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The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY IN 2015, THE TOP OF THE Billboard Hot 100 is, to quote Connie Francis (the first woman to crown the chart, in 1960), where the boys are. Since January, just one song by a female act has risen to…

Amoeba Records in Berkeley, Calif., has a novel approach to stave off declining revenue: pot. “It’s one product a brick-and-mortar retailer can get into,” says store co-founder Marc Weinstein, who has applied to open a dispensary in Amoeba’s Telegraph Avenue location ( medical marijuana is legal, though limited in certain jurisdictions, throughout the state). “With companies like Amazon dominating the [music] market, we’ve added T-shirts and merchandise to our product mix, and it barely pays our expenses.” (The Berkeley shop earns half of what it did in 2008, and its staff is down from 90 to 35 people.) Bud as an income boost already is working at Amoeba’s store in San Francisco, which in 2014 opened an annex of Green Evaluations — a $44 service offering “patients” examinations by a…

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS THE unique abilities to unite people and to inspire profound social change. That’s why I’m so honored to participate in Billboard’s first philanthropy issue. Through the years, I’ve done my best to use the incredible platform that I’ve been blessed with to make a difference, particularly in the fight against AIDS . When it first appeared in the 1980s, AIDS was seen as a “gay disease.” Tens of thousands of gay men were dying and it seemed like no one cared. People who contracted HIV/AIDS were shunned by their own families, turned away from medical providers and treated like they weren’t even human. Dozens and dozens of my close friends and many colleagues in the music industry became HIV positive. They suffered and died, and it…

Go to BarkBox.com to learn more about BarkGood, which supports rescue organizations across the United States, and visit HumaneSociety.org to find a local shelter. I got involved with dog rescues by simply loving animals. Dogs are the most harmless, sweetest babes in the world. They show nothing but unconditional love, so they deserve that in return. According to the ASPCA, 1.2 million dogs and 1.4 million cats are euthanized every year, and 80 percent of them are healthy! The thought of a sweet, loving angel going without a home or being killed simply because there’s no one who will come and claim him is heartbreaking. I want to help spread the word as much as I can, and I’ve been able to work with amazing organizations, including BarkBox, which partners…

The name Mi Sangre [My Blood] is inspired by the same sentiment behind my [2004] album of the same name: It’s about my children, my children’s children, my land, my roots. It’s what hurts and what’s important to me. When I wrote [2000’s] “Fijate Bien” about landmine victims, I was living in Los Angeles; I would speak to my mother every day, as I still do, about what was going on back home in Colombia. But it wasn’t until I went and talked to people face-to-face that I understood the gravity of the situation. I remember being invited to sing for wounded soldiers. Hearing firsthand the stories of people who had been directly affected by the conflict, it moved me to the point that I said, “I want to do…

THE RECORDING ACADEMY HAS COMPLETED ITS ANNUAL Grammys screening process, so it’s time again to consider which artists and industry figures will be recognized by their peers at the 58th annual awards on Feb. 15. (To be eligible this year, all recordings must be released between Oct. 1, 2014 and Sept. 30, 2015.) With 83 categories in 30 fields, there is no shortage of potential nominees, but for the sake of brevity — and sanity — Billboard takes an early look at possible contenders in the general-field categories, otherwise known as the Big Four. Nominations will be announced Dec. 7. ALBUM OF THE YEAR From squad goals to world-tour guests, from Apple Music to MTV’s Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift never left the spotlight this year, and there’s every reason…

MORE THAN A MONTH-AND-A-HALF AHEAD OF THE DEC. 7 announcement of the 2016 Grammy nominees, the only real certainty is that the impending best rap album award is bound to be unusually competitive, even by the two-decadeold category’s typically fierce standards. Within this year’s eligibility period (Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015), there has been an abundance of excellent hip-hop full-lengths from long-established veterans and underdog newcomers alike. Those who have followed the past year’s most prominent rap releases shouldn’t be surprised at the three most likely contenders to clinch a nomination: Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly and Dr. Dre’s Compton are practically shoo-ins for the category. No matter that Drake’s blustery surprise release exists in some semantic gray area…

