1. Billboard's Annual Most Influential Women in Latin Music Luncheon Features Natalia Jimenez, Kicks off Latin Week in Miami

    April 22, 2013 4:29 PM EDT 1 121 38 0 0 Power players in the Latin music industry got a preview of both pop singer/songwriter Natalia Jimenez ’s upcoming album and Barefoot Wine’s new Refresh brand on Tuesday at the second annual Billboard Most Influential Women in Latin Music lunc ...

  2. Video: Diplo, Skrillex, Patrick Moxey, Russell Simmons, Troy Carter, More: Choice Quotes From IMS Engage

    April 22, 2013 2:25 PM EDT 63 16 0 0 The first year of IMS Engage, a one-day conference built upon Ibiza's successful International Music Summit (co-founded by Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, and other titans of Europe's dance industry), was a qualified success, drawing over ...

  3. Warner Music Owner Len Blavatnik, Adele, Simon Cowell Rise on U.K. 'Rich List'

    April 22, 2013 6:14 AM EDT 2 21 0 0 Adele, Simon Cowell, Paul McCartney and Daniel Radcliffe are among the British entertainment industry figures who saw their fortunes rise last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List. Published on Sunday by the newspaper owned by R ...

  4. Chrissy Amphlett, Frontwoman With Australian Rock Legends The Divinyls, Dies At 53

    April 22, 2013 5:38 AM EDT 1 197 43 2 0 Chrissy Amphlett, the potent frontwoman of the Divinyls, the ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted group whose sexually-driven song “I Touch Myself” was a global hit in 1991, has died at her home in New York after a battle with breast cancer and multipl ...

  5. Carly Rae Jepsen, Rush, Leonard Cohen, Weeknd, Grimes Among 2013 Juno Award Winners

    April 21, 2013 10:20 AM EDT 5 9 0 0 Rush, Leonard Cohen, Carly Rae Jepsen, Metric and The Weeknd were among the winners at the 2013 Juno Gala Dinner & Awards in Regina, Sask., last night (April 20), during a private, untelevised, non-webcast evening attended by 1,150 members o ...

  6. Daft Punk Sets Spotify Record With 'Get Lucky'

    April 20, 2013 1:07 PM EDT 11 65 27 16 0 Daft Punk has set a record on Spotify. The music service says the French electronic duo's song "Get Lucky" had the biggest streaming day for a single track on Friday in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Spotify wouldn't re ...

  7. A Look at Twitter #Music's First 24 Hours

    April 20, 2013 12:55 PM EDT 8 8 30 6 0 Data centered around the launch of #Music, recorded by web data and analytics provider Attensity Media , provides some insight into the app's update and usage across the social web after its first 24 hours. Tracking shows that Internet rad ...

  8. Backbeat: Os Mutantes’ New Line-Up, Songs at L.A.'s Sonos Studios

    April 19, 2013 1:00 PM EDT 9 8 0 0 Sergio Dias came to the Sonos Studio to discuss the new album from his band Os Mutantes , but KCRW DJ Mario Cotto was much more interested in getting a history lesson about how Brazil produced such an adventurous psychedelic band in the 1960s. G ...

  9. Exclusive: Diplo's Mad Decent, Dr. Luke Sign Joint Publishing Deal

    April 19, 2013 7:00 AM EDT 1 100 42 1 0 EDM megastar Diplo and influential songwriter/producer Dr. Luke have gotten together and signed a joint publishing deal between their Mad Decent Publishing and Prescription Songs companies, respectively. The two companies will be overseeing t ...

  10. Veteran Singer Rolf Harris Arrested in U.K. Sexual Abuse Inquiry

    April 19, 2013 5:21 AM EDT 1 13 0 0 Rolf Harris, the celebrated Australian-born, British-based entertainer who sang such memorable pop songs as “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport,” has been arrested by police on allegations of sexual offences. The 83-year old was interviewed by officer ...

  11. Australia's Hip Hop Supafest Calls Off Tour

    April 18, 2013 11:49 PM EDT 1 0 18 0 0 The landscape for Australia's hip hop concert-goers has gone from an embarrassment of riches, to a downright dearth. The fourth edition of Supafest, which was meant to star T.I., Ne-Yo and 50 Cent, has pulled the pin on its event just days ...

  12. Twitter #Music, Hands-On: The Good and the Bad

    April 18, 2013 6:35 PM EDT 4 25 63 1 0 Twitter music was already a concept long before it was an application, so it comes as little surprise that Twitter’s new #music app is built top to bottom around how users already interact with music on Twitter.  #Music arrives with the potent ...

