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Ed Sheeran Sold More Concert Tickets This Year Than Any Other Act

By
Eric Frankenberg
12 hrs ago

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What’s a TikTok Hit Worth? This Year’s Most Popular Track Grew Over 1,000% on Streaming

By
Colin Stutz
3 hrs ago

Live Nation Is 2022’s Top Promoter After Post-COVID Windfall From Bad Bunny, The Weeknd & More

By
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
6 hrs ago

‘Goo Goo’ Bucks: What a ‘Wednesday’ Synch Is Worth for The Cramps

By
Steve Knopper
9 hrs ago

The Legal Beat: Atlantic Records Facing Two Sexual Abuse Cases

By
Bill Donahue
6 hrs ago

Austin’s Moody Center Punches Above Its Weight in Opening Year

By
Taylor Mims
6 hrs ago

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Why Do Five or More Songwriters Have To Share a Single Oscar?

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CMA Awards Enjoy Healthy Ratings Boost Over 2021

Deep Dive: The Distribution Revolution

The Evolution — And Boom — of Music Distribution

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Answers To The Top Questions About Independent Distribution

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Pro Insights

What Happens to Motown Next?

By
Gail Mitchell
Dec 2, 2022 3:56 pm

Fake Streams Aren’t Slowing Down

By
Elias Leight
Dec 1, 2022 1:49 pm

For the Record: What If a Label Ran a Streaming Platform?

By
Robert Levine
Dec 1, 2022 2:10 pm

Market Watch

25.4B

Total on-demand streams week over week

Number of audio and video on-demand streams for the week ending November 24.

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How U.S. Policy on Radio Royalties Has Harmed American Artists in Europe

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Charts

Billboard Global Excl. US

1

Unholy

Sam Smith & Kim Petras

2

Anti-Hero

Taylor Swift

3

All I Want For Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey

Emerging Artists

1

Jelly Roll

2

JVKE

3

Stephen Sanchez

Top Album Sales

1

Midnights

Taylor Swift

2

Thriller

Michael Jackson

3

Live At The Fillmore, 1997

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

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

2022 Billboard Live R&B/Hip-Hop: Photos From the Evening

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