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EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR SCOTT BORCHETTA, 55 PRESIDENT/CEO, BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP Two years ago, the possibility of an honor as Billboard's indie executive of the year was almost off [...]

I IT IS THE SOUND OF THE FASTEST-GROWING demographic in the nation--and one of the most diverse. The Hispanic population of the United States, some 55.4 million individuals comprising 17.3 [...]

ALL IT TAKES FOR A HIT CAREER IS THE RIGHT mix of melodies and lyrics--and lawyers. Never has the role of legal advisers in the music business been more crucial, […]

THE MOST SURPRISING thing about Shawn Mendes is how unassumingly normal the Canadian teenager is. Sitting in the Manhattan offices of Island Records in March, the 16-year? old singer-songwriter looks [...]

BETTING on Vegas GAMBLING IS THE WARM-UP ACT THESE DAYS AS MUSIC NOW BRINGS THE MONEY--AND MAGIC--TO A NEW SIN CITY FOR A HANDFUL OF LUCKY A-LIST ARTISTS, LAS VEGAS [...]

This year the industry's top players weren't just changing the business in the label, publishing and touring worlds, they also were changing jobs, and the shake-ups are reflected in Billboard's [...]

Fresh off brokering a $100 million deal between U2 and Apple, Guy Oseary is unveiling the new Maverick: music's biggest, most fiercely protected secret of the year, in which he's [...]

U2's $100 million deal with Apple was just the latest bombshell in the shifting landscape of how artists make money. Six visionaries--from Metallica's Lars Ulrich to Chase's Steve Pamon--talk about [...]

After publicly coming out to the press, soul singer SAM SMITH arrives in the United States with an unfailingly frank album full of melancholy: 'I'll be excited when I get [...]

At 44, Jennifer Lopez is still smokin', but also increasingly serious about the business of her brand, as she releases her eighth album, tours and grabs the big booty ($52 [...]

It's just after noon on April 29, and Ray LaMontagne's new album, Supernova, is sitting at No. 2 on iTunes after just 12 hours of release. It has been more [...]

MARIAH CAREY IS HAVING A CASE OF THE MONDAYS. It's the day after Easter, and she's nursing a kick to the face from her nearly 3-year-old son Moroccan after a [...]

'I GOT TO FIGHT LIKE IT'S MY FIRST RECORD EVERY TIME,' HE SAYS IT'S a rare occasion that Enrique Iglesias is actually at the offices of his Mr. 305 Productions [...]

RYAN TEDDER made more than $2.5 million writing songs last year but doesn't know it. Now, OneRepublic's lead singer, who claims to never check his money ('I have this weird [...]

For the first time, leaders from the international music business are honored with a Billboard Power Players report, presented here in association with MIDEM, the leading international event for the [...]

It's Sunday, the 18th of October, and Pink is sending 2-yearold daughter Willow off to play with her touring friend, 'Chef Robbie,' for the next hour while Mommy sits down [...]

IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE ONE DIRECTION will be a year from now--let alone next week--score yourself an invite to the weekly planning calls with the principals of Modest! [...]

Big partnerships like Pearl Jam and Fox Sports are just a Small piece of the nearly $14 billion that brands will spend around sports in 2013. How can music play [...]

From the six concerts leading up the Super Bowl Halftime Show to MLB's Fan Cave, major-league music opportunities continue to grow. Right now the payoff is often exposure instead of [...]

Last October, metal five-piece Avenged Sevenfold scored perhaps the biggest booking of any musical act outside of the Grammys. It wasn't an awards show, it wasn't a festival date--it wasn't [...]

Samsung made Jay-Z's new album profitable before it was even released, scoring a major win for both brand and artist with the announcement of their deal. What does it mean [...]

GUY OSEARY IS SITTING IN THE SPRAWLING YARD OF his Beverly Hills estate, listing all the things he's said 'no' to in the past 16 years. It is not a [...]

As 2012 dawned, few American adults outside the most dedicated of Anglophiles knew much, if anything, about One Direction. In part, that's because the kind of boy-band pop One Direction [...]

Tuesday, Nov. 6, wasn't just Election Day for Jay Brown. It was also the day the Roc Nation president/co-founder had to hand over the final cut of Rihanna's seventh album, [...]

