Billboard Magazine

Written for music industry professionals and fans. Contents provide news, reviews and statistics for all genres of music, including radio play, music video, related internet activity and retail updates.

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Return Of The Mac • TikTok isn’t only peddling “Dreams”: Classic rock can go viral, too. But old hits can’t just skate by — they need smart promotion

MARKET WATCH

GAME ON • THE LICENSING DISPUTE BETWEEN TWITCH AND THE MAJORS ADVANCES TO THE NEXT LEVEL

In A Tough Spot • Spotify has grown its stock price 57% this year, but it’s fighting with publishers, upsetting some employees and will soon be the subject of a British Parliament inquiry

KOBALT’S BIG DEAL

Europe’s Live Comeback Hits A Wall • New restrictions in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Belgium threaten shows throughout 2021, leaving promoters unsure of how to plan ahead

GUY MOOT and CARIANNE MARSHALL • Co-chair/CEO and co-chair/COO, Warner Chappell Music

‘SHE IS HER TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC’ • With the rise of TikTok, it has never been easier to score an inadvertent viral smash. That’s exactly what happened to 20-year-old beabadoobee, who followed her first Billboard Hot 100 hit with a debut album that sounded nothing like it

NO WAY TO ‘FAKE IT’ • DIRTY HIT FOUNDER JAMIE OBORNE ON THE SECRETS TO MANAGING YOUNG TALENT

TikTok’s Teen Sensations • AMONG THOSE WHO ARE UNDER 21 ON THE APP, THESE 10 ARTISTS HAVE RAKED IN THE MOST MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS

MAKING A MOVEMENT • Working with superstars like Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion, choreographer JAQUEL KNIGHT has created some of the most iconic dance performances of the 21st century. Now he’s on another remarkable mission: copyrighting them

40 UNDER 40 • Darkroom founder/CEO JUSTIN LUBLINER, who helped guide BILLIE EILISH to stardom, opens Billboard’s annual list of the young executives pushing the industry forward

Britney Davis • VP ARTIST RELATIONS, MARKETING AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP

Joojong “JJ” Joe • HEAD OF NORTH AMERICA, YG ENTERTAINMENT

Shauna Nep • VP PHILANTHROPY, SB PROJECTS

‘We’re Buyers, Not Sellers’ • AS SPIRIT MUSIC GROUP CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, THE CHAIRMAN AND COO/CFO TALK GROWTH — AND THE PURSUIT OF A $1 BILLION VALUATION

ALAN ETT • CEO, SPIRIT PRODUCTION MUSICN

RUDY PÉREZ • PRESIDENT, SPIRIT MUSIC MIAMI

FRANK ROGERS • CEO, SPIRIT MUSIC NASHVILLE

RAKESH SANGHVI • GLOBAL PRESIDENT, SPIRIT MUSIC GROUPN

Priscilla Block • How TikTok helped this country artist break out with “Just About Over You” — and land a record deal