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Akon to 'Play Hard' With Friends at Billboard Music Awards: Rehearsal Q&A
May 19, 2013 12:53 PM EDT David Guetta, Akon and Ne-Yo will be hitting the MGM Grand Garden Arena stage in Las Vegas tonight at the Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC, to perform their thumping new track "Play Hard." CLICK FOR COMPLETE LIST OF BBMA FINALI ...
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How Asaf Avidan Is Blazing International Trails For Exporting Israeli Music
May 16, 2013 1:37 PM EDT While much of today's international music coverage on Israel focuses on the hot-button issue of artists performing in Israel, few if any look at at Israeli musicians having success abroad. The list, to be certain, is small: Esther and Abi O ...
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Billboard Music Awards Playlist and Collaborations Revealed
May 16, 2013 9:00 AM EDT When superstars come together on a collaboration, the results can be electrifying. The 2013 Billboard Music Awards promise to be a highly-charged night, with confirmation that some of the biggest names in music will team-up to perform their bigg ...
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Rudimental Claims U.K. Albums Chart Crown, Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ Reigns Again On Singles Chart
May 06, 2013 6:23 AM EDT London drum & bass group Rudimental followed their two U.K. No. 1 singles yesterday by landing the top spot with their debut album “Home” (Asylum/Warner Music). On the singles chart, “Get Lucky” (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment) featuring ...
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Jennifer Lopez, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown Join Billboard Music Awards Lineup
May 02, 2013 11:00 AM EDT 449 509 0 0 There's nothing small about the Billboard Music Awards -- but it will have Lil Wayne. Weezy will join a number of new additions to the May 19 event, including label mate Nicki Minaj and stars including Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Ed Shee ...
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Selena Gomez Gets Big Gain on Billboard's Social 50 Chart
April 25, 2013 9:54 PM EDT Selena Gomez flies 22-5 on the Social 50 chart this week, earning the singer/actress her highest rank (No. 5) since Nov. 24, 2012. The chart surge is owed in part to a performance of the track on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" (Ap ...
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Universal Completes EMI Divestments, Sells Last Two Assets
February 27, 2013 1:32 PM EST Universal Music Group has sold off its last two remaining EMI assets it was required to divest of as part of its acquisition of EMI’s recorded-music properties, a source close to the situation told Billboard.biz today. The assets are EMI’s Europ ...
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Parlophone Purchase: What It Means For Warner Music and Universal
February 07, 2013 2:20 PM EST 7 45 73 0 In an unexpected and strong move, the Warner Music Group has won the auction for the Parlophone Label Group assets with a £487 million ($762 million) bid. The deal is expected to close mid-2013. The deal will give the Warner Music Group, the sma ...
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Ross on Radio: It's Not Bandwagon-Jumping If The Bandwagon Keeps Moving
January 31, 2013 10:24 AM EST 3 14 0 Should an artist follow musical trends or ignore them? For years, the industry premium has been on artists who could reinvent themselves quickly enough to reflect current pop tastes without visibly riding the tail end of a bandwagon. From Bruce S ...
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Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj Top Dance/Club Play Songs: Chart Highlights
January 28, 2013 3:19 PM EST 31 734 0 Bieber scores his first leader on the list. Gary Allan, meanwhile, takes over top Country Airplay and Lady Antebellum soars onto the survey in with 'Downtown.' Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts e ...
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Afrojack to Deadmau5: 'Don't Talk About Stuff You Don't Know About'
January 08, 2013 7:00 PM EST 2 0 0 Dutch DJ Talks New Album and Pop Collaborations, Plus Shoots Down Deadmau5 'Press Play' Position Globe-trotting super-DJ/producer Afrojack is only 25, but the Netherlands native has already reached incredible milestones in his career. He h ...
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Ultra Music Festival Lineup: David Guetta, Tiesto, Avicii to Rock Miami
January 04, 2013 6:05 PM EST As previously announced, Swedish House Mafia will end their "One Last Tour" at Ultra The first round of artists for this year's supersized Ultra Music Festival has been announced, with titans of electronic dance music including deadma ...
