The business of music is once again booming -- and as the playing field has become all the more competitive, the longtime leaders of live, tech, management and recorded music have been joined by 41 new faces disrupting old models on Billboard's annual ranking of industry influence.

Billboard's 2018 Power 100 List Revealed
3. Daniel Ek, Founder/CEO, Spotify
4. Irving Azoff, Chairman/CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment; chairman, Full Stop Management
5. Rob Stringer, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment
6. Stephen Cooper, CEO, Warner Music Group; Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music, Warner Music Group
8. Jody Gerson, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group
11. Jon Platt, Chairman/CEO, Warner/Chappell Music
12. Martin Bandier, Chairman/CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
13. Craig Kallman, Chairman/CEO, Atlantic Records; Julie Greenwald, Chairman/COO, Atlantic Records
14. Monte Lipman, Founder/Chairman, Republic Records; Avery Lipman, Founder/President, Republic Records
19. Guy Oseary, Co-Founder/Principal, Maverick Management
20. Jay Marciano, COO, AEG; Chairman/CEO, AEG Presents
21. John Janick, Chairman/CEO, Interscope Geffen A&M; Steve Berman, Vice Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M
23. Peter Edge, Chairman/CEO, RCA Records
24. Tom Corson, Co-Chairman/COO, Warner Bros. Records
25. Paul Rosenberg, Chairman/CEO, Def Jam Recordings
26. Jennifer Breithaupt, Global Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, Citi
35. Stuart Camp, Manager, Ed Sheeran
38. Paul Tollett, President, Goldenvoice; Melissa Ormond, COO of Festivals, AEG Presents
39. Randy Goodman, Chairman/CEO, Sony Music Nashville
40. Joel Katz, Chairman of the Global Entertainment and Media Practice, Greenberg Traurig
42. Noah "40" Shebib, Producer; Co-Founder, OVO Sound; Adel "Future The Prince" Nur, Manager, Drake
43. Robert Kyncl, Chief Business Officer, YouTube; Lyor Cohen, Global Head of Music, YouTube
44. Neil Portnow, President/CEO, The Recording Academy
45. Jeffrey Azoff and Brandon Creed, Full Stop Management
46. Scott Borchetta, President/CEO, Big Machine Label Group
59. Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch, Co-Founders, Q Prime
60. David Massey, President/CEO, Island Records
61. Kathy Willard, CFO, Live Nation Entertainment
62. Jesús López, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Latin America and Iberian Peninsula
63. Afo Verde, Chairman/CEO of Latin America, Spain and Portugal, Sony Music Entertainment
64. Jon Landau, President, Jon Landau Management; Barbara Carr, Partner, Jon Landau Management
67. Willard Ahdritz, Founder/CEO, Kobalt
69. David Field, Chairman/President/CEO, Entercom; Pat Paxton, President of Programming, Entercom
70. Stu Bergen, CEO of International and Global Commercial Services, Warner Music Group
71. Louis Messina, CEO, Messina Touring Group; John Meglen, Co-CEO, Concerts West
72. John Josephson, Chairman/CEO, SESAC; Randy Grimmett, CEO/Partner, Global Music Rights
73. Charles Caldas, CEO, Merlin; Michael Huppe, President/CEO, SoundExchange
75. Pasquale Rotella, Founder/CEO, Insomniac Events
76. Adam Alpert, CEO, Disruptor Records/Selector Songs
77. Marcie Allen, President/Founder, MAC Presents; Cara Lewis, Owner/Founder, Cara Lewis Group
79. Anthony Saleh, CEO, Emagen Entertainment Group; Partner, WNDRCO
81. Daniel Glass, Founder/President, Glassnote Entertainment Group
83. Scott Pascucci, CEO, Concord Music; Steve Smith, Chairman, Concord Music
84. Mike Caren, Founder/CEO, Artist Partner Group
85. Pat Corcoran, Manager, Chance The Rapper; Haight Brand
86. David Marcus, Executive vp/Head of Music, Ticketmaster
87. Sarah Trahern, CEO, Country Music Association
89. Sarah Stennett, Co-Founder/CEO, First Access Entertainment
91. Debra Lee, Chairman/CEO, BET Networks
92. Henry Cárdenas, Founder/CEO, Cárdenas Marketing Network
94. Jorge "Pepo" Ferradas, President of Music, Univision Communications
95. Kevin Kusatsu and Andrew McInnes, Founders, TMWRK
96. Dina LaPolt, Founder/Owner, LaPolt Law
99. Raúl Alarcón Jr., Chairman/CEO, Spanish Broadcasting System
100. Mary Berner, President/CEO, Cumulus Media
Methodology: A committee of Billboard editors and reporters weighed a variety of factors in determining the 2018 Power 100 ranking, including, but not limited to, Billboard's Top Artists and Top Tours of 2017 rankings, nominations by peers, colleagues and superiors; impact on consumer behavior as measured by such metrics as chart, sales and streaming performance; social media impressions, and radio and TV audiences reached; career trajectory; and overall impact in the industry. When available, financial results are taken into consideration. Where required, U.S. record-label market share was consulted using Nielsen Music's market share for album plus track-equivalent and stream-equivalent album consumption units, and Billboard's quarterly top 10 publisher rankings. Unless otherwise noted, Billboard Boxscore and Nielsen Music are the sources for tour grosses and sales/streaming data, respectively. Unless otherwise noted, streaming figures cited represented combined U.S. on-demand audio and video totals.
Contributors: Bob Allen, Trevor Anderson, Jim Asker, Dave Brooks, Dean Budnick, Keith Caulfield, Ed Christman, Leila Cobo, Camille Dodero, Thom Duffy, Adrienne Gaffney, Fred Goodman, Gary Graff, Jenn Haltman, Andrew Hampp, Hannah Karp, Steve Knopper, Robert Levine, Brooke Mazurek, Gail Mitchell, Melinda Newman, Paula Parisi, Dan Rys, Richard Smirke, Eric Spitznagel, Jay Stowe, Jack Tregoning, Deborah Wilker, Nick Williams.