WELCOME TO LIFE IN THE CLOUD. Digital music now accounts for nearly threequarters of the U.S. music industry’s $4.9 billion in revenue, according to the most recent full-year figures from the IFPI, the global music industry trade group. Downloads make up 55 percent of the digital market, but subscription streaming in 2014 jumped 21 percent — and that was before the June 30 launch of Apple Music. The rapid change behind these numbers drives the daily work of the 25 executives on Billboard’s Digital Power Players list. Chosen for their roles at companies and organizations that are, collectively, determining how the music business will survive and thrive in the online age, these are the digital leaders at record labels, streaming services, music publishers, concert promoters, booking agencies, rights organizations and…

AN ALBUM THAT ASKS QUESTIONS AS BIGAS THIS ONE DOES, [IS] A DARE TO RIDE ALONG, A DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, A DARE TO BEGREAT” - New York Times “IT’S HARD TO IMAGINET HERE WILL BE A SMARTER OR MORE AMBIT IOUS RAP ALBUM THIS YEAR THAN ‘BUT TERFLY.’ IT ’S A DIZZ YING DEEP –DIVE EXAMINATION...AT ALMOST 80 MINUTES LONG, IT NEVER FLAGS.” - Washington Post “THE COMPTON MC’S SECOND MAJOR-LABEL ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE OF FIERY OUTRAGE, DEEP JAZZ AND RUTHLESS SELF-CRITIQUE...LAMAR STRAIGHT UP OWNS RAP RELEVANCY ON BUT TERFLY.” - Rolling Stone “TO PIMP A BUT TERFLY IS A CELEBRATION” - Pitchfork…

FOUNDER / PRESIDENT, ULTRA MUSIC; PRESIDENT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC, SONY MUSIC ULTRA MUSIC FOUNDER/president Patrick Moxey may have cut his teeth throwing underground warehouse parties in 1980s New York, but the dance music veteran fully embraces the genre’s move to the mainstream. “I’ve always wanted to make the music as popular as possible,” says the 49-year-old, London-born, Boston-bred executive. It’s working: The Felix Jaehn remix of OMI’s “Cheerleader” became Ultra’s first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July, topping the chart for six weeks with its tropical electronic sound. The timing of that event was serendipitous, as 2015 represents the imprint’s 20th anniversary. Founded by Moxey after a stint in artist management (Moby, DJ “Little” Louie Vega) and label jobs at PolyGram and Virgin, Ultra’s hallmark has been…

HOLLYWOOD, OCT.9 THE 19TH ANNUAL LIVING LEGENDS FOUNDATION AWARDS, honoring the trailblazing contributions of African-Americans in the music industry, toasted 11 distinguished individuals and one radio broadcast company at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood. Among the power players saluted during the three-hour fete: Atom Factory founder/CEO Troy Carter, Universal Music general counsel/ executive vp Jeffrey Harleston, SESAC vice president James Leach, and Carter Broadcast Group and Gospo Centric/B-Rite Music founders Vicki Mack Lataillade and Claude Lataillade. KRRL (Real 92.3) Los Angeles morning host Big Boy — honored with the Jerry Boulding Radio Executive/Personality Award — characteristically kept things comical. “I thought this was a mistake, that they were talking about honoring Big Boi from Outkast,” he said jokingly. Punctuating the jubilant atmosphere and underscoring the foundation’s mission were references to…

JAMEY RODEMEYER WAS A GAY Lady Gaga fan from New York state. Bullied for his sexuality, the 14-year-old became a kind of online activist against harassment, even filming an “It Gets Better” video. Then, on Sept. 18, 2011, he tweeted at Gaga before taking his own life: “Bye mother monster, thank you for all you have done.” Kids like Rodemeyer moved Gaga, 29, to establish the Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit determined to show disenfranchised teens they weren’t alone — the pop star herself had openly discussed her struggles with depression. “So many young people were saying, ‘How did you do it, Gaga?’ ” says her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, 61, who serves as president. “ ‘How did you overcome the issues you had?’ ” Born This Way first sponsored…

