1. Rihanna Sets Record For Most Mainstream Top 40 No. 1s

    April 22, 2013 12:54 PM EDT 2 20 29 0 0 In tallying her 10th leader, she passes Katy Perry for the most toppers in the chart's 20-year history.   Rihanna becomes the first artist in the 20-year history of Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart ...

  2. Taylor Swift, fun., Maroon 5 Lead 2013 Billboard Music Awards Finalists

    April 22, 2013 11:00 AM EDT 3 252 32 0 0 Taylor Swift, fun. and Maroon 5 lead the finalists for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, which will air live on Sunday, May 19 beginning at 8/7c on ABC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. CLICK FOR COMPLETE LIST OF BBMA FINALISTS • M ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 'Glee' Renewed for Another Two Seasons

    April 19, 2013 9:39 PM EDT 1 12 18 0 0 Fox has something to sing about. Musical dramedy "Glee" has been renewed for a fifth and sixth season, the network announced Friday. "'Glee' debuted as the first and only successful musical comedy series on television, ...

  5. Fall Out Boy, Kid Cudi Continue Battle for No. 1 on Billboard 200

    April 19, 2013 9:03 PM EDT 1 2 18 0 0 It's a race for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week. As reported on Wednesday , new albums from rock band Fall Out Boy and rapper Kid Cudi are locked in a battle for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. Friday, little ...

  6. Katy Perry Talks Next Album, Songwriting And Producers' Goofy Nicknames

    April 18, 2013 9:28 PM EDT 2 5 26 0 0 Katy Perry is halfway through her third album, the follow-up to “Teenage Dream,” which spawned five Hot 100 No. 1 singles. She has yet to feel any pressure. “When I put myself on a timeline, when I tell the record company when I want to release ...

  7. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin Album Art Designer Storm Thorgerson Dies

    April 18, 2013 6:07 PM EDT 1 111 26 0 0 LONDON (AP) -- English graphic designer Storm Thorgerson, whose eye-popping album art for Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin encapsulated the spirit of 1970s psychedelia, died Thursday. He was 69. In a statement, Thorgerson's family said that h ...

  8. Rod Stewart To Perform Rare Club Show at L.A.'s Troubadour

    April 18, 2013 11:19 AM EDT 1 1 22 0 0 Rod Stewart will perform his first club show in years and hold a fan question-and-answer forum on Thursday, Apr. 25, when the legendary singer-songwriter takes the stage at the 400-capacity Troubadour in Los Angeles. Stewart will use the intima ...

  9. Diplo, Fun., Max Martin, Sony/ATV, More Honored at ASCAP Pop Awards

    April 18, 2013 9:03 AM EDT 1 3 23 0 0 Songwriter/producer Max Martin, fun.’s “We Are Young,” Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, and producer/DJ Diplo were among the top honorees at ASCAP’s 30th annual pop awards Wednesday night (April 17). Held at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in ...

  10. Paramore Earn First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200

    April 17, 2013 10:57 AM EDT 2 364 966 17 0 Rock band Paramore nabs its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this week, beating out Brad Paisley, who debuts at No. 2. The former's self-titled set starts with 106,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, while Paisley's Wheelho ...

  11. Benny Blanco to be Honored by Songwriters Hall of Fame

    April 16, 2013 1:49 PM EDT 1 1 22 0 0 NEW YORK (AP) -- Benny Blanco, who has co-written and co-produced hits like Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" and Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," is getting a songwriting honor. Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, Drake, Chaka Kh ...

  12. 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 ...

  13. Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng Dead at 42

    April 14, 2013 12:41 AM EDT Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, who has been in a semi-conscious state since a 2008 car accident, died early Saturday morning, his family announced. He was 42. In a statement posted on the fan site Oneloveforchi.com , Cheng's family writes that ...

  14. Tim Carr’s Family Addresses Unclear Circumstances Surrounding His Death

    April 13, 2013 6:39 PM EDT 1 43 21 0 0 The family of Tim Carr, the former Capitol, Warner Bros. and Dreamworks A&R exec who died under unclear circumstances in Thailand earlier this week, has written about his death and granted Billboard.biz permission to publish it here. They ...

