Music Industry
ACM Awards 2026 Predictions: Who Will Take Home Top Honors?
Billboard offers predictions on which artists will add new awards wins to their career accomplishments.
Drake Is Back With Three New Albums: ‘Iceman,’ ‘Maid of Honour’ & ‘Habibti’ | Billboard News
Drake returns by releasing three new albums ‘Iceman,’ ‘Maid of Honour’ and ‘Habibti.’ There are references to BTS and shots at DJ Khaled and LeBron James, and he reignites his feud with Kendrick Lamar through a new collaboration with Future on “Run to Atlanta” from ‘Iceman’ and more! Tetris KellyDra
Music Business Masters Program Targets Emerging Markets
The program's strategic advisory board includes several senior executives from the French music business Source
Coran Capshaw to Receive Lifetime Music Industry Award
Capshaw has built Red Light into what the company says is the world's largest independent artist management firm, with a roster that includes Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Chris Stapleton, and The Stroke
Charvel's Indonesian-Built T-Type Guitar Reviewed
Charvel takes on the lower end of the market with an Indonesian-built T-type that has some very intriguing specifications
“I wanted to write it off after seeing the fretboard and feeling the back of the neck, but it won me over,”: Charvel Standard Series San Dimas Style 2 SD2 HH HT review
Charvel takes on the lower end of the market with an Indonesian-built T-type that has some very intriguing specifications
Music business program targets emerging markets with executive support
The program's strategic advisory board includes several senior executives from the French music business Source
Coran Capshaw to receive Lifetime Music Industry Award from T.J. Martell Foundation
Capshaw has built Red Light into what the company says is the world's largest independent artist management firm, with a roster that includes Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Chris Stapleton, and The Stroke
'Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo' Vol. 3 Tops Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 for Second Consecutive Week
Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi Vol. 11 holds at No. 2.
In Canada: Spotify Raises Premium Prices, Marking First Major Canadian Hike in Nearly 2 Years
Also: FACTOR's Meg Symsyk is Billboard Canada's Executive of the Week, and how Toronto celebrated Drake's Iceman release.
‘Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo’ Vol. 3 Tops Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 for Second Consecutive Week
Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi Vol. 11 holds at No. 2.
New ventures and hirings in the music industry
Also: Warner Music launches Atlantic Records Finland, WME promotions and hires, and more music industry job news.
Perfume Genius announces more ‘Duo Tour’ dates in UK and North America
He will play a one-off show in London's Union Chapel in October
Executive Turntable: Craig Ericson Launches Vaux Records, WME Announces Multiple New Hires
Also: Warner Music launches Atlantic Records Finland, WME promotions and hires, and more music industry job news.
‘Involuntary Servitude’: Fuerza Regida Blasts Label Rancho Humilde in Latest Court Filing
The regional Mexican stars are pulling no punches as a legal battle with their label drags on, accusing it of trying to illegally keep them under a record deal.
BPI Calls for AI Licensing Boom
Record label trade group BPI has launched a new report on music and AI, setting out what it believes is needed to enable an “AI licensing boom” in the UK. It says the government should force more tran
Liv Buckley's Career in Music
This week, we caught up with Liv Buckley, who previously worked at the Korea Tourism Organisation and in video game PR, before moving into the music industry. She is now Communications Manager at ICE
Ticket Price Concerns Lead to Tour Cancellations
As Post Malone, Zayn, Pussycat Dolls and more cancel or postpone their tours, experts say elevated ticket prices and market competition are creating problems.
Have Ticket Prices Finally Gotten Too High? As Artists Pull Major Tours, Experts Say Problems Run Deeper
As Post Malone, Zayn, Pussycat Dolls and more cancel or postpone their tours, experts say elevated ticket prices and market competition are creating problems.
Kanye West Loses Sample Lawsuit, Claims Opponent Incurred Costs
Kanye West has lost his legal battle over an uncleared sample on a version of his ‘Donda’ track ‘Hurricane’ that was played at one of his 2021 listening parties. However, the rapper reckons the compan