WHAT A F—ING DAY IT HAS BEEN,” SAID Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, addressing the crowd of 60,000 at the Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 26. “Never before have we played for an audience that was 100 percent made up of activists.” It may have been a first for the Seattle rockers, but the fourth annual event has become a must-attend for music fans-turned-change agents, most given free tickets after going onto its website and completing nine specific “action journeys,” a series of tasks like petitioning world leaders to prioritize polio eradication or tweeting about making education accessible to girls around the globe all in an effort to end extreme poverty by 2030. Pearl Jam capped a star-studded spectacle of donated performances from co-headliners Beyoncé,…

The industry’s grand tradition of rushing out albums to meet the Grammys’ end-of-September deadline may have seemed like a quieterthan-usual affair this year, but there were a few smartly timed arrivals. On Sept. 25, Fetty Wap’s self-titled debut hit stores, possibly to capitalize on the New Jersey rapper’s white-hot summer. That same day Hamilton’s original cast recording was released digitally, qualifying the Broadway soundtrack for a possible album of the year nomination. Ryan Adams’ Taylor Swift tribute, 1989, also came out that week — theoretically, two versions of the same record could compete for album of the year. Grammy rules dictate that recordings must be available for national commercial distribution to be eligible, and preorders don’t count. In the past, acts like U2, Diana Krall and Muse satisfied that requirement…

ELVIS COSTELLO Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink Blue Rider Press PUBLISHER BLUE RIDER PRESS touts Elvis Costello’s Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink as on par with Patti Smith’s Just Kids and Keith Richards’ Life, widely considered (along with Bob Dylan’s Chronicles) as the best rock memoirs. The brainy Costello — known for inventive albums (Armed Forces, Imperial Bedroom), eclectic collaborations (Kid Rock to Ruben Blades) and deep-cut knowledge of music history — invites such comparisons. Unfaithful Music doesn’t live up to those expectations, though there are flashes of brilliance. Costello has an eye for capturing a person with one quick observation: Bruce Springsteen “laughed like steam escaping from a radiator”; lover Bebe Buell shows up on his doorstep “gift-wrapped [like] a mail-order bride” who “meant to do me…

AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., past the gaudy bright lights of stands selling fried-dough funnel cakes and cream puffs so big they come with instructions on how to eat them (twist gently), Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes are doing a sound check in the sun on a recent Saturday afternoon. Here at the Eastern States Exposition (“New England’s greatest fair”), the members of the band have to keep reminding those passing by or seated early for the upcoming 3 p.m. set that this was just a sound check. There will also be another 45-minute set at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, six sets in all, free with admission to the fair. In the building behind the stage — where the nine band members and a…

WHEN SONY ENTERTAINMENT CEO Michael Lynton announced on Oct. 8 the company had initiated a buy/sell process for Sony/ATV Music Publishing — in which one of Sony/ATV’s two joint owners, Sony Corp. and the Michael Jackson estate, is obligated to buy out the other or open up the bidding to additional parties — all eyes turned to veteran chairman/CEO Martin Bandier. Would the 74-year-old head of the country’s top music publisher survive a changing of the ownership guard? While both Lynton and Bandier sent reassuring memos to their staffs — with Bandier’s boasting “our best years are still ahead of us” — the buy/sell takes place against a backdrop that includes a new contract negotiation for Bandier (sources say his deal is up at the end of March 2016 and…

1 From left: Republic Records chairman/CEO Monte Lipman, Tony Sal of XO, The Weeknd, Billboard co-president John Amato, Amir “Cash” Esmailian of XO and Republic Records executive vp Charlie Walk backstage at the taping of Saturday Night Live in New York on Oct. 10. 2 Kanye West landed himself a ticket to Hollywood when he surprise-auditioned for the final season of American Idol in San Francisco on Oct. 10. 3 “He’s a genius, he’s an artist, and he sees things beyond the surface,” said Rihanna of collaborating with artist Roy Nachum on the art for her eighth album, Anti, which was revealed at MAMA Gallery in Los Angeles on Oct. 7. 4 Garbage’s Shirley Manson in concert at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Oct. 8. 5 Walk the…

