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What Has 500 Speakers, 87 Trucks and 2 Nights of No Repeats? Enter Metallica’s ‘M72’ Tour

By
Robert Levine
11 hrs ago

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Country Power Players: Billboard’s 2023 List of Executives Revealed

By
Melinda Newman
Jun 2, 2023 10:00 am

This Humble Label Wants to Be a ‘Door-Opener’ for the Regional Mexican Genre

By
Leila Cobo
14 hrs ago

Tennessee’s Drag Ban Overturned, Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge

By
Bill Donahue, Stephen Daw
3 days ago

Rusty Gaston: Billboard Country Power Players 2023 Executive of the Year

By
Jessica Nicholson
Jun 2, 2023 10:00 am

The U.S. Recorded Music Business Is Surging — Can It Return to Double-Digit Revenue Growth in 2023?

By
Glenn Peoples
Jun 2, 2023 4:40 pm

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Big Loud CEO/Partner Seth England Wins Billboard Country Power Players’ Choice Award

By
Jessica Nicholson
Jun 2, 2023 10:07 am

Is the Music Business Slipping on Its Pledge to Diversity?

By
Elias Leight
Jun 1, 2023 3:04 pm

Dear Music Industry: Don’t Let DEI Die

By
Gail Mitchell
Jun 1, 2023 3:25 pm

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Billboard Global Excl. US

1

Cupid

Fifty Fifty

2

La Bebe

Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma

3

Where She Goes

Bad Bunny

Emerging Artists

1

(G)I-DLE

2

Megan Moroney

3

Iam Tongi

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1

Walk Around The Moon

Dave Matthews Band

2

Phantomime (EP)

Ghost

3

SOS

SZA

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