'From a branding perspective, it's never been a more exciting time to be involved in music.' Michael Gross, music supervisor for Los Angeles ad agency TBWA/Chiat/Day, knows of what he [...]

Christina Aguilera hasn't felt this way in a decade, The singer is reflecting on the eventful two years leading up to the release of her fifth studio album, Lotus (RCA), [...]

GWEN STEFANI IS TRYING TO remember a guy's name. Not just any guy, but that guy who was big in the '90s. when No Doubt's breakout album Tragic Kingdom ruled [...]

With a combined spend of over half a billion dollars, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are the most powerful sponsorship presences in the U.S., and they've battled for dominance in the music [...]

It took several years of transition (and shifts in attendance), but MIDEM really started to look like the modern music industry in 2012. Now in its 46th year, the annual [...]

'I'm not EDM,' says Afrojack as he crosses over into pop and won't stop 'until everyone on the streets knows who I am' AT 6 FOOT 9, NICK VAN DE [...]

Fresh off a photo shoot, Kat Dahlia is being rushed through the streets of Manhattan in a black car. It's early March, two weeks after she released her contagiously funky [...]

The branding of South by Southwest 2012 sometimes reached art-and-commerce proportions so grandiose and surreal, Andy Warhol would have been proud. Lil Wayne dropped by to film a live commercial [...]

Janelle Monae may be the on-camera face of Sonos' current 'Listening Is Back' TV ads, but a high-energy song soundtracking the spot has quietly become the campaign's breakout star. 'We're [...]

It's rare for a pop star with 13 years' worth of success to truly hit her stride in her career's second decade. But then again, most pop stars aren't P!nk. [...]

It may seem like every band and brand is heading down to Austin this month for the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (running March 9-18), but the music [...]

It's a kind of situation rare in the sports world: win-win. 'Artists for a number of years have been using sports and teams to gain exposure and airplay,' Banshee Music [...]

From Aloe Blacc to Afrojack--and that's just the A's--29 of the most highly anticipated releases of the coming season, including Rick Ross, Shakira and even the late, great Johnny Cash [...]

COLBIE CAILLAT "Hold On" (3:34) PRODUCER: Ryan Tedder WRITERS: Colbie Caiilat, Ryan Tedder PUBLISHERS: Plummy Lou Music (BMI)/Write 2 Live (ASCAP), administered by Kobalt Songs LABEL: Republic On her first [...]

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA "LIVIN' THING" (VOLKSWAGEN) Over 40 years after its initial release, Jeff Lynne's ebullient pop-rock tune became one of the fall's most-heard tracks after Volkswagen tapped it for […]

Byline: Andrew Hampp Jay Leno has a lot of vehicles -- more than 100 convertibles, cars and motorcycles. But the vehicle that plays the most active role in his daily [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP LISA HSIA, HEAD OF DIGITAL, BRAVO From the Talk Bubble to the Tweet Tracker, this innovator has woven social media into live TV viewing Lisa Hsia is [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP It used to be that a favorable "Q" score, a high rating on the Davie Brown Index or good old-fashioned ubiquity was enough for a celebrity to [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP Josh Goldstine couldn't have joined Universal Pictures at a more pivotal time. The new president-marketing came on board in August, just as the studio was celebrating two [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP When comedy central chose Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" earlier this summer to be the campaign theme for its upcoming "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen," even Walter [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP One-of-a-kind outlook helps keep staff (and client) retention intact For a digital agency, BGT Partners sure encourages a lot of face-to-face interactions. Headquartered in Miami with offices [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP With advertisers clamoring to get involved with its election coverage, CNN won't find a better opportunity to finally figure out how to make its prime-time offerings work [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP This spring's attempt by Republicans in the House of Representatives to end federal funding for public broadcasting was the latest reminder that PBS and NPR's government support [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP Al-Jazeera english may be one of the only fast-growing networks that doesn't want to tell potential sponsors its growth story. The global news network has seen its [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP Janet Roll% EXEC VP-CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, CNN WORLDWIDE After triumph at BET, exec takes on challenge of making news net a ratings force to be reckoned with [...]

Byline: ANDREW HAMPP Katie Ford EXEC VP-MANAGING DIRECTOR, STARCOM MEDIAVEST GROUP Strategist is in thick of paradigm shift at Procter & Gamble, helping CPG giant target niche audiences for big [...]