Gera MX and Christian Nodal’s “Botella Tras Botella” took the first honor as it debuted and peaked at No. 60 on the chart dated May 8. Five months later, 17-year-old Ivan Cornejo trailed with the No. 61-peaking “Está Dañada” (chart dated Oct. 23). Grupo Firme is the latest beneficiary: As previously mentioned, “Ya Supérame (En…
‘Easy on Me’ follows ‘Hello,’ which crowned the list for seven weeks beginning in November 2015. Adele scores her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart with “Easy on Me,” which arrives atop the tally dated Oct. 30.“Easy” bows with 53.9 million U.S. streams in the Oct. 15-21 tracking period, according to MRC Data.…
“The rights were trying to protect are the substantial investment of time and energy in our service,” said Marion R. Harris of Pryor Cashman LLP, repping Genius. “They accessed our website, they agreed to our terms of service.””To add insult to injury, the defendants then used the very product created by our processes to compete…
Recorded music generated 1.711 billion euros in revenue — up 15.5% from 1.481 billion euros in 2020’s third quarter.Music publishing hit 363 million euros — up 19.8% increase from 303 million euros in 2020’s third quarter.Merchandise and other revenue, which was probably hit hardest by the pandemic, meanwhile brought in 84 million euros — up 13.5% from 74…
What happened to Britney and Jamie Lynn’s close bond — and when did it start to break? We chart the ups and downs of their public relationship below.February 2002A 10-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears makes her acting debut in Britney’s 2002 film, Crossroads. She plays a younger version of her big sister’s character, Lucy Wagner.January 2005Jamie…
In court documents obtained by Billboard on Tuesday (Oct. 26), Stephen Walter, the man responsible for supplying Mac Miller’s drug dealer with counterfeit oxycodone pills that killed the rapper in 2018, has pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl. According to prosecutors, Walter, 48, faces up to 20 years in prison.Two other men,…
In 2018, Fuentes made noise globally with his Myke Towers-assisted hit, “Ajena.” The track caught the attention of Tainy, who recently surpassed 100 weeks at the top of Billboard’s Latin Producers chart. Once Tainy and his business partner Lex Borrero created the label NEON16, they tapped Fuentes to join its burgeoning roster.With the support of…
As a multi-hyphenate musical talent who worked in the industry as a background singer, artist, producer and writer for over three decades, Vandross’s new deal with Primary Wave includes cuts of publishing and master recording income from his production work for Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and Dionne Warwick.The deal also includes many of his top…
After exiting Columbia, Rodriguez pursued his entrepreneurial calling with the establishment of label, Pendulum Records. The label made its breakthrough with the 1992 release of Digable Planets’ “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat),” which hit No. 1 on the rap chart and No. 15 on the Hot 100. The song subsequently won the group a…
“Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber Spending 110 weeks on the Hot Latin Songs chart, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s Justin Bieber-assisted “Despacito” peaked at No. 1 on the tally dated Feb. 17, 2017. The global smash hit also topped the all-genre Hot 100. “It was just another song in Spanish,” Fonsi…
Bieber’s 2021 album, Justice, is also vying for a nod as best pop vocal album, but the victory for Bieber is that his pop/soul jam “Peaches,” which could have gone either way, is competing in R&B — along with such other hits as Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” and SZA’s “Good Days.” If “Peaches”…
“One time for my L.A. sisters, one time for my L.A. h–s,” J. Cole’s voice rumbled during his performance of “No Role Modelz” in the intimate 500-capacity Roxy Theater in West Hollywood, Calif., on Saturday night. But the Fayetteville, N.C., rapper did it two times for his L.A. fans last week, as Saturday’s performance, which was part…