  15. Coachella Backbeat: Of Monsters and Men, IO Echo, Tegan and Sara, More

    April 13, 2013 11:51 AM EDT 1 48 27 0 0 Coachella kicked off on Friday as thousands arrived at the Empire Polo Club grounds. The chatter of the day was all about How To Destroy Angeles vs. The Stone Roses -- both playing at the same time on opposite stages -- how everyone needed mor ...

  16. Backbeat: The Neighbourhood Talks New Album Backstage at Coachella 2013

    April 12, 2013 8:45 PM EDT 1 28 18 0 0 Following their high energy set on the opening day of this year’s Coachella festival, Billboard caught up with the Neighbourhood backstage. Coachella Kicks Off the Festival Season The guys were hanging with their tour manager Ellis Bertschi (F ...

  17. Chart Moves: Jonas Brothers Return To Hot 100; Little Wings Fly to New U.S. Heights; Anna Kendrick's 'Pitch Perfect' Song Wins Over Radio

    April 11, 2013 5:42 PM EDT As previously reported , Bruno mars' "When I Was Your Man" (2-1) becomes just the second all-piano-and-vocal ballad to top the Billboard Hot 100, following Adele's "Someone Like You" in 2011. Who else makes notable ...

  18. Billboard Expands Streaming Charts With Seven Genre-Specific Rankings

    April 11, 2013 9:00 AM EDT Less than two months after launching the Streaming Songs chart, which blends data from a variety of streaming services into one ranking, Billboard today unveils seven genre-specific charts utilizing the same methodology.   Rankings for country, ...

  19. Updated: Tim Carr, A&R Exec for Capitol, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Dead at 57

    April 11, 2013 8:38 AM EDT 4 146 61 2 0 Tim Carr, an A&R exec who worked with the Beastie Boys, Megadeth, Babes in Toyland, David Byrne, Lush, Ash and others during stints with Capitol, Warner Bros. and Dreamworks, was found dead Wednesday in Thailand, according to the Minneapo ...

  20. Paramore Aiming for First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart

    April 10, 2013 7:36 PM EDT Rock band Paramore is aiming for its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as its new self-titled set should bow atop the list next week. Industry sources project that the album, the group's first since 2009, may sell around 110,000 ...

  21. A History Of Hit Piano Ballads On The Hot 100

    April 10, 2013 3:09 PM EDT 1 21 27 0 0 Amid a boom of hi-NRG EDM club anthems, stomp-and-clap folk/rock sing-alongs and rapped odes to bargain-hunting, a simple piano ballad, Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man," crowns this week's Billboard Hot 100. The melancholy ...

  22. Bruno Mars Lands Fifth Hot 100 No. 1, Fastest Male Artist Since Elvis To Reach Milestone

    April 10, 2013 2:25 PM EDT Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" advances 2-1 on the Billboard Hot 100, granting the pop singer/songwriter his fifth leading title. It also marks just the second No. 1 in the chart's more than five-decade history for a song ...

  23. Budweiser Reveals Made In America Lineup – Beyonce, Nine Inch Nails to Headline

    April 10, 2013 1:00 PM EDT Beyonce and Nine Inch Nails top an eclectic lineup for Budweiser's second annual Made In America Festival, scheduled to return to Philadelphia for Labor Day weekend on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Jay-Z once again curated this year's roster, b ...

  24. Justin Timberlake Earns Third Week At No. 1; Band Perry Debuts At No. 2; Tyler, the Creator at No. 3

    April 10, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience holds at No. 1 for a third straight week on the Billboard 200, selling another 139,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan (down 56%). It's the first set to spend it first three weeks at No. ...

  25. Exclusive: Unilever's Fruttare Teams With Ne-Yo, Cher Lloyd and Coachella

    April 10, 2013 10:48 AM EDT Packaged goods giant Unilever is debuting only one product in the United States this year — Fruttare Fruit Bars, which is looking to associate itself with music out the gate with a pair of high-profile partnerships. The first is a collaboration ...

  26. 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 ...

