1. How Target Scored Two Exclusive Bonus Tracks on Justin Timberlake’s ‘20/20 Experience’

    February 14, 2013 1:27 PM EST 6 14 59 0 0 Sunday night’s Grammys may have marked the official television debut of Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” (not to mention album track “Pusher Love Girl”), but the real surprise was the news that Target would be carrying an exclusive deluxe ...

  2. Beats Electronics to Launch Its Curation-Focused Music Service this Summer

    February 12, 2013 9:52 PM EST 34 64 0 Beats Electronics, the maker of high-end headphones, will launch its own on-demand music streaming service this summer, Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M and Beats’ co-founder, announced Tuesday at the AllThingsD Dive Into ...

  3. Facebook: 2013 Will Be About Movies, Books and Fitness

    February 12, 2013 6:40 PM EST 10 30 0 Last year may have been the year of social music for the world’s largest social network, but 2013 will be about social movies, books and fitness, said Dan Rose, vice president of partnerships at Facebook Inc. “We think this is going to be the ye ...

  4. Grammys 2013: Parties, Galleries and Backbeats

    February 12, 2013 8:06 AM EST 10 0 Grainge, Weiss, Bartels, Lipmans, More at UMG/IDJ/Republic Grammy Parties Doug Morris, Rob Stringer, L.A. Reid, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, More at Sony's Post-Grammy Party GRAMMYS 2013: ALL OUR COVERAGE Katy Perry, Len Blavatnik, Fun., Cameron S ...

  5. Juanes' U.S. Tour Gets Boost From Sponsors MetroPCS, ZTE

    February 11, 2013 7:24 PM EST 15 26 0 MetroPCS and Internet devices manufacturer ZTE is sponsoring Juanes’ upcoming nationwide tour. The sponsorship was announced just hours after Juanes performed on the Grammy telecast Sunday. He also took home a trophy his “MTV Unplugged Deluxe Ed ...

  6. Backbeat: Warner/Chappell’s Jon Platt, Singer Jill Scott Celebrate Grammy Week at ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Brunch

    February 09, 2013 8:22 PM EST 1 22 0 0 Above, L-R: ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul Team. Jennifer Drake, director; Jay Sloan, senior director; Nicole George, VP; and Jonathan Jones, associate director. (Photo: Mitchell Peters) It was a warm, sunny afternoon on the the rooftop of the ...

  7. Billboard Unveils Power 100 List at L.A. Event, Honors UMG’s Lucian Grainge, Sony Music’s Clive Davis

    February 08, 2013 12:03 AM EST 1 45 31 0 Above:  Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge (left) and Sony Music chief creative officer Clive Davis (Photo credit: Phil McCarten) Billboard honored Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge and Sony Music chief creative officer Cl ...

  8. Justin Timberlake Named Creative Director of Bud Light Platinum

    February 07, 2013 3:33 PM EST 38 540 274 0 0 Justin Timberlake has teamed up with Bud Light Platinum to become the brand’s new creative director, Anheuser-Busch announced Thursday, with a new commercial featuring the singer and his comeback single “Suit & Tie” debuting during Sund ...

  9. Grammy Ad Rates Climb to Record $900,000 Per Spot

    February 07, 2013 7:00 AM EST 2 0 55 0 Ads for this Sunday’s Grammy Awards have reached an all-time high of $850,000 to $900,000 for some 30-second spots, a 9 to 12% increase from 2012, according to five executives familiar with negotiations who spoke with Billboard.biz. Chevrolet, De ...

  10. Swizz Beatz Joins Monster as Investor, Board Member

    February 06, 2013 11:17 AM EST 2 25 73 0 Swizz Beatz announced on Wednesday he has joined the creative and marketing team at Monster Cable Inc., lending additional star power to the audio company's already heavy line-up of celebrity backers. As part of the arrangement, Beatz, whos ...

  11. Beck Performs David Bowie's 'Low' With 167-Piece Ensemble for Lincoln Motors' 'Relaunch'

    February 06, 2013 11:05 AM EST 160 38 0 Beck recorded an eight-minute version of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" with an 167-piece ensemble Tuesday night that will launch Lincoln Motors' online "Hello, Again" series. Beck performed the Bowie track from ...

  12. Spotify Users Predict Grammy Winners

    February 05, 2013 11:34 AM EST 17 0 Is Spotify about to go all Nate Silver on the Grammy Awards – by which we mean rigorously applying data to know that which would otherwise be unknowable? Well, the company is giving it a shot. The following predictions are "based on song and ...