  13. You Done Good, Kid: Patrick Moxey Talks About His Old Boss (Russell Simmons) and New Job Following IMS Engage Panel

    April 18, 2013 6:03 PM EDT 2 1 12 0 0 The most meaningful pairing at IMS Engage was between two men whose names did not just look good together on a conference agenda; the pair has a long and meaningful history that stretches over two decades. Back in 1989, Russell Simmons plucked ...

  14. IMS Engage: Skrillex, Patrick Moxey, Russell Simmons, Shelly Finkel, Troy Carter and More Discuss EDM at Inaugural Event

    April 18, 2013 10:48 AM EDT 3 15 11 0 0 A crowd of over 200 international dance music industry-ites turned up for IMS Engage, the first U.S. edition of the Ibiza-based IMS conference, at the swanky W Hollywood on Wednesday. Comprised of L.A. locals, visiting Ibizans and New Yorkers, ...

  15. Record Store Day Q&A With Graham Jones of 'Last Shop Standing'

    April 18, 2013 10:02 AM EDT 3 27 33 0 0 Record Store Day has made “Last Shop Standing” -- a new documentary on U.K. record shops -- the official film of this year’s edition of its annual event. “Last Shop Standing,” released in the U.K. last year and coming out April 20 on DVD, has ...

  16. Canada's 'First Lady of Song' Rita MacNeil Dies

    April 18, 2013 6:22 AM EDT 11 0 0 Award-winning country and folk singer Rita MacNeil, a beloved Canadian icon who hosted her own variety show in the 90s, was a member of the Order of Canada, and had 10 albums certified gold, platinum to triple platinum,died last evening (April ...

  17. Nas' Australasian Hip Hop Movement Fest is Canceled

    April 18, 2013 5:44 AM EDT 1 12 19 0 0 The inaugural Movement Festival, a multi-date Australasian hip hop event spearheaded by veteran rapper Nas, has been canceled just a week out from showtime. Organizers Live Nation and Niche Productions pulled the plug today on the trek, which ...

  18. Universal, X5 Create Digital Compilation Business

    April 17, 2013 8:20 PM EDT 6 24 26 0 0 Universal Music Group and the Stockholm-based digital music company X5 Music Group have launched a partnership to produce digital compilation albums from the catalogs of Universal’s Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Verve and Blue Note Records label ...

  19. Fight Breaks Out at IMS Engage Conference

    April 17, 2013 7:14 PM EDT 1 686 208 0 0 A fistfight broke out at the IMS Engage conference between representatives of Hashtag Management and Diplo manager Kevin Kusatsu, after a panel pairing Instagram founder Kevin Systrom and Diplo. SFX’s Shelly Finkel Hints at New Acquisitions ...

  20. Guggenheim Digital Media Announces Formation of Billboard Group

    April 17, 2013 6:46 PM EDT 6 22 39 0 0 Guggenheim Digital Media is creating a newly expanded Billboard Group that will include the Backstage and Sonic Bids businesses as it looks to the three brands’ combined strengths to develop a platform for entertainment industry professionals. ...

  21. Tooth & Nail, Solid State Records Sign Distribution Deal With RED

    April 17, 2013 5:48 PM EDT 1 2 9 0 0 Tooth & Nail and its Solid State Records imprint have signed a distribution deal with RED Distribution. The first new release through RED will be the third studio album from The Almost, Fear Inside Our Bones , out June 11 on Tooth & Nail ...

  22. SFX’s Shelly Finkel Hints at New Acquisitions With Pete Tong at IMS: ‘What’s Ministry of Sound Doing?'

    April 17, 2013 3:01 PM EDT 14 11 0 0 SFX head of acquisitions Shelly Finkel hinted at a number of previously unannounced deals during his sit-down with BBC Radio 1 legend Pete Tong at the first annual IMS Engage in Los Angeles today.   Finkel proved to be a charismatic consolatio ...

  23. Indie Beat: A2IM Heads to Brazil, Rough Trade Posts 25% Growth, and NXNE Gets a New Director

    April 16, 2013 3:50 PM EDT 24 18 0 0 A2IM Heads South A2IM and representatives from 11 indie labels are headed south of the border this week. VP Records, Dead Oceans, Naxos, Yep Roc and more will join American Association for Independent Music president Rich Bengloff on a mission ...

  24. Mega CEO Vikram Kumar on Why New Site is ‘Completely Different From Megaupload'

    April 16, 2013 2:22 PM EDT 5 3 38 0 0 Mega, Kim Dotcom’s new cloud storage service, has been under a watchful public eye since it launched in January – especially in wake of last year's dramatic Megaupload shuttering and Dotcom's jailing on copyright-infringement charges. ...

  25. Bring Me the Horizon, BMG Chrysalis U.K. Sign Exclusive Global Pact

    April 16, 2013 12:29 AM EDT 1 7 16 0 0 BMG Chrysalis U.K. has signed British hardcore act Bring Me the Horizon to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal. The five-piece from Sheffield, England is currently riding high with their breakout new album, "Sempiternal," which is ...

