Innholdsfortegnelse for 2/20/2016 i Billboard Magazine

THERE’S A POINT IN THE PROCESS OF RANKING the Power 100 list, usually after the third meeting — sometime in late September — when an editor complains that his or her candidates are not being held in the proper regard and all the candy and caffeine in the world (and in my office) can’t save the mood. But it is also how it should be. The best I can say about the Power 100 is that it is a true collaborative effort, and that we approach every year as a clean(ish) slate. In 2015, there were 31 new executives on the list; this year, 39 more have entered the Billboard Power 100. The turnover is not just because earthquake-level events like Adele’s record catapult associated parties onto and up the…

ADELE’S 25 IS A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON giving to the music business, spreading wealth beyond her labels (XL and Columbia/Sony) and publisher (Universal) to retailers, performing rights organizations and, not least, the 16 songwriters and producers who collaborated with her on the album. The chart below reflects how much each of them has earned from songwriting and producing so far (criteria explained below), using the appropriate standard statutory rates and formulas for sales and interactive and noninteractive streaming, and an estimated hit-song rate of $2.50 per spin for radio airplay. Those rates were applied to U.S. sales of 8 million, such U.S. digital radio noninteractive streaming as iHeartRadio simulcasts (excluding Pandora, which does not report its playlists to Nielsen Music), such U.S. interactive streaming as Spotify, Apple Music and…

Bieber Supports ASAP Rocky — Quietly Despite being onstage, Justin Bieber kept a low profile at Maxim magazine’s Super Bowl party. When the evening’s headliner, ASAP Rocky, took the stage on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, Bieber and his entourage joined the rapper, but instead of performing, the “Sorry” singer stood quietly at the back and watched Rocky present a set that included “F—in’ Problems” and “Wassup.” Bieber stayed for the entire set then slipped away. Lil Wayne also played the event, which was produced by Bootsy Bellows and Karma International. Tommy Lee’s Cod Piece The 80 guests who attended the second, exclusive $5,000-a-plate Culinary Kickoff benefit dinner in San Francisco during Super Bowl weekend were set for special treatment from star chefs Michael Mina and Charlie Palmer, but…

“Tea anyone?” —KIM KARDASHIAN The reality star captioning a selfie of herself and Amber Rose on Instagram, after Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa and Rose’s instantly infamous online war of words. “Cruz, Trump & Rubio. Rubba dub dub — 3 insecure, treacherous, arrogant, indifferent, insincere, aggressive, sociopathic narcissists in a tub.” —CHER The singer talking politics on Twitter after the Iowa caucus. “This is football, not Hollywood — I thought it was outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers.” —RUDY GIULIANI New York’s ex-mayor on Beyoncé’s Black Panthers-inspired Super Bowl performance on Fox News. “I am not performing at the Grammy Awards ... but hey, it’s the thought that counts.” —DRAKE The rapper, on Twitter, refuting a Grammys ad that made it seem as if he…

Who runs the music business today? Ask the label chiefs, tech superstars, mega-promoters, super-managers and 39 (!) first-timers on this year’s list, and they all know the answer: It’s the fans, as streaming and social media continue to present new challenges — or, er, opportunities? — to the top players in the industry THE RULES OF POWER “You must understand the difference between ‘urgent’ and ‘important.’ ” —LUCIAN GRAINGE 1 LUCIAN GRAINGE, 55 CHAIRMAN/CEO, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP LAST YEAR’S RANK: NO. 1 ON THE SECOND workday of 2016, Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge flew to Las Vegas for CES, the annual consumer electronics show. For three days, Grainge and a handful of his top executives held almost nonstop meetings in a suite at the Wynn Las Vegas with electronics…

They don’t call him the 6 God for nothing: Drake blasts in at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 — and No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs — with his latest single, “Summer Sixteen,” from his Views From the 6 album, due in April. 215 K “Summer Sixteen” starts at No. 2 on the Digital Songs chart with 215,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 4 (according to Nielsen Music) — Drake’s best sales week as a lead artist. It’s his 78th charting effort on Digital Songs. 16 Fittingly, “Summer Sixteen” gives Drake his 16th top 10 single on the Hot 100. It joins his featured turn on Rihanna’s “Work” (9-7) to give Drake a pair of concurrent top 10 songs for first time since the April 6,…