  27. Kid Rock Takes 'Pay Cut' With $20 Tickets on Summer Tour

    April 08, 2013 11:15 AM EDT 10 49 38 1 0 Kid Rock will take a "pay cut" this summer, or at least risk one, by structuring a deal that allows for a $20 ticket price across the board at amphitheaters, and working with promoter Live Nation to lower prices on everything from b ...

  28. Andy Johns, Producer/Engineer for Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, More, Dead at 61 (Updated)

    April 07, 2013 8:01 PM EDT 2 294 116 9 0 
Andy Johns, the veteran producer and engineer who worked on classic albums by Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen and many others, has died at the age of 61. The news was confirmed to Billboard.biz by guitarist Stacy B ...

  29. The Band Perry and Tyler, the Creator Aiming for Top Three on Billboard 200 Chart

    April 05, 2013 8:22 PM EDT While Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" is set for a third straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week, a number of new arrivals should grace the top 10. The Band Perry's sophomore album, " ...

  30. New Kids On The Block's Jonathan Knight Walks Off Stage During NYC Concert

    April 05, 2013 4:55 AM EDT 1 23 12 0 0 UPDATE (April 6): Friday morning, all five new Kids, including Jonathan Knight, performed “We Own Tonight,” from “10,” on NBC’s “Today” show. They made no mention of his departure the night before. The same day, the group’s official Twitter ac ...

  31. Ross On Radio: Adults Like What They Know, And Know It Sooner

    April 04, 2013 9:30 AM EDT It was, for years, an aphorism of adult contemporary and hot AC radio: "Adults know what they like. And they like what they know." It was the rallying cry for AC's move away from unproven music and, in some cases, from any current ...

  32. Justin Timberlake Heading for Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

    April 03, 2013 8:52 PM EDT It looks like Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" will spend a third consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 chart next week. The set could sell in the range of 150,000 to 170,000, Billboard estimates, based on the sales pa ...

  33. SoundScan Q1: Track and Album Sales Down, Digital Album Sales Jump

    April 03, 2013 8:41 PM EDT For the second time since SoundScan started counting downloads in 2003, track sales suffered a sales decline, something that occurred in the first three quarters of 2010. So far this year, track sales are down 1.3% as of March 31, according to N ...

  34. Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Miguel to Perform at Billboard Music Awards

    April 03, 2013 1:30 PM EDT 2 7 40 2 0 Chart-topping artists join Prince as live acts for May 19 broadcast on ABC; tickets go on sale April 4 Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars, who have all topped the Billboard 200 in the past year, as well as critically acclaimed R&B s ...

  35. Justin Timberlake's '20/20' Spends Second Week At No. 1 on Billboard 200, Lil Wayne Enters at No. 2

    April 03, 2013 10:44 AM EDT Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience easily spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 318,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's more than 100,000 ahead of the No. 2 album, the debuting I Am Not a Human ...

  36. Rolling Stones Announce '50 and Counting' North American Tour Dates

    April 03, 2013 9:00 AM EDT 38 591 56 7 0 This morning the Rolling Stones finally released dates for their "50 and Counting" North American tour. The U.S. dates, as reported by Billboard.biz , will begin early next month on the West Coast, with announced markets including ...

  37. Billboard, Chevrolet to Present First-Ever Milestone Award at 2013 Billboard Music Awards

    April 01, 2013 2:19 PM EDT Billboard and Chevrolet are teaming up to celebrate the ingenuity of this year's hitmakers with the new Milestone Award at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 19. Fans can vote for their favorite Milestone artist online and enter ...

  38. Bruno Mars Sets Mainstream Top 40 Record, Justin Timberlake Tops Rhythmic

    April 01, 2013 1:08 PM EDT Mars passes Nelly and Timberlake for the most Mainstream Top 40 No. 1s among males. Timberlake, meanwhile, takes over atop Rhythmic. Bruno Mars rewrites Billboard chart history, as "When I Was Your Man" rises 2-1 on the Nielsen BDS-bas ...

