Innholdsfortegnelse for January 27, 2018 i Billboard Magazine

THE FACT THAT THIS SONG IS NO. 1 IS INCREDIBLE,” says Camila Cabello of her first Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper, “Havana” (featuring Young Thug). “People in the United States and around the world have connected to a song called ‘Havana.’ There are little kids singing, ‘Havana, ooh, na, na!’” After seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2, “Havana” reaches the summit concurrent with Cabello’s debut solo album, Camila, launching atop the Billboard 200 (see page 106). The former Fifth Harmony member is the first artist to simultaneously earn her first week atop both the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 since Beyoncé in 2003 and, before that, Britney Spears in 1999. “Havana” — which likewise marks Young Thug’s first Hot 100 No. 1 — tops the chart as it also takes over…

“My parents took it to my old house in Pittsburgh because they thought I’d lose or break it. They’re probably right... but it still hurts.”—Daya “I keep my Grammy at my house in L.A. It’s mixed in with a bunch of art and personal pieces that mean something to me... It’s subtly placed.”—Zedd “I keep them on a mantel in front of my Steinway. Something about the musical synergy of those two pieces makes me very happy.”—Kevin Olusola, Pentatonix “I keep mine at my studio. My engineer rubs them with baby oil once a month to keep them looking right.”—Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys…

In 2017, 19 predominantly Spanish-language tracks landed on the Billboard Hot 100, up from four in 2016, and on the Jan. 27 chart there are an unprecedented five songs on the tally featuring mainstream acts singing in Spanish. The phenomenon has managers and A&R teams scrambling to find impromptu Spanish coaches to help artists sound authentic. It isn’t easy: Beyoncé battled to correctly pronounce the Spanish word for queen (“reina”) as she added her fast-paced vocals to J Balvin’s “Mi Gente,” says her teacher, while Justin Bieber struggled to hear the “a” between “pasito a pasito” and the “a” in “acuerdes” in Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito.” But in the end, Bieber’s Spanish delivery on the recording was flawless. BEYONCÉ taught by JEAN RODRIGUEZ Rodriguez, Fonsi’s brother and a singersongwriter who does…

“If this fan says I’m cute, I’m cute. If they say I’m the best rapper, I’m the best.” —YoungBoy A REALITY SHOW BOOMS FROM THE TV AND a box of still-warm Krispy Kreme doughnuts perfumes the room, but nothing seems to wake Kayden, the snoring, 18-month-old son of rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again. His father, on the other hand, is working at the same frenzied pace he has maintained during the last few months, relieved to be back in the booth — despite the fact that he was here at Miami’s Hit Factory Criteria Recording Studios until the sun rose this morning. The 18-year-old New Orleans rapper has released nine mixtapes in the past three years, and plans to drop his major-label debut on Atlantic Records in March. The album…

EAST ATLANTA, GA 529 529 Flat Shoals Ave. SE This cozy venue, which offers live music six nights a week, features up-and-comers Ziggy 2 Playa, Allen Thomas and Stlndrms, and local heroes like André 3000 have been known to drop by unannounced to hang out. VERSUS ATL 493 Flat Shoals Ave. SE A vintage shop that specializes in sportswear from the 1980s and ’90s — like old-school Jordan 1s and windbreakers from the 1996 Olympics — has become a go-to for artists looking to craft a throwback look. SOUTHERN COMFORT RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE 1389 Cedar Grove Road This honky-tonk dive bar classic serves smoked brisket and steaks under $20, and offers karaoke to boot. Its location in Conley, not Atlanta proper, means that last call isn’t until 3 a.m. EAST…

AQUARTER CENTURY BEFORE her promotion to executive vp human resources at Warner Music Group (WMG), Masha Osherova was on the other side of the world, working toward something much different: a master’s degree in quantum mechanics from St. Petersburg State Technical University in Russia. “The idea was that I would eventually win the Nobel Prize,” she says with a laugh, sitting in her brightly lit office at Warner Music Group’s New York headquarters. But a steep decline in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) funding from the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War lowered career prospects in those fields, and Osherova was forced to look elsewhere for job opportunities. Armed with few credentials aside from fluency in English — still valuable in Russia — Osherova took a…

“Electronic music ... is seeping into almost everything.” —Knight ODESZA, SOFI TUKKER AND Mansionair are on the cusp of what may be a new trend in rock radio: electronic crossovers. EDM has made significant inroads at top 40 radio — and the top of the Billboard Hot 100 — in recent years, with The Chainsmokers, Zedd and Calvin Harris and more finding chart success with dance-geared tracks. Now, the alternative and triple A (adult alternative) formats are getting into the game, with four songs by electronic acts dotting Billboard’s Alternative airplay chart dated Jan. 20. ODESZA, whose Grammy-nominated third album, 2017’s A Moment Apart, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 last September, boasts two songs on these formats: “Line of Sight,” featuring WYNNE and Mansionair, which peaked at No.…

EVERY TIME CARDI B NEEDS A MANICURE, SHE RETURNS to her native Bronx. The rapper’s loyalty, according to manicurist Jenny Bui, is worn on her perpetually trickedout nails, covered in an ever-changing kaleidoscopic array of crystals. “She knows I have kids, so she always comes to me,” says Bui, who began working with her five years ago. “She treats me like family.” While Bui has no plan yet for what she’ll create for Cardi’s Grammy Awards performance, these four of her favorite designs for Cardi are a dazzling potential preview. 1. ALL-OVER CRYSTAL CREATION One of Bui’s all-time favorites glimmers the most. “I don’t plan the designs around a specific awards show — [Cardi] lets me do whatever I want,” says Bui, who spent nearly two-anda- half hours placing over…

MICHELE ANTHONY HAS BEEN ONE OF the most powerful women in the music business for as long as the media have made lists of them. For a while, though, she didn’t have much company. In 1990, when Anthony was 33, Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola recruited her from the law firm Manatt Phelps Rothenberg & Phillips to help him rebuild the organization. Soon after, “I was asked to go to an international management meeting in Japan, and I walked into a big ballroom of 1,800 men in Tokyo,” she remembers. “I was the only woman in the room other than the translators.” Fast forward to 2018: The entertainment business, like the corporate world in general, is grappling with workplace sexual misconduct, as well as the broader issues of gender representation.…

RUSSELL FAIBISCH, 40 President/CEO, Ultra Worldwide ADAM RUSSAKOFF, 47 Director of business affairs, Ultra Worldwide TWO DECADES STRONG This dancemusic duo produced 45 events in 20 countries across five continents, and its franchise crown jewel, the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, will turn 20 in March. ANDREW GERTLER, 29 Founder, AG Artists KEPT SHAWN SHINING Under Gertler’s guidance, 19-year-old Shawn Mendes’ latest hit, “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back,” became self-fulfilling prophecy: In August, he became the first artist under 20 to land three No. 1 titles on Billboard’s Adult Top 40 chart. RANI HANCOCK* President, Sire Records NEW LEADER FOR A FABLED LABEL The 50-year-old Sire, co-founded by Richard Gottehrer and Seymour Stein (who remains chairman), begins a new chapter with the promotion of the A&R vet, whose track record…