  13. Heineken Launches Ultra Music Fest Contest App

    February 04, 2013 3:23 PM EST 9 74 22 0 Heineken is enhancing its onsite sponsorship of Ultra Music Festival (UMF) with a contest leading up to the two-weekend Miami festival, March 15-17 and 22-24. Using a custom app developed by Heineken and its partner agencies (including “multicul ...

  14. Q&A: Charlie Walk, Republic's New EVP, on Returning to a Major, Long-Term Strategy

    February 04, 2013 2:40 PM EST 2 13 11 0 One of the first trips Charlie Walk is taking in his new job as executive vice president of Republic Records is to Hollywood to talk soundtracks. The second "Hunger Games" is 10 months away but already deep into planning stages; " ...

  15. Stevie Wonder/ Bud Light Squeaks Past Jimmy Cliff/ Volkswagen for Most-Tweeted Super Bowl Ad: Brand Bowl

    February 04, 2013 12:23 AM EST 2 11 7 0 Not surprisingly, Beyonce was the most-Tweeted artist of Super Bowl 47 by a mile. But the race for most-Tweeted music-related commercial was very close – with Bud Light’s Stevie Wonder-starring ad slipping past Volkswagen and Jimmy Cliff by less ...

  16. Beyonce Top-Tweeted Artist for Super Bowl 2013 by a Mile: Brand Bowl

    February 03, 2013 11:59 PM EST 54 25 0 Not only was Beyonce the likely ratings winner of Sunday’s Super Bowl , she was far and away the winner on Twitter, as well. Billboard teamed up with Boston.com’s Brand Bowl to track the most talked-about artists on Twitter and the relative sent ...

  17. Beyonce Rocks Fierce Super Bowl Halftime Show

    February 03, 2013 9:09 PM EST 8 1 0 A fierce and clearly possessed Beyonce emerged from a cloud of smoke and lingering suspicion about her live-singing capabilities on Sunday, answering the doubters with an inspired display of hits and multimedia indulgence during her Super Bowl XLV ...

  18. Super Bowl Commercials That Rock: Watch All The Music-Based Ads From The Big Game

    February 03, 2013 6:49 PM EST 1 14 15 0 Advertisers shelled out new record dollar amounts for 30-second spots at this year's Super Bowl, but as more ads feature current hits and emerging singles as their soundtrack, the Super Bowl has also grown into a top hit-making destination ...

  19. Justin Timberlake Brings New Songs (and Jay-Z) to NOLA for Pre-Super Bowl Party

    February 03, 2013 9:52 AM EST 7 35 31 0 0 Photo: Getty Images for DirecTV Years from now, when event planners begin figuring out what might make their event talk of the town during Super Bowl week, they'll look back and cite what happened in New Orleans on Saturday night. For mor ...

  20. Miguel Serving as Guest Music Supervisor on MTV Reality Series

    January 31, 2013 2:48 PM EST 1 73 27 0 Singer-songwriter Miguel is the latest guest music supervisor to drop in on a MTV series. The Grammy nominee was a driving force behind the music accompanying the Feb. 6 episode of rookie docu-series Washington Heights. That specific episode of ...

  21. Backstage Acquires Sonicbids

    January 30, 2013 12:00 PM EST Backstage, the publication specializing in casting, auditions and entertainment-industry opportunities, today announced that it has acquired Sonicbids, the platform for bands to book opportunities and market themselves online. The deal, financed b ...

  22. Lil Wayne, Big Boi, More Score Lucrative Sponsored Gigs Around Super Bowl

    January 30, 2013 8:00 AM EST 4 15 22 0 As thousands of football fans flock to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, dozens of musical acts will also head to the Big Easy to collect hefty paychecks for performing at brand-sponsored events and other private parties during the wee ...

  23. American Express CMO John Hayes on 'Unstaged,' Social Media, and Their Vast Amount of Data on Concertgoers

    January 29, 2013 5:19 PM EST 28 20 23 0 John Hayes, chief marketing officer of American Express, has access to more data on the average concertgoer than perhaps any other company. Not only does Hayes know that 40% of AmEx's 102 million cardmembers spend money on music every year ...

  24. Exclusive: Watch the Flaming Lips’ ‘Epic PlayDate’ Hyundai Super Bowl Commercial

    January 29, 2013 7:00 AM EST 5 775 117 0 When the Flaming Lips formed nearly 30 years ago, the notion that the group would be performing a song called "Sun Blows Up Today" in a Super Bowl ad would have been as surreal as some of their lyrics. But that's exactly what ha ...

