Aundy Caldwell Crenshaw
photographed by Koury Angelo
on Feb. 21 in Los Angeles.
MARCH 14, 2020 • VOLUME 132^ NO. 6
Contents
TUNE IN: CLOSE CALLS
In a new episode of our Close Calls discussion
series, entertainment attorney Simon Lamb
and Wall Street analyst Khoa Ngo explain what
coronavirus in North America means for concert
promoters, booking agents, venues and touring
artists as festival season approaches. Billboard Pro
members can access the conversation, “Panic or
Play the Gig? How the Concert Biz Should Think
About Coronavirus,” at billboard.com/close-calls.
K-POP DEEP DIVE
Billboard Pro members can read an in-depth
analysis of the business of K-pop with our new
Deep Dive, premiering online March 16. You’ll
find stories about how merchandise is fueling
K-pop labels’ bottom lines, K-pop’s album
marketing secrets, how stateside pop acts
are ripping pages from the playbook of South
Korea’s most successful groups and more. Not
a member? Subscribe at billboard.com/offer.
BILLBOARD HOT 100
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Lady Gaga’s “Stupid Love”
launches at No. 5, marking her
highest debut in nearly a decade.
THE MARKET
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In light of the coronavirus,
pressure is mounting for the
biggest executives in touring to
cancel their marquee events.
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How has the coronavirus affected
the stocks of Live Nation, Netflix
and others?
THE SCENE
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Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival,
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
THE SOUND
27
Jessie Reyez played a strategic
waiting game with her debut
album — and is now desperate
to release it.
30
Céline Dion wanted her first
arena tour following her Las Vegas
residency to feel just as intimate,
and production designer Yves
Aucoin knew what to do.
MY BILLBOARD
MOMENT
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Songwriter-producer Sounwave
recalls the Grammy Award-winning
success of Kendrick Lamar’s
jazz- and funk-inspired 2015 album,
To Pimp a Butterfly.
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