Billboard - USA (2019-10-19)

OCTOBER 19, 2019 • BILLBOARD.COM THE NEW WORLD ORDER? WHEN FOREIGN MCs OUTSTREAM THE SUPERSTARS INSIDE PARKWOOD EXECS OF THE YEA ...

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T RUE TO ITS TITLE, TRAVIS SCOTT’S “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM” blasts in atop the Billboard Hot 100, marking the rapper’s second leade ...

A Zayn remix released on Sept. 26 gave the track a boost. How did it come to be? SPENCER ERNST We wanted to do a feature because ...

DATA FOR WEEK OF 10.19. After topping multiple global charts, Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” swings onto the Hot 100 at No. 96. Th ...

FEATURES 38 DABABY BOOM How the Charlotte MC turned an explosive personality and marketing savvy into charts gold. 44 R&B/HI ...

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Jeff Robinson (left) and H.E.R. photographed by Jabari Jacobs on Sept. 6 at Good Behavior at MADE Hotel in New York. 8 BILLBOARD ...

SONY MUSIC PROUDLY CONGRATULATES OUR 2019 R&B/HIP-HOP POWER PLAYERS. ...

HANNAH KARP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR ROBERT LEVINE INDUSTRY EDITORIAL DIRECTOR IAN DREW CONSUMER EDITORIAL DIRECTOR FRANK DIGIACOMO EX ...

A LIVE EVENT CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF NETFLIX WITH PANELS, PERFORMANCES AND CONVERSATIONS NOVEMBER 4 FOR MORE DETAILS Soundcheck ...

LYNNE SEGALL EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/GROUP PUBLISHER JULIAN HOLGUIN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS ADVERT ...

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Nicole George Middleton Senior Vice President, Rhythm & Soul ASCAP RESPECT AND GRATITUDE. Thanks Nicole, for your passionate ...

The New Catalog Conundrum As streaming dominates the music business, catalog is more important than ever, but older albums are t ...

sic rock standbys like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Eagles and AC/DC. For catalog labels like Warner’s Rhino Records, Sony’s Le ...

CONGRATULATIONS OMAR AL-JOULANI COLIN LEWIS HEATHER LOWERY BRANDON PANKEY SHAWN GEE WISSAM “SAL” SLAIBY GEE ROBERSON ADAM LEBER ...

W HEN BAY AREA RAPPER Saweetie released her ICY EP on March 29, her label, Warner Records, hadn’t yet settled on which song to p ...