OCT. 12, 2019 • VOLUME 131^ NO. 24
Contents
YOU’VE GOT MERCH
Official Billboard merchandise is now available
for purchase online, in partnership with TWG
Konnect. Music fans can browse a range
of apparel, drinkware and hats, with new
products to be released seasonally. Next, keep
an eye out for Billboard’s 125th-anniversary
vintage T-shirt collection, dropping just in time
for the holidays the first week of November.
Go to billboard.store for more.
Billboard launches a new video series,
Quizzed, which pairs musical artists with the
stars of their favorite films and TV shows. In
the inaugural episode, Josh Groban (right)
gets grilled by Downton Abbey’s Allen Leech
on trivia about the lives of the Crawley
family and their domestic servants. On the
next episode, out Oct. 17, Quizzed hosts the
ultimate surprise Friends fan.
Henry Cárdenas (right) and
Marc Anthony photographed by
Mary Beth Koeth on Sept. 9 at
Magnus Media in Miami.
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BILLBOARD HOT 100
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Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” leads for a
sixth week, while “Good As Hell”
becomes her second top 40 hit.
THE MARKET
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The Mechanical Licensing
Collective mandated by last year’s
Music Modernization Act is taking
shape — amid disagreements over
what it will cost.
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Remembering Ginger Baker,
the Cream co-founder and
superstar drummer who died
Oct. 6 at age 80.
THE SCENE
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Austin City Limits Music Festival,
BET Hip-Hop Awards
THE SOUND
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Rapper Sech is taking reggae en
español back to its Panamanian
roots — while bringing the genre
into its R&B-infused future.
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A decade since launching his
Masked Gorilla music blog,
Roger Gengo is linking with
Warner Records to turn the project
into a record label.
THE PLAYERS
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Gabriel Abaroa Jr., president/CEO
of The Latin Recording Academy,
previews this year’s milestone
awards ceremony on Nov. 14.
MY BILLBOARD
MOMENT
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Desmond Child reflects on
co-writing and co-producing
Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ la Vida Loca,”
which ruled the Billboard Hot
for five consecutive weeks in 1999.