Radio Goes Gaga After garnering a best original song Academy Award nomination (see page 57), Lady Gaga’s “Til It Happens to You” debuts on its first Billboard airplay chart, entering Adult Contemporary at No. 24. The Diane Warren co-write is from the documentary The Hunting Ground, which examines campus rape, but its weighty subject matter isn’t deterring programmers. “We’ve gotten a lot of positive social media response,” says WPEZ Macon, Ga., PD Brian Roberts. The single became Lady Gaga’s 14th No. 1, and first in more than two years, on the Dance Club Songs chart dated Jan. 23. 41% THIS WEEK MIKE POSNER’S “I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA” STREAMS 4. 3 MILLION 12% THIS WEEK DAYA’S “HIDE AWAY” AUDIENCE 54.1 MILLION 33% THIS WEEK SHAWN HOOK’S “SOUND…

ZAYN GOES WHERE HIS FORMER BANDMATES haven’t: to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, as his debut solo single, “Pillowtalk,” debuts at the top of the chart. The track from the former One Direction member also bows at No. 1 on the Digital Songs and Streaming Songs charts, with 267,000 first-week U.S. downloads and 22.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 4, according to Nielsen Music. “Pillowtalk” is just the 25th song to debut at No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 57-year history. With it, Zayn bests the chart peak of One Direction, whom he left on March 25, 2015 (his debut solo album, Mind of Mine, is due on the one-year anniversary of his departure). While he was in the group, 1D tallied four Hot 100…

On Feb. 1, Robert Sillerman’s plans for EDM domination finally came crashing down. After a four-year spending spree during which his would-be powerhouse SFX Entertainment acquired promoters ID&T (with its Tomorrowland, TomorrowWorld and Mysteryland festivals), Made Event (Electric Zoo) and Disco Donnie Presents, along with dance-music download/streaming service Beatport and artist management firm TMWRK, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On that day, an investor who held SFX shares since its splashy $12-a-share IPO in October 2013 would have lost all but 5 cents per share — a 99.6 percent decline. It was a long fall for the 68-year-old wannabe dance music mogul, who attempted to apply a formula that had paid off for him richly in the past: creating a focused conglomerate by acquiring stand-alone companies. In…

A Super Bowl TV ad isn’t just the prime arena for reviving a classic song — it also can be a vehicle for song discovery, thanks in no small part to musicidentification app Shazam. The proof? While Morgan Dorr was hardly a household name before the game, some 44,000 people used Shazam (based on the total number of user tags from game night) to identify his new song “4X4ever,” that was included in a Jeep commercial and commissioned by parent company FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). Unusually, the company chose a relatively unknown artist, making the spot the only ad on the list that doesn’t feature a name artist or hit song. “‘4x4ever’ was created as an original song specifically for the brand,” says Olivier Francois, the company’s global chief marketing…

THE ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES LUNCHEON, HELD FEB. 8 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, has just come to a close, and Lady Gaga and famed songwriter Diane Warren are in each other’s arms. After all, they have been through a lot together. For the pair, writing the Oscar-nominated song “Til It Happens to You” for The Hunting Ground was more than just a job: The documentary examines the epidemic of rape on college campuses, and both women are survivors. “The idea was for two women with a history of sexual assault to come together and make something honest,” says Gaga, 29, who in 2014 revealed that she was raped as a teenager. “But it’s hard. There were days I didn’t want to finish the song. But Diane…

The wedding of Interscope and Beats founder Jimmy Iovine, 62, to Liberty Ross, 37 (taking place Feb. 14 at David Geffen’s Beverly Hills mansion) likely has guests stressing over a suitable gift for a couple that already has it all. New York wedding planner Marcy Blum, who has overseen nuptials for Billy Joel, LeBron James and others, says that a meaningful present for 1 percenters requires a degree of creativity. “Clients like this — high profile and wealthy — don’t need you to get them a wine decanter or barware.” Instead, try these three (likely) no-fail suggestions: AN ANTIQUE A restored Bosendorfer piano from the Vienna Opera House is perfect “for someone who is vocal about music’s future,” says Blum. “It speaks to music’s agelessness.” ARTWORK Blum suggests…

SCREEN TIME Michele Anthony, Universal Music Group “I watched all 10 episodes of Making a Murderer in 36 hours. Two of my dearest friends are Lorri Davis and her husband, Damien Echols, who spent 18 years on death row in Arkansas, wrongfully convicted of a horrific crime. Through the tireless efforts of Lorri and friends like Eddie Vedder and Johnny Depp, The West Memphis Three were set free in 2011. I was very compelled to watch the series.” MEAL Adam Harter, Pepsi Beverages North America “Dining at Guidoriccio in Siena, Italy, feels like going back in time,” says Harter of the restaurant located near the Piazza del Campo. “You’re greeted by a little old man who picks out the most amazing wine, and I’m obsessed with the pici pomodoro e…