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EDM Gets a Terrestrial-Radio Home on WHBA/Boston
December 20, 2012 8:42 PM EST Clear Channel Media and Entertainment launched its first Electronic Dance Music (EDM) broadcast station today replacing the adult hits format on WHBA-FM with a new station called Evolution 101.7. Clear Channel purchased the signal, which had been ...
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Ross On Radio: Songs That Made A Difference In 2012
December 20, 2012 9:45 AM EST It's not hard to find songs that made a difference at top 40 this year Left-field hits from "Too Close" to "Ho Hey" didn't just claim real estate on stations dominated by turbo-pop anthems a year ago, they also had an ...
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Billboard.Biz Readers' Survey Results, Part 1: Most Important Event of 2012
December 19, 2012 7:00 AM EST As part of our year-end special, we asked you, the audience three specific questions about 2012 - and we got dozens of thoughtful, intelligent, well-considered responses. Rather than dropping all of that knowledge in one big pile, we're publi ...
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The Year In EDM 2012: Swedish House Mafia, Deadmau5, Skrillex Get Massive
December 14, 2012 9:00 AM EST When Swedish House Mafia sold out its eight-date arena tour in mere minutes in September, the industry gaped at the feat -- an undeniable demonstration of EDM's growing power in the live space. But there was a rub: Despite moving tickets, SHM ...
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The Year In Social Media: The Rise of the Challengers
December 14, 2012 8:10 AM EST Facebook, Twitter and YouTube continued to rule the social media landscape in 2012, but other networks made inroads as well, giving the incumbents a run for their money. The upstarts include Instagram, Pinterest, SoundCloud, Google+ and the reinca ...
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The Year EDM Sold Out: Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex and Deadmau5 Hit the Mainstream
December 14, 2012 5:25 AM EST When Swedish House Mafia sold out its eight-date arena tour in mere minutes in September, the industry gaped at the feat -- an undeniable demonstration of EDM's growing power in the live space. Check Out All Our Year-End Coverage and Charts R ...
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Ross On Radio: First Listen - LA's new Exitos 93.9
December 05, 2012 7:00 AM EST Here's how you know KXOS (Exitos 93.9) Los Angeles is different-the core acts shown on its website are Maroon 5, Ke$ha, fun., David Guetta, Lady Gaga . . . and Robbie Williams. Williams' single "Candy" hasn't been released ...
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Rihanna Ties Janet Jackson For Second-Most Dance Club Songs No. 1s
December 04, 2012 3:21 PM EST With 'Diamonds' topping the tally, Rihanna and Jackson trail only Madonna for the most No. 1s in the chart's 36-year history. With the rise of Rihanna's "Diamonds" to No. 1 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart, ...
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Rihanna Ties Janet Jackson For Second-Most Dance/Club Play Songs No. 1s
December 03, 2012 4:15 PM EST With 'Diamonds' topping the tally, Rihanna and Jackson trail only Madonna for the most No. 1s in the chart's 36-year history. With the rise of Rihanna 's "Diamonds" to No. 1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs cha ...
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Morning Fix: Broadcasters Get Earful at House Hearing; Rihanna Rules Charts; Dre Tops Forbes; iTunes 11 Today?
November 29, 2012 7:45 AM EST Head HERE to subscribe to Billboard's Morning Fix email and our other free music-business newsletters BROADCASTERS GET AN EARFUL AT INTERNET RADIO FAIRNESS HEARING: In a rather lively Congressional hearing that was supposed to be about Intern ...
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Tie: Alexandra Patsavas & Andria Vidler
November 28, 2012 4:29 PM EST Owner, Chop Shop Muisc Group & CEO, EMI Music U.K. Alexandra Patsavas 'Twilight' And More The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 2 is the final chapter in one of the most successful soundtrack series in history, and each of the five a ...
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Chart Highlights: Ke$ha Climbs To No. 1 on Pop Songs
November 26, 2012 4:55 PM EST The singer scores her third format leader with 'Die Young,' the lead single from her Dec. 4 album 'Warrior.' Plus, a host of new holiday songs enter AC and Jake Owen's 'One' tops Country Airplay. Chart Highlights o ...
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Rihanna Equals Madonna Record, Tops One Direction With U.K. Chart Win
November 26, 2012 8:00 AM EST Rihanna 's "Unapologetic" sold nearly 100,000 copies last week to debut at No. 1 on yesterday's new U.K. album chart. But the real sales story of the week, and the year, came in the less-publicised compilation chart, where " ...
