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Billboard Magazine

Dec 19 2020
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.

Carey’s ‘Christmas’ Back Atop The Highest Bough

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The Song Streams Remain The Same • Music streaming in the United States has stopped growing. Should labels worry?

Setting The Stage • THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION IS HOPING FOR FEDERAL SUPPORT, WHILE PLANNING AHEAD FOR THE RETURN OF LIVE MUSIC NEXT YEAR

Johnny-Come-Latin • Latin music went mainstream. Now mainstream labels are trying to get in on the genre’s boom

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH • Amid a bull market, vaccine news and optimism about streaming, music stocks are skyrocketing — in some cases right past analyst expectations

THE 12 MONTHS OF CHRISTMAS • Holiday music generates a lot of money in just a few weeks. Marketing it, however, is a year-round effort

Class Act • ARTIST IDK AND NONPROFIT NO LABEL GET DOWN TO BUSINESS WITH A NEW EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS

From Discord, Fan Harmony • The online chat platform is growing beyond gaming as acts like Soulection and mxmtoon used it to connect with, and expand, their audiences

FROM THE DESK OF DAVID DUNN • Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Shot Tower Capital

The Year In Music 2020 • To say the year 2020 was unlike any other for the music industry — and the world — would be an understatement. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, albums were postponed, tours were canceled and uncertainty reigned. But one by one, artists found their footing and sustained us all with unexpected releases (Taylor Swift’s folklore and evermore) and record-breaking livestreams (Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054), TikTok dance challenges that powered hits old (Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”) and new (Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage”) and calls to action (Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture”) that made modern music all the more essential.

The New Normal • The ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced major creative shifts, from how an album is made to how it’s promoted and performed — but what will stick beyond 2020?

THE VERZUZ WINNERS’ CIRCLE

‘A Cultural Movement’ • After U.S. breakthroughs in recent years, superstars like Bad Bunny and J Balvin helped Latin music experience its biggest year of growth to date

FOUR (AND MORE) TO THE FLOOR • Four decades after disco enjoyed massive mainstream popularity, the sound returned as one of the most pervasive in pop music. “Disco is coming back in full force,” XHTZ (Z90) San Diego director of programming R Dub told Billboard in March. “It’s Studio 54 all over again.”

Gone But Not Forgotten • These posthumous releases extended the legacies of three hip-hop stars while also finding notable chart success

WHO RUNS THE CHARTS? • Multiple all-female collaborations dominated the Hot 100 this year — a rare feat

How TikTok Became Gen Z’s MTV • The short-form video app cemented its status as a discovery tool for fresh talent and slept-on hits this year — all of which are being handpicked by fans

NOW HERE YOU GO AGAIN • For as many new songs as TikTok helped make popular in 2020, the clearest illustration of its influence this year might have been the chart resurgence of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” — a rock perennial that first ruled the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 and made it all the way back to the top 20 this October. Here’s how an unassuming TikTok clip turned the Me Decade classic into a Generation Z smash.

Bundle Bonanza • While bundling albums with concert tickets and merchandise no longer counts toward a chart victory (as of Oct. 9) — and as of Aug. 7 neither will a digital album sold with a physical bundle...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 108 Publisher: Penske Media Corporation Edition: Dec 19 2020

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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.

Carey’s ‘Christmas’ Back Atop The Highest Bough

BILLBOARD 200

BILLBOARD GLOBAL 200

Billboard

The Song Streams Remain The Same • Music streaming in the United States has stopped growing. Should labels worry?

Setting The Stage • THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE ASSOCIATION IS HOPING FOR FEDERAL SUPPORT, WHILE PLANNING AHEAD FOR THE RETURN OF LIVE MUSIC NEXT YEAR

Johnny-Come-Latin • Latin music went mainstream. Now mainstream labels are trying to get in on the genre’s boom

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH • Amid a bull market, vaccine news and optimism about streaming, music stocks are skyrocketing — in some cases right past analyst expectations

THE 12 MONTHS OF CHRISTMAS • Holiday music generates a lot of money in just a few weeks. Marketing it, however, is a year-round effort

Class Act • ARTIST IDK AND NONPROFIT NO LABEL GET DOWN TO BUSINESS WITH A NEW EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS

From Discord, Fan Harmony • The online chat platform is growing beyond gaming as acts like Soulection and mxmtoon used it to connect with, and expand, their audiences

FROM THE DESK OF DAVID DUNN • Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Shot Tower Capital

The Year In Music 2020 • To say the year 2020 was unlike any other for the music industry — and the world — would be an understatement. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, albums were postponed, tours were canceled and uncertainty reigned. But one by one, artists found their footing and sustained us all with unexpected releases (Taylor Swift’s folklore and evermore) and record-breaking livestreams (Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054), TikTok dance challenges that powered hits old (Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”) and new (Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage”) and calls to action (Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture”) that made modern music all the more essential.

The New Normal • The ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced major creative shifts, from how an album is made to how it’s promoted and performed — but what will stick beyond 2020?

THE VERZUZ WINNERS’ CIRCLE

‘A Cultural Movement’ • After U.S. breakthroughs in recent years, superstars like Bad Bunny and J Balvin helped Latin music experience its biggest year of growth to date

FOUR (AND MORE) TO THE FLOOR • Four decades after disco enjoyed massive mainstream popularity, the sound returned as one of the most pervasive in pop music. “Disco is coming back in full force,” XHTZ (Z90) San Diego director of programming R Dub told Billboard in March. “It’s Studio 54 all over again.”

Gone But Not Forgotten • These posthumous releases extended the legacies of three hip-hop stars while also finding notable chart success

WHO RUNS THE CHARTS? • Multiple all-female collaborations dominated the Hot 100 this year — a rare feat

How TikTok Became Gen Z’s MTV • The short-form video app cemented its status as a discovery tool for fresh talent and slept-on hits this year — all of which are being handpicked by fans

NOW HERE YOU GO AGAIN • For as many new songs as TikTok helped make popular in 2020, the clearest illustration of its influence this year might have been the chart resurgence of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” — a rock perennial that first ruled the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 and made it all the way back to the top 20 this October. Here’s how an unassuming TikTok clip turned the Me Decade classic into a Generation Z smash.

Bundle Bonanza • While bundling albums with concert tickets and merchandise no longer counts toward a chart victory (as of Oct. 9) — and as of Aug. 7 neither will a digital album sold with a physical bundle...


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