covers Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” With Stay Human
Last week, St. Vincent had a musical residency on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. At one point during her stay, Annie Clark and the house band Stay Human covered the Fleetwood Mac classic “Dreams.” The band put a funk and jazz–inflected spin on the standout Rumours single, with solos from guitarist Louis Cato, saxophonist Louis Fouché, and trumpeter Jon Lampley. Watch below. St. Vincent’s sixth studio album, Daddy’s Home, dropped in May 2021. The album was followed by the soundtrack for The Nowhere Inn, Annie Clark’s collaborative film with Carrie Brownstein, that September. She recently contributed a cover of the Lipps Inc. classic “Funkytown” to the Jack Antonoff–produced soundtrack for Minions: The Rise of Gru. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it origina...
Atlanta Season 4 Gets Premiere Date and New Trailer
After recently sharing a teaser, FX has now announced the release date for the upcoming fourth and final season of Donald Glover’s Atlanta. The series will premiere on September 15 at 10 p.m. on FX. This premiere consists of the season’s first two episodes, with the remaining eight episodes to follow in the following weeks. The network also shared an official trailer for the show’s fourth season. The trailer features Donald Glover, Lakeith Stanfield, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, and others in their respective roles on the series. Check it out below. Atlanta’s fourth season arrives just six months after the release of Season 3, which premiered on March 24. The show’s third season was released four years after its second season. Glover has said that Season 4 will be the show’s last ...
SoundCloud Announces Layoffs Impacting Nearly 20% of Workforce
SoundCloud has announced that it will be laying off roughly 20% of its workforce due to recent changes in the economic and financial landscape, as noted in reports by Billboard and Variety. “During this difficult time, we are focused on providing the support and resources to those transitioning while reinforcing our commitment to executing our mission to lead what’s next in music,” the company wrote in a statement shared with Pitchfork. CEO Michael Weissman sent an email to SoundCloud employees on Wednesday (August 3) announcing the layoffs, which will impact employees worldwide, as Billboard reports. “Today’s change positions SoundCloud for the long run and puts us on a path to sustained profitability,” Weissman says in the email. “We have already begun to make prudent financial decisions...
Ela Minus and DJ Python Announce New EP, Share Video for New Song
Ela Minus and DJ Python have announced a collaborative EP. Their new release, ♡ (pronounced “Corazón”), is out September 16 via the Domino imprint Smugglers Way. The duo has shared a new single from the release called “Pájaros en Verano,” which translates to “Birds in Summer.” Find the video for the track below. In a statement, Minus said that she wrote the song in an effort to escape the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I made a list of things I was grateful for,” she said. “Clouds (and the time to look at them), quietness, sleep, books, food. I wanted to celebrate that ‘after all the days that never happened and the nights that didn’t exist,’ we are here, alive, and together.” ♡ follows Minus’ debut album Acts of Rebellion, which dropped in October 2020. DJ Python’s sophomore album, ...
Wait, Did Selena Gomez Film New ‘Selena + Chef’ Season at the ‘Hannah Montana’ House?
The best of both worlds? Selena Gomez dropped the season 4 trailer for Selena + Chef on Wednesday (Aug. 3), and fans think she filmed the new season in a familiar locale: the Hannah Montana house. The former Disney Channel darling heads to Malibu, Calif., for her fourth go-round on the HBO Max cooking series, and her introduction in the teaser looked familiar to eagle-eyed fans. “Hey y’all, join me at the beach for Selena + Chef season 4,” she says, standing in front of a bunch of surfboards leaned up against a white picket fence with the ocean in the background. But when the camera cut to the front of the iconic dwelling occupied by Miley Cyrus‘ fictional Stewart family, viewers knew for certain. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Alex R...
HYBE’s Revenues Soared in Q2, But That Doesn’t Account for BTS Break
With BTS on a break since June and its members pursuing solo projects, HYBE’s solid second-quarter earnings release was as much about what happens next than what already happened. HYBE’s total revenue improved 83.8% to 512.2 billion KRW ($397.7 million) from April to June. Most growth came from the company’s “artist direct involvement” segment, which increased 153%. Concert revenue grew to 85 billion KRW ($66 million) from nothing in the prior-year period on the strength of BTS’s four concerts in Las Vegas and Seventeen concerts in Japan. Revenue from ads, appearances and management grew 39% to 30 billion KRW ($23.3 million) While merchandising and licensing improved 97.2% to 98.8 billion KRW ($78.7 million), contents fell 22.6% to 70.7 billion KRW ($54.9 million), partially because online...
BMG Acquiring German Indie Label Telamo to Gain Control of Local Schlager Market
BMG is growing its share of the world’s fourth largest music market by acquiring German independent powerhouse Telamo, the country’s biggest indie imprint and market leader in Schlager music, a form of easy listening Europop. Berlin-based BMG did not reveal financial terms of the deal, which the Austrian Federal Competition Authority still needs to approve before it can be completed. BMG says it is the company’s largest label investment since it acquired Nashville-based BBR Music Group in 2017. That deal was worth around $100 million, according to sources at the time. In 2021, BMG generated revenues of €40 million ($40.6 million) in Germany across its recorded music and publishing divisions, according to parent company Bertelsmann‘s year-end financial report, with recordings accounting for...
Concord Acquires Australasian Music Publisher Native Tongue
Concord continues to expand, this time with the acquisition of Native Tongue, one of the leading independent music publishers in Australasia. A family business since it was established in 2003 by New Zealander Chris Gough, Native Tongue is sub-publisher for more than 40 international catalogs, including Barton Music, Because Editions, Boosey & Hawkes, Cloud 9 Music, Domino Publishing Company, Faber Music, Roys Boys, PULSE Publishing, Ultra Music and Wixen Music. The acquisition, announced Thursday (Aug. 4), is an extension to an alliance that has seen Native Tongue represent Concord in Australia and NZ for more than 12 years. Concord now has access to Native Tongue’s stable of songwriters, which includes Grammy-nominated writer/producer Stuart Crichton (Backstreet Boys, Kesha, Kygo, Ro...
