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Firebird Lays Out Plan for Investments in Red Light, Mick Management and Access to $1 Billion

By
Ed Christman
21 hrs ago

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How Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ Returned to No. 1: Breaking Down the Numbers

By
Andrew Unterberger
18 hrs ago

Gen Z Is Drinking Less and Clubs Aren’t Thrilled

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Elias Leight
22 hrs ago

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

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Robert Levine
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Feds Seize R. Kelly’s Money, Dua Lipa’s Copyright Clash & More of the Week’s Biggest Legal Stories

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Bill Donahue
19 hrs ago

This Humble Label Wants to Be a ‘Door-Opener’ for Mexican Music

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

By
Melinda Newman
Jun 2, 2023 10:00 am

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By
Glenn Peoples
Jun 2, 2023 4:40 pm

Is the Music Business Slipping on Its Pledge to Diversity?

By
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Market Watch

27.7B

total on-demand streams week over week

Number of audio and video on-demand streams for the week ending June 1.

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Charts

Billboard Global Excl. US

1

Idol

YOASOBI

2

Cupid

Fifty Fifty

3

La Bebe

Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma

Emerging Artists

1

Megan Moroney

2

(G)I-DLE

3

Kali

Top Album Sales

1

Midnights

Taylor Swift

2

Where The Light Goes

matchbox twenty

3

SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML (EP)

SEVENTEEN

Deep Dive: The Distribution Revolution

In its newest Deep Dive, Billboard looks at how distribution for indie labels and acts has become the music industry’s new frontier.

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On the Scene

Billboard Women In Music 2023: Photos From the Show

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