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.

Juice WRLD Joins Drake And The Beatles In Top 10 History

BILLBOARD 200

‘We All Must Speak From One United Voice’ • The debate over the word “urban” heats up, underscoring the need for companies to recognize the diversity of viewpoints within the Black music community — and understand history — as they race to tackle systemic bias

2020 So Far: Streaming Up; Lil Baby Rules • The pandemic has hurt physical sales, but vinyl’s still growing

RICHARD BUSCH • Partner, King & Ballow

Brace For Impact • Billboard’s midyear touring charts don’t show the full toll of COVID-19 — but the year-end picture will certainly be grim

THE TIPPING POINT • How the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement has led to an unparalleled release of protest music — and why it’s not just a passing phase

21st Century Protest Songs: A Brief History

LABEL LOOK • RANCHO HUMILDE

RULING TIKTOK

Brett’s New Blueprint • Why country star Eldredge had to unplug and reboot his career, with the help of manager John Peets

Tkay Maidza

CIARA ELWIS • MUSIC SUPERVISOR

A SURPRISE ENCORE

GETTING IN THE GAME • With his record-setting (and eye-popping) performance in Fortnite, Travis Scott proved that limitless creative potential — and a captive, merch-mad audience — could make video games the most lucrative new frontier for the live-music business

NEXT LEVEL • HOW THE MUSIC AND GAMING INDUSTRIES BECAME FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS

Long Time Gone • Fourteen years after their last album — and 17 years after their infamous controversy — THE CHICKS are returning to a radically different industry. But as they navigate promoting new music in the COVID-19 era (and with a brand-new name), they’re not interested in being vindicated: “We gave up caring about any of that”

Making A New MODEL • Before Deborah Dugan’s shocking exit, BINTA BROWN was on track to shake up the Recording Academy. Now she’s making a different kind of change as co-chair of the Black Music Action Coalition

Top Music Lawyers 2020 • IN A TIME OF UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL, ATTORNEYS THROUGHOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAVE KEPT BUSINESS ON COURSE, HELPED CLIENTS COPE WITH THE PANDEMIC — AND VIGOROUSLY JOINED THE CALL FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

Leading Law Schools Of The Top Music Lawyers • THE MOST FREQUENTLY CITED ALMA MATERS OF THE 2020 CLASS OF HONOREES

Young T & Bugsey • The rap duo from Nottingham, England, is celebrating its first global hit, “Don’t Rush,” thanks to a viral trend that emerged during lockdown