  25. Taylor Swift Scores ‘Long Term Partnership’ With Diet Coke

    January 28, 2013 6:09 PM EST 1 17 22 0 Coca-Cola confirmed Monday reports that Diet Coke has committed to "long-term partnership with" Taylor Swift. As part of Diet Coke’s Stay Extraordinary campaign, Swift will be featured in television, print and digital advertising sched ...

  26. Exclusive: Flaming Lips-Hyundai Super Bowl Commercial

    January 27, 2013 1:00 PM EST 1 42 15 0 When the Flaming Lips formed nearly 30 years ago, the notion that the group would be performing a song called "Sun Blows Up Today" in a Super Bowl ad would have been as surreal as some of their lyrics.   But that's exactly what wi ...

  27. Webdoc Rebrands As Urturn At MIDEM

    January 27, 2013 8:54 AM EST 4 54 12 0 Above, Urturn co-founders Olivier de Simone and Vincent Borel in the VIP suites at MIDEM Webdoc, a startup that was one of the four winners of last year’s Midemlab competition, has rebranded just in time for MIDEM 2013 as Urturn — with the addit ...

  28. A Preview of This Week's Billboard

    January 26, 2013 7:45 AM EST 2 2 0 Justin Bieber has granted only one major interview for the Jan. 29 release of his new album Believe Acoustic . Billboard got it. In his fourth cover story for us, Bieber opens up about: • What a fifth No. 1 album would mean to him • How he really ...

  29. Exclusive: HSN Partners With Las Vegas' Venetian On Concert Series

    January 25, 2013 9:00 AM EST HSN is taking its Live music division on the road with a Las Vegas residency that it hopes will result in more viewers and raise the profile of the cable shopping channel.  HSN Live is partnering with the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino to host conce ...

  30. Pepsi, Vevo to Spotlight Best New Artists, 'X Factor' Winner Tate Stevens During Grammys

    January 24, 2013 7:01 PM EST 1 2 0 Pepsi, with Pandora and Vevo, have announced a collaboration for the Grammy Awards primarily based around the "Best New Artist" award.   Pepsi, the official presenter of the "Best New Artist" category this year, has teamed with ...

  31. Mnet America Hosting Grammy-Week Party With K-Pop Star Ailee

    January 24, 2013 5:54 PM EST 455 1 0 Annual pre-Grammy parties are almost as much of a tradition as the actual ceremony, and now Mnet America is getting in on the action. The company will host its first Grammy week party at East West Studios on Feb. 7 with the celebration focused a ...

  32. 13 Points to Watch at MIDEM 2013

    January 24, 2013 5:47 PM EST 21 0 0 0 As the world's largest trade fair for the music industry, MIDEM can be daunting to navigate. Last year's gathering drew more than 6,850 attendees from 77 countries, representing 3,120 companies, including 155 startups. This year's ...

  33. Exclusive: Verizon Teams With Jill Scott for Black History Month Campaign

    January 23, 2013 7:46 PM EST 1 0 Verizon has teamed with Jill Scott for a multi-tiered print, TV and online advertising campaign to coincide with Black History Month -- a rare artist endorsement deal for both parties -- Billboard has learned. Scott's involvement as one of Ve ...

  34. Black Keys File Third Lawsuit Against 'Soundalikes' in TV Commercials

    January 23, 2013 7:41 PM EST 1 2 0 In the history of advertising, it's not unusual for brand companies to commission "sound-alikes" of popular songs for commercials. About a decade ago, NPR's On the Media examined the phenomenon of ad agencies falling in love wi ...

  35. MIDEM 2013 Hub

    January 21, 2013 3:56 PM EST 3 0 American Express CMO John Hayes on 'Unstaged,' Social Media, and Their Vast Amount of Data on Concertgoers Worldwide Independent Network Announces 'Independent Manifesto' Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Talks Piracy, Pros and Cons ...

  36. 'Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer,' 'Twenty Feet From Stardom' Sell At Sundance

    January 21, 2013 10:27 AM EST Add "Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer" to the growing music-centric documentaries sold at the Sundance Film Festival. HBO Documentary Films acquired U.S. TV rights to the political documentary that received its world premiere Jan. 18. The film ...

