Billboard 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.

Billboard US

Taylor Swift’s Midnights Back To No. 1, ‘Karma’ Climbs

79  “ICU” Coco Jones

BILLBOARD 200

1  “Idol” YOASOBI

15  JELLY ROLL WEEKS ON CHART 46

A New ‘Mid-Beginning’ For Touring? • In the era of year-round touring, the definition of “midyear” is changing

Concert Biz Gets Trippy • As more fans book flights and hotels for marquee events, promoters want a piece of the pie

REGIONAL MEXICAN SURGES • No other genre has made greater gains this year outside of K-pop

NICHE-FOCUSED FUNDS ARE THE NEXT ‘NATURAL STEP’ IN MUSIC INVESTMENT • The rising cost of capital is inspiring a new crop of genre-specific funds to find opportunity in narrow genres within Latin, dance, film and TV, and… Nickelodeon?

From The Desk Of... Tim Leiweke • CHAIRMAN/CEO, OAK VIEW GROUP

Count Her In • Chappell Roan returned to the major-label world under one condition: that she could be unapologetically herself

Amusement’s Main Attraction

THREE ESSENTIAL TRACKS

Actualizing Arlo Parks

A Kiki For Change • With anti-LGBTQ+ legislation running rampant in the U.S., four of the drag world’s most illustrious performers — Eureka O’Hara, Landon Cider, Sasha Colby and Symone — join country star, Nashvillian and vocal advocate Maren Morris for a conversation about fighting back against bigotry and how the music industry can help

‘You Have To Till The Soil You’re On’ • MAREN MORRIS on what she has learned as a voice for inclusivity in Nashville and beyond — and why speaking up should be good for business for any artist

Life Of The Party • After years as a quiet tastemaker, Kaytranada has become one of pop music’s most in-demand collaborators — connecting dance music’s history to the present and creating what its future sounds like

25 LGBTQ+ MOVERS AND SHAKERS • IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

2023 INDIE POWER PLAYERS • Across every genre, these are the executives at labels and distributors driving the growing success of the independent music industry

INDIE MUSIC’S HOTTEST NIGHT • At New York’s Town Hall on June 15, A2IM’s Libera Awards will cross all genres

IMMACULATE RECEPTION