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The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus’ ‘Without You’ Vaults To Top 10
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Rock The Vote • The academy’s decision to ditch Grammy nomination-review committees gives more power to members, who are younger and more diverse than ever
Luxury Listening • THE NEXT BATTLE OF THE STREAMING WAR WILL BE HIGH FIDELITY
Coming Subtractions • For film composers, screen time is money — and they’re getting less of both
‘LICENSE’ PARKS AT NO. 1 • Sony Music Publishing pulls into No. 1 on the Hot 100 ranking while UMPG takes its spot at Top Radio Airplay
GERARDO ORTIZ 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Will German Copyright Go Kaput? • Proposed legislation could make it difficult for music rights holders to license TikTok and other clip-focused platforms
LEONEL GARCÍA
ROBERT GIBBS • Partner/head of music, ICM Partners
SAYING IT RIGHT • How Justine Skye unlearned habits from six years in the major-label system and scored Timbaland as the producer for her latest album
BACK ON TRACK
Reaching New ‘Heights’ • Lin-Manuel Miranda’s decades-old musical finally hits the silver screen — and makes history along the way
Zoe Wees
Teenage Dream • OLIVIA RODRIGO’s “drivers license” instantly made her a pop-music sensation. With her surprising debut album, Sour, she’s determined to prove her staying power — and join the next generation of bona fide singer-songwriters
Hollywood’s Moment? • RODRIGO BYPASSED SIGNING WITH THE LABEL THAT LAUNCHED MILEY, DEMI AND OTHER STARS. IT, TOO, HAS GROWN UP — EVOLVING AND EXPANDING WITHIN DISNEY’S SEEMINGLY BOUNDLESS MUSIC UNIVERSE
Secret Agency Man • After wresting control of IMG Artists in an internal power struggle, Russian-born tycoon Alexander Shustorovich has kept the agency alive through the pandemic to become the world’s largest manager of classical music talent. Billboard investigates the secretive CEO’s unlikely path — from building a publishing fortune to igniting a U.S.-Russia summit crisis — to classical prestige
Noel Schajris 2.0 • THE LATIN PIANIST-COMPOSER IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS BY LAUNCHING HIS INDEPENDENT CAREER AND HIS OWN SUBSCRIPTION MODEL
‘TRULY ONE OF A KIND’
Lainey Wilson • The country artist is soaring — and educating listeners — with breakout hit “Things a Man Oughta Know”
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