‘ RIVER’ RISES Folk, rock and EDM collide harmoniously in “River” (Teleport), the second release from Los Angeles singersongwriter Bishop. The track, co-produced and -written by Justin Bieber collaborator Mark “The Mogul” Jackson, enters Rock Digital Songs at No. 15 (8,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen Music) and Hot Rock Songs as the Hot Shot Debut at No. 22. NEW ‘ LIFE ’ FOR PHASES Los Angeles-based group Phases is rising on Dance Club Songs with “I’m in Love With My Life” (Warner Bros.), which surges 30-21. After reaching No. 35 on Alternative in July 2015, the track has been remixed for club promotion by DJs who include Dave Aude and Eau Claire. The tune is also garnering exposure thanks to its Feb. 8 sync in NBC’s Eva Longoria-led Telenovela.…

THE LATIN MUSIC WORLD WAS SHOCKED ON FEB. 8 when Alejandro Nieto Molina, 48, died suddenly of a heart attack, just nine days into his new role as senior vp/GM of Univision Radio, the largest Spanish-language network in the United States. The radio veteran was so well known in his native Colombia that he became a trending Twitter topic in the country that day, and the country’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, described him in a tweet as a “brilliant journalist.” Nieto Molina’s appointment had signaled a new direction for the radio giant. In a market dominated by regional Mexican music and led primarily by executives with Mexican or Cuban roots, Nieto Molina was the first Colombian to head the company’s radio operation. And unlike most network chiefs, who have backgrounds…

K. Michelle has her pick of suitors on VH1’s hit reality show Love & Hip Hop Atlanta and her solo spinoff, My Life, now in its second season. But as anyone who has heard her music, including new single “Not a Little Bit,” knows, the R&B singer, 31, is no stranger to heartache. She shares a few of her favorite breakup ballads for the valentine-less. “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” Whitney Houston (1987) “I can only listen to it when I’m at my darkest points. Whitney’s voice has never just been about her range; it’s about her ability to make you feel her pain, her happiness, her hope, her resignation. When I hear it, I’m like, ‘Cut it off — I can’t take it!’ ” “You’ll Think of Me”…

BY THE END OF WHAT IS often a 50-hour workweek at Sony Music Entertainment, Clive Davis is just getting started. At 4 p.m. on any given Friday, the 83-year-old chief creative officer is making sure everything is arranged for the guests — there are always guests — headed to meet him at his 17-acre weekend compound in New York’s northern Westchester County. Is their transportation on time? Are there fresh flowers in each of the eight guest bedrooms? Is the 30-seat plush home theater set up for the “absolutely fantastic” show he has planned? Leave it to other industry legends to be jaded about their platinum-plated lifestyles or cavil about the attention (and house guests) that fame brings. After 50 years in the business, the five-time Grammy winner, who guided…

HENRY CARDENAS, 59 FOUNDER/CEO, CARDENAS MARKETING NETWORK CMN produced more than 180 concerts and generated $180 million-plus in ticket revenue in 2015 with performers like Marc Anthony, making it Latin’s top indie liveentertainment and marketing powerhouse. IAN HOGARTH, 34 CO-FOUNDER/CHAIRMAN, SONGKICK MATT JONES, 29 CEO, SONGKICK Heads turned when Hogarth merged with Jones’ direct-to-fan ticketer Crowdsurge, scored presales for Adele’s tour — then hit Ticketmaster with an antitrust suit. RON PERRY, 37 PRESIDENT, SONGS MATT PINCUS, 43 FOUNDER/CEO, SONGS SONGS has placed among the top 10 music publishers for the past eight consecutive quarters, making it one of just four independent publishers that have crossed that threshold. SARAH STENNETT* CEO, FIRST ACCESS ENTERTAINMENT Among her toptier clientele (Ellie Goulding, Iggy Azalea), 1D refugee Zayn Malik is poised to become her…

COLDPLAY MAY HAVE SHARED THE spotlight with Beyoncé and Bruno Mars, but the band is still cashing in on its Feb. 7 Super Bowl halftime show performance: Its latest album, 2015’s A Head Full of Dreams, is aiming for a big gain on the charts in the tracking week ending Feb. 11. Industry forecasters suggest the set could move upward of 90,000 equivalent album units, with pure album sales equating to perhaps 80,000 of that sum. Helping bolster that figure — by a lot — is the album’s 99-cent sale price in the Google Play store and a $6.99 tag at iTunes. In the week ending Feb. 4, A Head Full of Dreams (pictured right) moved 25,000 units (up 92 percent) and 15,000 in pure album sales (up 97 percent)…