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.

Lonely At The Top: Soloists Extend No. 1 Streak

BILLBOARD 200

Billboard

Licensed To Stream? • With venues closed, artists are turning to livestream performances. But clearing rights can be slippery business

MARKET WATCH

ARE RECORD LABELS IMMUNE? • Recorded music has been steady so far. But that doesn’t mean the majors are pandemic-proof

History Repeating: The 1918 Pandemic In Billboard

IT PAYS TO GIVE • AMERICANS ARE WATCHING WHAT COMPANIES DO TO HELP

Application Frustration • Federal loans to help businesses during the coronavirus shutdown aren’t easy to navigate — but charitable funds are easier to get

Will The Coronavirus Dim Ibiza’s Music Scene? • As clubs hope to open, one becomes a face-mask factory

NOAH ASSAD • CEO, Rimas Entertainment

The Scene

THE WAITING GAME • After six years, Sam Hunt finally released his second album and was eager to tour — but now, the coronavirus is affecting his long-awaited return to the road

PLANNING AHEAD DURING A PANDEMIC • Sam Hunt’s longtime manager, Brad Belanger of Homestead/Red Light Management, details the decision to postpone Hunt’s Southside Summer Tour and shares advice for managers during this unprecedented time

RYAN HEFFINGTON • CHOREOGRAPHER

“IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING”

Hamilton Leithauser

Alina Baraz

Still Making Noise • Why the new Beastie Boys documentary went straight to streaming during a “weird, bittersweet” moment

GABBY BARRETT • At 20, the former American Idol contestant is already making chart history

NO MORE TROUBLE • A pandemic certainly wasn’t part of the plan for Bob Marley’s 75th birthday year. But amid a crisis, the reggae icon’s family is expanding their thriving business — at a time when their visionary patriarch’s music and message feel more essential than ever

2020 Top Music Business Schools • CAMPUSES ARE CLOSED AND PROFESSORS ARE TEACHING ONLINE, BUT THESE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE PREPARING TO REOPEN THIS FALL TO EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSIC INDUSTRY LEADERS

Music Business Classes Abroad • WHERE THE BEATLES RECORDED (OR WERE SCHOOLBOYS), INDUSTRY STUDENTS NOW FILL CLASSROOMS, STUDIOS AND STAGES

Backstreet’s Back On Top • Before the pandemic halted the live-music industry, the boy band played some of its most lucrative gigs yet thanks to a South American tour leg

MARCH MADNESS • These artists would have seen even bigger wins on the touring charts had the pandemic not disrupted shows everywhere

HARVEY MASON JR. • CHAIRMAN AND INTERIM PRESIDENT/CEO, THE RECORDING ACADEMY