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Rihanna Tops UK Album Chart; 'Now! That's What I Call Music 83' Has 2012's Best Sales Week
November 26, 2012 6:36 AM EST Rihanna's "Unapologetic" (Def Jam/Universal) sold nearly 100,000 copies last week to debut at No. 1 on yesterday's new U.K. album chart. But the real sales story of the week, and the year, came in the less-publicized compilatio ...
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AMAs 2012: Swift Chased, Bieber's Grope Explained + More Things You Didn't See
November 19, 2012 2:00 AM EST "Yes, it was spontaneous," Jenny McCarthy says of her manhandling of Justin Taylor Swift took home the award for Favorite Country Female Artist (surprise, surprise) while Carly Rae Jepsen won her first. Dick Clark was given a touching trib ...
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American Music Awards 2012: Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj Top Exuberant Night
November 18, 2012 11:55 PM EST Justin Bieber took home Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards on Sunday night, a big win on a night that opened with another victory for the teen star. "This is for all the haters who thought that maybe I was just here for one or tw ...
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AMAs 2012: Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj Top Exuberant Night
November 18, 2012 11:45 PM EST Justin Bieber took home Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards on Sunday night, a big win on a night that opened with another victory for the teen star. "This is for all the haters who thought that maybe I was just here for one or two ...
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American Music Awards 2012: Full Winners List
November 18, 2012 11:25 PM EST Here is a complete list of winners at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards: ARTIST OF THE YEAR » Justin Bieber NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR » Carly Rae Jepsen FAVORITE MALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK » Justin Bieber FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST - POP/ROCK » Katy ...
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Rihanna's 'SNL' Performance & 'Diamonds' Premiere Fuels Social 50 Chart Gain
November 17, 2012 11:00 AM EST As the release of Rihanna 's seventh album "Unapologetic" nears (due Nov. 19), the diva has been in promotion overdrive. In turn, the singer soars up four slots on Billboard's Social 50 chart (7-3) with big gains across our monit ...
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Backbeat: Nero, Junkie XL, Andy Grammer, KCRW's Jason Bentley Rock American Music Awards Kickoff EDM Party
November 17, 2012 10:58 AM EST Josh Mayer (The Glitch Mob) and PennyBirdRabbit. (Photo: Nicole Pajer) The electronic dance music community flocked to Club Nokia 's swanky VIP lounge last night to kick off AMA weekend. The party was thrown in honor of the genre's recen ...
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Rihanna 'SNL' Performance and 'Diamonds' Premiere Fuels Social 50 Chart Gain
November 17, 2012 8:00 AM EST As the release of Rihanna's seventh album, "Unapologetic," nears its Nov. 19 release date, the diva has been in promotion overdrive. In turn, the singer soars up four slots on Billboard's Social 50 chart (7-3) with big gains ac ...
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Chart Moves: Adele's 'Skyfall' Rises On Hot 100; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Ludacris, Bruno Mars Make Moves
November 16, 2012 11:48 AM EST As previously reported , Maroon 5 manages a ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "One More Night," tying Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" for the chart's longest command this year. What other songs make ...
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Ross On Radio: Great Radio You Hope To Never Hear
November 14, 2012 9:00 AM EST They are words you do not typically hear in a car dealer spot: "God bless." Yet, on WJLK-FM (the Point) Monmouth-Ocean, N.J., "God bless" is actually in the tag line of at least two of the spots I heard last Thursday afternoon. ...
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Chart Highlights: Carly Rae Jepsen Plants 'Kiss' On Pop Songs
November 12, 2012 4:15 PM EST The singer's follow-up to 'Call Me Maybe' and 'Good Time' enters the list at No. 40. Plus, Luke Bryan logs his fifth No. 1 on Country Airplay, where Carrie Underwood's new single debuts. Chart Highlights offers a sneak ...
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Taylor Swift Rules, Rihanna Snubbed at MTV European Music Awards
November 11, 2012 7:25 PM EST At EMAs, Justin Bieber Picks Up Three Trophies & PSY Wins Best Video Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber dominated the 2012 MTV European Music Awards, winning three trophies each, with Swift ruling over her first-ever appearance at the EMAs, taking t ...
