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George Prajin From Double P Records Accepts the Top Regional Mexican Albums Label of the Year Award | Latin Music Power Players 2026

George Prajin from Double P Records accepts the Top Regional Mexican Albums Label of the Year Award from Billboard’s Leila Cobo.

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A Very ‘Glee’ Reunion! Darren Criss Makes Debut at London’s Royal Albert Hall With Surprise Chris Colfer Duet: ‘It’s Been Awhile’

Alan Cumming, Gaten Matarazzo, Sarah Hyland, Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Alex Newell were also among special guests joining the Glee alum.

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Debate Over US Songwriter Streaming Payments Intensifies

The US Copyright Royalty Board will next year decide what streaming services should pay songwriters and music publishers in the American market from 2028 to 2032. Most of the services want to keep the

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Collabhouse Boosts Independent Artists with AI and Data Ownership

Collabhouse pairs distribution with an AI Manager and a growth layer for independent artists and labels, and saw subscriptions rise fourfold in a single month. In this Member Feature, Andy Berendsen e

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Republic Dominates Billboard 200 Top 10 With Eight Albums

REPUBLIC is the only label to have held at least eight of the top 10 titles in the modern era.

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REPUBLIC Rules the Billboard 200 Top 10 With 8 Albums, Led by Taylor Swift

REPUBLIC is the only label to have held at least eight of the top 10 titles in the modern era.

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Collabhouse Sees Subscription Growth with AI Manager

Collabhouse pairs distribution with an AI Manager and a growth layer for independent artists and labels, and saw subscriptions rise fourfold in a single month. In this Member Feature, Andy Berendsen e

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Soundtracks Nominated for Inaugural Ivor Composer Awards

The new awards ceremony is about giving composers “the recognition they richly deserve”

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‘007 First Light’ and ‘Saros’ soundtracks nominated for Ivor Composer awards

The new awards ceremony is about giving composers “the recognition they richly deserve”

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Essential Classic Albums Available on Vinyl

Pick up vinyl editions of classic records, like Nevermind, Pet Sounds, Master of Reality, and Rumours. 25 Essential Albums by the Greatest Bands of All Time Consequence Staff

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ADÉLA to Make Late Night Debut With ‘Tonight Show’ Interview & Performance

Here's when it's happening.

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KATSEYE's Journey Since 2023 Debut

The six members have been through a lot since debuting in 2023.

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25 Essential Albums by the Greatest Bands of All Time

Pick up vinyl editions of classic records, like Nevermind, Pet Sounds, Master of Reality, and Rumours. 25 Essential Albums by the Greatest Bands of All Time Consequence Staff

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Cioz Explains What Raamo Wants From Demo Submissions

Anyone who’s run a record label knows how much of the A&R process happens before you even press play. Producers send long biographies, folders with twenty unfinished tracks, broken download links, and emails that could have gone to fifty other labels without changing a single word. I’ve written abou

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Monkey Safari On Twenty Years Of Making Music Together

Most producers know the feeling of working on a track so long that you eventually lose any real perspective on whether your changes are helping. Bringing someone else into the process can be one of the easiest ways out, though it also means accepting that another person might hear something complete

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In the press: AFEM’s AI work in focus

Independent press is spotlighting AFEM’s work on AI in music, with recent coverage of the AFEM AI Principles and the Berlin AI Think Tank. The articles track the industry’s move towards workable syste

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D4vd Murder Case: A Timeline of the Investigation & Charges Over Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Death

Billboard is tracking developments in the singer's criminal case for allegedly killing the 14-year-old and dismembering her body.

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Timeline of KATSEYE's Lineup and Career

The six members have been through a lot since debuting in 2023.

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Tinashe and Collaborators Discuss Her Album 'Popstar'

Tinashe, Ricky Reed and more key players break down the making of fall's buzziest album.

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Tinashe & Key ‘Popstar’ Collaborators Go Behind the Scenes of Her Career-Defining Opus: ‘We Have to F—k People Up Beyond Repair With This Music’

Tinashe, Ricky Reed and more key players break down the making of fall's buzziest album.