  26. PSY’s 'Gentleman' Hits 70 Million Views In Three Days, Sets YouTube Record

    April 15, 2013 6:19 PM EDT 5 19 69 0 0 PSY is proving he’s more than a one hit wonder as the official music video for his newest release, “Gentleman,” soared past 70 million YouTube views today (April 15), in its third day of availability. According to sources at YouTube, with 18.9 ...

  27. Spotify to Launch in Mexico, 5 Other Markets Tuesday

    April 15, 2013 6:01 PM EDT 6 36 30 0 0 Spotify will launch in Mexico, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Baltics and Iceland at 1am ET Tuesday, a source tells Billboard. The news of Tuesday's launch was first reported by CNET . As Billboard noted earlier this month, job posti ...

  28. Business Matters: Muve Music-Powered TIMmusic in Brazil a Step Forward for Digital Music

    April 15, 2013 5:52 PM EDT 8 23 11 1 0 On-demand music service Muve Music and Brazilian mobile carrier TIM announced their partnership Monday that marks Muve Music's first foray outside of the United States. As Billboard previously reported , TIMmusic was quietly launched last ...

  29. Kobalt Music Acquires B-52's Publishing Rights

    April 15, 2013 4:55 PM EDT 2 7 23 0 0 Kobalt Music Copyrights has acquired publishing rights to the B-52’s catalog. The Athens, Ga., band saw a string of hits during the late 1970s through the '80s, including such classics as “Love Shack,” “Roam,” “Planet Claire,” “Rock Lobste ...

  30. HMV To Shed 400 Staff: Reports

    April 15, 2013 8:40 AM EDT 3 14 0 0 Retail restructuring specialist Hilco is reportedly close to cutting 400 jobs from HMV. Hilco bought HMV out of administration earlier this month . The rescue package, reportedly worth £50 million, initially saved 141 stores and more than 2,500 ...

  31. Anti-Thatcher Song ‘Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead’ Beat By Duke Dumont’s ‘Need U (100%)’ on UK Singles Chart

    April 14, 2013 2:50 PM EDT The highly controversial campaign to get “Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead,” by the “Wizard of Oz” Film Cast to No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart has ended in narrow defeat. As BBC Radio 1 announced the Official Charts Company’s new sales data on Sun ...

  32. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead: Inside The UK’s Bizarre Campaign To Make The Anti-Thatcher Song No. 1

    April 12, 2013 10:38 AM EDT UPDATE 4/12: BBC Radio will not play the full "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" song during the Official Chart Show on Sunday, Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper announced. Instead they will play a clip as part of a news item about the "W ...

  33. Q&A With Zumba Fitness Co-Founder and CEO Alberto Perlman

    April 11, 2013 11:45 PM EDT 13 16 0 0 Do you Zumba? The Billboard Latin Music Conference does. Alberto Perlman, the CEO of Zumba Fitness, will join co-founder and CCO Beto Perez to tell the story of Zumba and its success at Miami’s JW Marriot Marquis on Wednesday, April 24, during ...

  34. Backbeat: Singer Sinead Harnett Lights Up London Gig for Full House of A&Rs

    April 11, 2013 5:38 PM EDT 1 19 17 0 0 LONDON -- Sinead Harnett is hardly an unfamiliar name to UK A&Rs. Over the past couple of years, she’s been featured on major tracks from Rudimental ("Hide," "Baby") and Disclosure (“Boiling”), among others, while build ...

  35. Pub Briefs: Nelly Signs With SONGS Music, Warner/Chappell Inks With THIS Music, The Who Get Into Apparel Biz, More

    April 11, 2013 11:20 AM EDT -- SONGS Music Publishing signed Nelly to a worldwide co-publishing deal, beginning with his most recent album, 5.0, and future releases, including his next album M.O. , which is slated to come out later this year. “Nelly has proven time and tim ...

  36. Fender's Sergio Villanueva Previews Upcoming Panel at Billboard Latin Conference & Awards (Q&A)

    April 11, 2013 8:50 AM EDT Instruments like guitars have helped artists from Eric Clapton to Jimi Hendrix find their voice in music. During the Billboard Latin Conference & Awards, presented by State Farm, this theme will be explored during the panel "The Essenti ...

  37. Business Matters: Looking for a Link Between Subscription and Download Sales

    April 09, 2013 7:48 PM EDT Countries with greater adoption of subscription services had lower rates of growth in digital download sales in 2012. This doesn't necessarily indicate subscription services cannibalized digital sales, but it does show that different countr ...