  37. Swizz Beatz Speaks at Music-versity Event -- But Bronx Schoolkids Steal the Show

    January 20, 2013 3:30 PM EST Swizz Beatz may have been the main attraction, but the kids from the Bronx Charter School for the Arts stole the show at the "Music-versity: Power of One" event at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum put on by Music Unites Thursday mo ...

  38. BMI Launches New Corporate Positioning Campaign

    January 17, 2013 4:18 PM EST BMI today launched a new corporate positioning campaign focused on its leadership, heritage and innovation within the music industry. The new campaign will be featured in print and online publications and launch from MIDEM, according to a release ...

  39. Business Matters: How Facebook Search Could Provide Cheap Market Research for Music Marketers

    January 17, 2013 2:20 PM EST 1 0 Facebook's Graph Search, introduced Tuesday at a press event in California and rolled out to a limited number of users, doesn't have a lot of obvious music uses but could end up being a free and useful tool for music marketers. Graph Sea ...

  40. Business Matters: Relaunched Myspace Is a Success as Music Service -- But As a Social Network? We'll See ...

    January 16, 2013 2:43 PM EST The redesigned Myspace finally opened up to the public Tuesday. A year and a half in the works, the site is both a social network and a music discovery destination.   The new Myspace would be a success if success were determined on style points al ...

  41. Business Matters: Relaunched Myspace Is a Success as Music Service -- But As a Social Network? We'll See ...

    January 15, 2013 6:32 PM EST 1 0 The redesigned Myspace finally opened up to the public Tuesday. A year and a half in the works, the site is both a social network and a music discovery destination.   The new Myspace would be a success if success were determined on style points al ...

  42. Facebook Unveils Social Search Feature

    January 15, 2013 2:29 PM EST MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - If you've ever wanted to know the most popular TV shows among your Facebook friends who are doctors, or wanted to see all the photos any of your friends have taken in Paris, the world's biggest online social net ...

  43. Six Technology Trends from CES That Will Shape 2013

    January 13, 2013 1:32 PM EST 1 0 Every January, the Consumer Electronics Show gives the world a preview of the flood of gadgets heading our way in the coming year and beyond. Some are incredibly silly, while others are complete game changers. All promise to make people's liv ...

  44. CES 2013: OneBeat, Microsoft Team For Xbox Live App, Newfronts Presentation to Advertisers

    January 11, 2013 7:13 PM EST EDM entertainment company OneBeat and Microsoft are teaming up for an app that will stream exclusive concerts, behind-the-scenes footage and other electronic dance music coverage across the Xbox Live and Xbox 360 platforms. The app is set for a la ...

  45. CES 2013 Backbeat: Alicia Keys Headlines Monster Products' Star-Studded Party

    January 11, 2013 3:46 PM EST Alicia Keys had a busy Wednesday evening. After performing at the People's Choice Awards , she hopped a plane and headed to Vegas, where she headlined a star-studded party for Monster Products . Check Out All Our CES Coverage Right Here As it ...

  46. Swizz Beatz to Appear at 'Music-Versity' Q&A January 17

    January 09, 2013 2:42 PM EST Hitmaker Swizz Beatz, Billboard editorial director Bill Werde and Queens Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer will appear January 17 at "Music-versity: Power of One", a workshop and Q&A with the students of the Bronx Charter School for the ...

  47. Bonnaroo Unveils Permanent Solar Panels To Generate 20% of Its Energy Needs

    January 09, 2013 2:15 PM EST Bonnaroo is getting even greener. The famously earth-conscious festival announced today via a press release the completion of its fully operational solar array, which will generate 61,000 kilowatt hours per year, or about 20% of the festival' ...

  48. Billboard.biz's Top News Stories of 2012

    December 31, 2012 3:00 PM EST In this business, "top stories" is a relative term: owing to the vagaries of the Internet, you can never tell what your most popular articles will be. This year, our numeric best-performing stories were led by Billboard's "Powe ...

  49. Mobile Devices, Especially Tablets, Have Huge Christmas

    December 27, 2012 4:15 PM EST If you got a smartphone or tablet computer for Christmas, you were hardly alone. Flurry , a mobile analytics company that tracks use of mobile apps, says 17.4 million new iOS and Android devices were activated on Christmas day, a 255% increase fro ...

  50. Can Drake Trademark The Term YOLO?

    December 26, 2012 5:35 PM EST While perusing the aisles of Macy's and Walgreens, early Christmas (Dec. 25), Drake called out the stores for their items with the motto, "YOLO" printed on them in two different Instagram posts. "Walgreens....you gotta either c ...

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