  39. Phil Ramone's Top 50 Billboard Albums: From '52nd Street' to 'Album 1700'

    April 01, 2013 10:40 AM EDT In a career that spanned 50 years, Phil Ramone’s credit graced some of the rock era’s most celebrated albums, from Glass Houses to Graceland and from A Star Is Born to Flashdance . Ramone, who died Saturday at age 79, was an engineer in the 1960 ...

  40. Phil Ramone Remembered by Studio Colleagues Bob Ludwig, Al Schmitt, Frank Filipetti (Updated)

    March 31, 2013 12:21 AM EDT 10 0 0 Producers, engineers, and other audio professionals who worked with Phil Ramone, who passed away Saturday morning , remember his love of music, his pursuit of excellence, his sense of humor, his soothing presence, and his uncanny ability to sta ...

  41. Phil Ramone on Film and Stage: From Bond and Madonna to 'Flashdance' and 'August Rush'

    March 30, 2013 8:27 PM EDT 1 9 37 0 0 Phil Ramone was the rare record producer and engineer who was active and thriving in the live-performance realm  as well as film, TV and theater. He produced numerous MusiCares person of the year galas during Grammy Week, tributes to performers ...

  42. Phil Ramone Remembered by John Burk, Co-Producer of Ray Charles’ ‘Genius Loves Company’

    March 30, 2013 7:05 PM EDT 1 29 0 0 John Burk and Phil Ramone produced Ray Charles' “Genius Love Company,” an album that scored five Grammys in 2005, including Album of the Year. By the time Charles signed with Concord Records, Ramone already had a history with the label as ...

  43. Phil Ramone Remembered by McCartney, Joel, Streisand, Wonder, More As ‘The Star of Stars Behind the Stars’ (Updated)

    March 30, 2013 4:22 PM EDT 1 167 68 0 0 Response to the news of the death of Phil Ramone was instantaneous on Saturday, as the Internet was filled with tributes and remembrances from his colleagues, collaborators and admirers, including Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, S ...

  44. Phil Ramone Looks Back at His Legendary Career in Expansive 1996 Billboard Interview

    March 30, 2013 2:20 PM EDT 1 82 206 0 0 Legendary producer Phil Ramone -- who helmed classic albums by Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Carly Simon and many others over a career that reached back to the early 1960s -- died this mor ...

  45. Producer Phil Ramone Dead at 79

    March 30, 2013 12:36 PM EDT 8 1.564 k 115 20 0 Phil Ramone -- an oft-honored visionary in the field of audio recording and the presentation of music; who helmed classic albums by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, Billy Joel and many others over a c ...

  46. Blake Shelton Set for Best Sales Week Ever on Billboard 200 Chart

    March 29, 2013 7:47 PM EDT Led by Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being II," the Billboard 200 chart's top 10 should welcome six new entries next week. The rap star's latest release is on course to sell around 200,000 copies by the end of the tracki ...

  47. Justin Timberlake's '20/20' Swarms On-Demand Chart With 8.6 Million Streams

    March 29, 2013 5:39 PM EDT Just as Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience had an immense opening week sales-wise, selling 968,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan and subsequently debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the album had a major week on audio on-d ...

  48. Justin Timberlake Hits No. 1 for First Time on Social 50 Chart

    March 28, 2013 9:46 PM EDT Move over Bieber, there's a new Justin in town (again). Concurrent with the release of Justin Timberlake's first album in 6 years, "The 20/20 Experience," the pop star has propelled to the No. 1 position on Billboard's S ...

  49. Paul Williams, Crawdaddy Founder, 'Godfather of Rock Criticism' Dead at 64

    March 28, 2013 3:58 PM EDT 1 596 81 0 0 Paul Williams, the writer and editor who helped create what we now know as rock journalism with Crawdaddy!, a magazine he founded in 1966, died last night at the age of 64 from complications related to a 1995 bike accident. Williams began pub ...

  50. Mom+Pop Names Robbie Mackey New Head of Marketing, Announces Sub Service, New Imprint

    March 28, 2013 1:51 PM EDT Robbie Mackey, former head of The Orchard's interactive marketing department and alum of Mom+Pop's digital department, has been named as Mom+Pop's new head of marketing, it was announced today. The New York-based label is home to ...

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