  38. Anti-Margaret Thatcher Campaign Drives Judy Garland's 'Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead' Up UK's Charts

    April 09, 2013 2:22 PM EDT Margaret Thatcher, the divisive former Prime Minister who died of a stroke on Monday afternoon, may have another musical footnote to her legacy next week: chart catalyst. A macabre Facebook campaign , titled "Make 'Ding dong the witch ...

  39. German DJs Protest GEMA's Proposed Tax on Digital Music Collections

    April 09, 2013 2:20 PM EDT Hundreds of German DJs demonstrated last week in front of the local offices of the German collection society GEMA in Dortmund and Munich against what they consider new and unfair DJ licensing fees. In Dortmund, the demonstration was spontaneous ...

  40. Margaret Thatcher and the Rise and Fall of the Great British Pop Protest Song

    April 09, 2013 10:54 AM EDT In early 1997, I interviewed the Spice Girls who were already massive in their U.K. homeland but had yet to release their debut single "Wannabe" in America. Amid frequent and voluble declarations of their Girl Power manifesto, Geri Hal ...

  41. Business Matters: Did Anti-Piracy Laws Improve Revenue in New Zealand or Japan?

    April 08, 2013 9:00 PM EDT 1 12 1 0 The two newest countries to the anti-piracy law club, New Zealand and Japan, had mixed results in 2012, according to data in the IFPI’s new Recording Industry in Numbers 2013 report that was released Monday. Whether or not the laws had an impac ...

  42. Draco Rosa and Mexico's Maná Performing Together at Billboard Latin Music Awards

    April 08, 2013 4:59 PM EDT 1 22 42 0 0 Mexico's most successful rock band Maná and award-winning singer/songwriter Draco Rosa will debut their single "Penelope" at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on April 25.   Presented by State Farm, the program will air at 7 p.m. ...

  43. Harry Johnson, Legendary Jamaican Producer of Harry J Studios Credited with First Reggae Single, Dead at 67

    April 08, 2013 12:49 PM EDT 2 123 21 1 0 Jamaican producer and musician Harry Zephaniah Johnson, 67, credited with producing what is widely considered the first reggae single “No More Heartaches” by the vocal harmony trio The Beltones, passed away on Wednesday, April 3 in his Westmo ...

  44. Justin Timberlake's '20/20' Sees Another Week At No. 1 in Britain

    April 08, 2013 8:04 AM EDT Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” (RCA/Sony Music Entertainment) began a third week atop the U.K. album chart as the Official Charts Company published its new sales data Sunday (April 7). British DJ-producer Duke Dumont debuted at No. 1 ...

  45. IFPI 2013 Recording Industry in Numbers: Global Revenue, Emerging Markets Rise; U.S., U.K., Germany Drop

    April 08, 2013 5:00 AM EDT An increase in digital, performance rights and sync revenues, combined with the rise of rapidly growing emerging markets, contributed to a 0.2% rise in global trade revenue generated by the recorded music industry in 2012, according to the Inter ...

  46. Bruce Springsteen Tops Hot Tours With First 2013 Dates

    April 05, 2013 5:59 PM EDT Bruce Springsteen returns to the weekly Hot Tours tally with the first 2013 box office grosses reported from his Wrecking Ball World Tour that played 81 shows in 2012 and resumed on March 14 following a winter break. He began this year's it ...

  47. Electric Daisy Carnival Adds London Edition With Tiesto, Avicii, Steve Angello, More

    April 05, 2013 4:50 PM EDT Insomniac Events announced today that it would bring its marquee festival Electric Daisy Carnival to London for the first time in 2013, bringing its total editions worldwide to five (including Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, and Puerto Rico). The ...

  48. Morning Fix: Hilco Buys HMV; YouTube, UMPG's Multi-National Pub Deal; Anthony, Santos, Tapia To Play Billboard Latin Music Awards

    April 05, 2013 9:18 AM EDT Get the Morning Fix Delivered Directly To Your Inbox HERE . HILCO BUYS HMV HMV has been handed a lifeline. Retail restructuring specialist Hilco has swooped in with a rescue package for the British chain -- reportedly worth some £50 million ($76 ...

  49. Hilco Buys HMV, Saves 141 Stores and 2,500 Jobs

    April 05, 2013 5:00 AM EDT HMV has been handed a lifeline. Retail restructuring specialist Hilco has swooped in with a rescue package for the British chain -- reportedly worth some £50 million ($76 million). The arrangement all-but secures the future for the once-great mu ...

  50. YouTube, Universal Music Publishing Strike Multi-Nation Deal

    April 04, 2013 5:50 PM EDT The Universal Music Publishing Group has reached a new agreement with YouTube which will allow its Anglo-American repertoire to be played on the social media website in 127 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The deal encompas ...

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