Pro Posts – Billboard

Account

What Will the Future of Streaming Royalties Look Like? Tidal and UMG Want to Find Out

By
Dan Rys
18 hrs ago

PRO ANALYSIS

Daniel Ek Promises New Focus on Efficiency in Spotify’s ‘Next Era’

By
Elias Leight
21 hrs ago

Spotify Wrapped 2022 With 205M Subscribers, $12.4B in Revenue

By
Marc Schneider
23 hrs ago

Will Rick Astley’s Yung Gravy Lawsuit Dampen Pop’s Nostalgia Kick?

By
Kristin Robinson
2 days ago

Women Continue to Be Underrepresented in Music, Annenberg Inclusion Report Finds

By
Taylor Mims
24 hrs ago

Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour Is the Highest-Grossing Concert Tour of All Time

By
Eric Frankenberg
2 days ago

exclusive content

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass to Keynote Entertainment Law Initiative Grammy Week Event

Billboard's Power Players' Choice Award: Vote for Music's Most Impactful Executive (Finalists)

Queen’s Brian May and Sade Producer Robin Millar Knighted in U.K. New Year Honours List

Country Music Association Names Board of Directors for 2023

Jimmy Iovine Shares His Pro Tips for Producing a Hit Christmas Album and What He Loves About Some of His Favorite Holiday Songs

How Trans-Siberian Orchestra Manages a Holiday Haul of Nearly $60M in Just Seven Festive Weeks

These Two Former Billboard Staffers Produced One of Rap's Biggest Christmas Hits

How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Became a Christmas Hit Decades After Its Release

The Legal Beat: Kanye's Lawyers Cut Ties - Plus Slacker, Coachella and More

The Legal Beat: Cardi Wins Trial Over ‘Raunchy’ Cover — Plus Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus and More

The Legal Beat: Cardi B's Bizarre Trial - Plus Gunna, Ed Sheeran & More

The Legal Beat: Ed Sheeran Faces Copyright Trial - Plus Gunna, Bridgerton and More

Pro Insights

Growth in Latin and World Music Is More Than Just a Bad Bunny Blip

By
Dan Rys
Jan 27, 2023 11:35 am

Belarus Has Basically Legalized Music Piracy — Will Russia Be Next?

By
Vladimir Kozlov
Jan 26, 2023 8:38 am

Taylor Swift Is the Least of Ticketmaster’s Worries After Senate Hearing

By
Dave Brooks
Jan 25, 2023 8:02 pm

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.

guest columns

The Imperative Need to Protect Black Women

BY Marc Schneider

How Much Humanity Will AI-Generated Songs Need to Be Copyrightable?

view All

More From Pro

Charles ‘Chip’ Rachlin, Pioneering Agent for Billy Joel and The Beach Boys, Dies at 73

By
Lars Brandle
6 hrs ago

Hipgnosis Buys Rights to TMS Catalog, Including Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Someone You Loved’

By
Kristin Robinson
7 hrs ago

Matt Pincus’ MUSIC Invests in LVRN: ’Young and Seasoned Is Really Hard to Find’

By
Glenn Peoples
13 hrs ago

Spotify Shares Up 12% After Q4 Earnings Release

By
Glenn Peoples
14 hrs ago

HARD Summer Is Returning to Downtown Los Angeles

By
Katie Bain
17 hrs ago

The Imperative Need to Protect Black Women (Guest Column)

By
Ameer Sudan
17 hrs ago

The Legal Beat: Rick Astley Sues Over Soundalike Singer – Plus Miley Cyrus, UMG Class Action & More

By
Bill Donahue
18 hrs ago

David Crosby Returns to Americana/Folk Albums Top 10, Surges on Multiple Charts

By
Gary Trust
18 hrs ago

Charts

Billboard Global Excl. US

1

Flowers

Miley Cyrus

2

Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53

Bizarrap & Shakira

3

Kill Bill

SZA

Emerging Artists

1

Jelly Roll

2

Ice Spice

3

NewJeans

Top Album Sales

1

The Mockingbird & The Crow

HARDY

2

Midnights

Taylor Swift

3

Rush!

Maneskin

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.

On the Scene

On the Scene

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

Los Angeles

see gallery

see gallery

ad