SEPT. 21, 2019 • VOLUME 131^ NO. 22
Contents
Zac Brown
photographed on
Sept. 6 at BB&T Pavilion
in Camden, N.J.
BILLBOARD HOT 100
13
Songs from Post Malone’s new
album, Hollywood’s Bleeding,
infuse the Hot 100 as the set
launches on the Billboard 200.
THE MARKET
72
A decade into running musician-
backed nonprofit Global Citizen,
Hugh Evans previews this year’s
star-studded festival — and
his ambitious plan to eradicate
extreme poverty by 2030.
76
The Recording Academy’s first-
ever female chief executive,
Deborah Dugan, discusses her
plans for the academy in her first
interview as boss.
THE SCENE
82
Rihanna’s Diamond Ball
THE SOUND
93
With Scooter Braun managing
and pop superproducers in tow,
Zac Brown Band’s leader is eyeing
another reinvention.
96
Avril Lavigne explains why her
first tour in five years is “raw and
exposed.”
THE PLAYERS
159
Ahead of the Clio Awards’ diamond
anniversary, director Michael
Kauffman talks new priorities
this year and the ever-vital role of
music in advertising.
MY BILLBOARD
MOMENT
232
RCA Records vp A&R Derrick
Aroh reflects on signing Childish
Gambino (aka Donald Glover),
who scored his first Hot 100 No. 1
in 2018 with “This Is America.”
PHOTOGRAPHED BY MATTHEW SALACUSE