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Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber Win Big at MTV European Music Awards
November 11, 2012 6:08 PM EST Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber dominated the 2012 MTV European Music Awards, winning three trophies each, with Swift ruling over her first-ever appearance at the EMAs, taking the honors for best female, best live act and best look. "This is m ...
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Jangle All The Way: New Acts Soften Alternative Airwaves
November 08, 2012 11:05 AM EST As Mumford & Sons flex retail muscle, alternative radio is finding that hits don't always have to be hard. The biggest sales week for a rock album since 2008 wasn't set by a veteran act like Green Day , Red Hot Chili Peppers or U2 . No ...
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Usher, No Doubt, Justin Bieber, Ke$ha to Perform on American Music Awards
November 05, 2012 3:27 PM EST Usher, No Doubt, Justin Bieber and Ke$ha will perform at the 40th annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 18, joining previously announced acts Pink, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Pitbull and Linkin Park. Mo ...
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Bubbling Under: Dance, Adult Pop Gotta Have Paloma Faith
November 02, 2012 1:30 PM EDT Each Friday, Billboard presents "Bubbling Under," a weekly look at new and noteworthy acts making their way toward Billboard chart success. Up this week: Paloma Faith, Cazzette, City Harbor and the Rock Mob. Paloma Faith In the vein of suc ...
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Bubbling Under: UK's Paloma Faith Hits the US; Also, Cazzette, City Harbor, Rock Mob
November 02, 2012 9:45 AM EDT Each Friday, Billboard presents "Bubbling Under," a weekly look at new and noteworthy acts making their way toward Billboard chart success. Up this week: Paloma Faith, Cazzette, City Harbor and the Rock Mob Paloma Faith In the vein of su ...
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Chart Highlights: Adele's 'Skyfall' Rises On Adult Charts
October 15, 2012 4:45 PM EDT Plus, new airplay No. 1s for Maroon 5, Carrie Underwood and Leslie Grace Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts every Monday. Find out the top songs, Greatest Gainers and debuts on the surveys listed below. All ou ...
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Ultra Music Festival Expands to 2 Weekends
October 15, 2012 1:46 PM EDT For the Ultra Music Festival, one weekend just wasn't enough. Organizers announced on Monday that the massive Electronic Dance Music event will be taking over Miami's Bayfront Park for two weekends in March. Exclusive: Ultra Music, Ultra ...
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Ultra Music Festival Expands to 2 Weekends
October 15, 2012 1:00 PM EDT For the Ultra Music Festival, one weekend just wasn't enough. Organizers announced on Monday that the massive Electronic Dance Music event will be taking over Miami's Bayfront Park for two weekends in March. SLIDESHOW: Highlights From Ultr ...
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Rihanna's 'Diamonds' Drives Gains on Social 50 Chart
October 12, 2012 9:15 AM EDT Rihanna is back at it. This week she jumps 23-3 on Billboard's Social 50 chart, elevated by attention from her newly released single "Diamonds" off her upcoming album "Unapologetic" (set to be released November 19). The Soci ...
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Rihanna's 'Diamonds' Drives Gains on Social 50 Chart
October 12, 2012 7:30 AM EDT Rihanna is back at it. This week she jumps 23-3 on Billboard's Social 50 chart, elevated by attention from her newly released single "Diamonds" off her upcoming album "Unapologetic" (set to be released November 19). The So ...
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Single Reviews: Bruno Mars, Adele, Rihanna, Sky Ferreira & more
October 11, 2012 5:55 PM EDT BRUNO MARS Locked Out of Heaven (3:54) Producer: Mark Ronson Writers: B. Mars, the Smeezingtons Publishers: various Elektra/Warner With Gotye busy channeling Peter Gabriel, 2012 seemed overdue for a Police tribute. Leave it to Bruno Mars, then, fo ...
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Weekly Chart Notes: Brenda Russell Talks Flo Rida's 'I Cry'
October 07, 2012 6:05 AM EDT What does the smooth R&B singer think of the Sunshine State rapper's reworking of her 1988 hit ballad 'Piano in the Dark'? SWIFT STARTS: Taylor Swift pads her lead for the most top 10 debuts in the Hot 100's 54-year history, ...