KYOSUKE KUNIMOTO might just be fashion’s best-kept secret. Instagram posts on the Tokyo-based designer’s account sometimes garner a mere dozen likes, but look a little closer and you’ll realize that some of those Instagram hearts come directly from clients like Mark Ronson and Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) who covet his crisply tailored, one-of-a-kind suits and accessories crafted from rare fabrics. Longtime customer Sean Lennon, whose collection of suits includes a navy one with a red crushed-velvet lapel, was responsible for introducing mom Yoko Ono and Ronson to the designer’s work. Other fans include Wilco members Nels Cline and Pat Sansone, Cibo Matto’s Yuka Honda and Frank Ocean, for whom Kunimoto is next planning to craft pieces. “I wanted to be a fashion designer since I was 8 or 9,”…

From Justin Timberlake working his Borscht Belt comedy chops to performances by artists like Rihanna and The Weeknd, the annual UJA-Federation Music Visionary of the Year Awards luncheon has become the music industry’s hot-ticket charity event. With proceeds going to the largest local philanthropic organization in the world (United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, founded in 1917), top executives are happy to fork it over during the high-profile gathering. “Our music visionaries are the most important carriers of our message,” says UJA-Federation of New York CEO Eric S. Goldstein, 55. “We look for individuals who have a strong sense of community. Our honorees also tend to be bold and compelling leaders.” Each recipient has received the award for his or her lifelong contributions to any number of…

IT ALL BEGAN WITH A few words from Bob Dylan onstage at the Live Aid concert in July 1985, asking: Couldn’t some of the money raised go to help American farmers? “The question hit me like a ton of bricks,” remembers Willie Nelson, who was on the road that day, watching the event on his tour-bus TV. He immediately began looking into the state of American agriculture. This was a time when family farmers were suffering mightily. Thousands were being forced off their land and driven into bankruptcy. Enter Nelson, who, a few days after Dylan’s remarks, met with his friend Jim Thompson, the then governor of Illinois, at the St. Louis Fair. With Thompson’s help — and the collaboration of John Mellencamp and Neil Young — the first Farm…

DEMI LOVATO Confident Hollywood/Island/Safehouse SINCE HER EMANCIPATION FROM THE Disney Channel’s clutches, Demi Lovato has become one of pop’s leading motivational figures, wailing songs about self- empowerment and talking to Congress about destigmatizing mental illness. Openly discussing her struggles with bipolar disorder, bulimia and substance abuse, she has settled into herself in a manner similar to put-it-allout-there pop stars like Miley Cyrus and Pink. Even the 23-year-old’s winkingly sapphic smash “Cool for the Summer,” the first single from her fifth album, Confident, operates in be-yourself mode. Lovato’s sultry growling about “something that we want to try” and the pulsing track’s tinkling piano bring heat as the days grow shorter, but “Summer” is a somewhat deceptive lead-in to Confident. Befitting Lovato’s rough journey, the songs are moodier and heavier;…

How did you become a fan of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes? I first listened to Hearts of Stone, which was released in 1978. I remember holding the sleeve, flipping it over to see Johnny reading the racing form in his shades, wearing the leather jacket. The songs spoke to me. I learned how to play them and to sing them. I had a band that emulated The Jukes, called The Atlantic City Expressway. Describe their influence on you. It was 1979 when I started to go to Asbury Park to breathe the air where the songs of Bruce [Springsteen] and Steven [Van Zandt] came from. Groups came from all over the tristate area to play in cover bands, but more importantly to play in original bands at clubs…

ON OCT. 19, 1985, MIAMI SOUND Machine, featuring a then-28-year-old Gloria Estefan, made its Billboard Hot 100 debut with the infectious dance track “Conga.” The song eventually peaked at No. 10 on Feb. 8, 1986, and in 2003, Estefan told Billboard that the tune took a full year to achieve that milestone. “Radio kept saying, ‘We can’t play this.’ But once they played it, the phones would go crazy,” she recalled. The group was formed in 1974 by Emilio Estefan Jr. as Miami Latin Boys. Two years later, Gloria joined as a vocalist, and the name changed to Miami Sound Machine. In 1978, she married Emilio. The act’s first English-language chart success came in 1984 with “Dr. Beat,” which climbed to No. 17 on the Dance Club Songs chart. “Conga”…