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The Billboard 2023 POWER 100 List Has Been Revealed

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Frank DiGiacomo
Feb 2, 2023 10:35 am

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How Elton John’s Record-Breaking Farewell Tour Became an $800 Million Behemoth

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More Signings Fail to Produce More Stars

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With 15 Grammy Nominations, Nonesuch Records Is Thriving In Its Eclectic Groove

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Why Is Country Music Underrepresented at the Grammys?

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How the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees’ Sales & Streams Stack Up

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Cassettes Are Making a Comeback, But Can Production Keep Up?

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Market Watch

26.5B

Total on-demand streams week over week

Number of audio and video on-demand streams for the week ending January 26.

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Flowers

Miley Cyrus

2

Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53

Bizarrap & Shakira

3

Kill Bill

SZA

Emerging Artists

1

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