Innholdsfortegnelse for March 9, 2019 i Billboard Magazine

Last November, Anuel AA and manager Frabian Eli approached Artie Pabon, who has worked with Anuel AA since 2018, with an idea: Karol G would join his upcoming Latin America tour. Within two months, they had sorted out the details, and in January, they announced the tour. Pabon, 46, held several meetings with both management camps to determine how each artist’s staffs would be shared. “Being that both Anuel and Karol have big crews,” he says, “it took time to decide which members could be eliminated and which could do the job for both without jeopardizing their shows.” The Bronx native believes bringing Karol G — “one of the hottest Latin female artists of today” — along will only make the tour stronger. She “has her own audience, which…

On March 1, Billboard reported that the song “Shallow” was, for the first time, in the running to top the Billboard Hot 100 (it debuted at No. 28 last October and had since peaked at No. 5), largely thanks to a hot and heavy Academy Awards performance from A Star Is Born stars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Immediately after the news broke, #ShallowBucks — a hashtag created by A Star Is Born die-hards and Little Monsters to push “Shallow” to No. 1 — started trending on Twitter. The hashtag promoted a fake ad campaign promising a voucher for a free Starbucks drink to Twitter and Instagram users who streamed “Shallow” and posted a screenshot. Starbucks debunked the ploy, responding to one user: “Sorry for any confusion, but ……

REMEMBER WHEN RIHANNA EMBARKED on her first headlining tour? The year was 2006, and floating around the internet, you can see photos of an 18-year-old in a rhinestone-trimmed skirt and matching evening gloves; an artist who hadn’t yet found her popstar footing deep in the realm of costume. Any remnants of Robyn Fenty from Barbados, though, all but disappeared eight months later with the release of Good Girl Gone Bad and a transformation overseen by Def Jam that included a drastic new bob and dominatrix-inspired costumes. What Rihanna so clearly had in those early years was room to stumble. And revisiting it makes for a powerful contrast to what we’re seeing in a new generation of pop stars: artists who are arriving as fully realized versions of themselves. Instead…

When Interscope Records CEO John Janick says his label has had “great success with building out powerful music in music-driven films,” he’s not just cheerleading. In the past year, the company released the soundtracks to A Star Is Born (which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and won a Grammy and an Academy Award for “Shallow”) and Black Panther (another No. 1 release, and an album of the year Grammy nominee), and before that, in 2016, La La Land (which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200). Now, as part of a new effort with Interscope executive vp film/TV marketing and licensing Tony Seyler to develop and market movies rooted in music industry-centric storylines, Janick is executive-producing Teen Spirit (Interscope Films is a co-producer). “We don’t…

“BREAK UP IN THE END” Artist Cole Swindell SONGWRITERS Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill, Jon Nite PUBLISHERS EMI April Music, Nite Writer Music, Songs of Universal, Plum Nelly, Big Music Machine, Big Ass Pile of Dimes Music “MEANT TO BE” Artist Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line SONGWRITERS David Garcia, Tyler Hubbard, Joshua Miller, Bebe Rexha PUBLISHERS BMG Platinum Songs, Kiss Me If You Can Music, Big Loud Mountain, T Hubb Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing on behalf of itself and Songs of the Corn and Jack 10 Publishing, Universal Music/Brentwood Benson Publishing, D Soul Music “TEQUILA” Artist Dan + Shay SONGWRITERS Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers PUBLISHERS Beats and Banjos, WB Music, A Girl Named Charlie, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Buckeye26, Jreynmusic “BROKEN HALOS” Artist Chris Stapleton SONGWRITERS Mike Henderson, Chris…

Cardi B’s Invasion CD Finally Arrives It only took 10 months, but Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy album has finally been released on CD. The set — first released as a digital download and through streaming services on April 6, 2018 — was issued on CD on Feb. 22. In turn, the former Billboard 200 No. 1 nabs a 152 percent gain in sales in the week ending Feb. 28, rising to 4,000 sold (up from 2,000), according to Nielsen Music. Invasion re-enters the Top Album Sales chart at No. 32. Of its 4,000 in sales for the week, about 3,000 were CD sales. In total, the album has sold 238,000 copies since its release in downloads (229,000), vinyl LPs (6,000) and CDs (3,000). With Invasion’s belated CD bow,…

Combs’ Quintet For only the second time, a single artist simultaneously tops all five main Billboard country charts as Luke Combs (above) rules Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Digital Song Sales and Country Streaming Songs. Kane Brown first achieved the feat in 2017. “This is a great day,” says Combs. “From being chosen as one of Billboard’s artists to watch in 2017 to now topping all five charts is very humbling. This doesn’t happen unless radio and the fans embrace the music and me as much as they have. That is the best part: that I get to wake up every day and do this.” Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” paces the airplay-, streaming- and sales-powered Hot Country Songs chart, Country Airplay (40.5 million audience impressions, according…

Turizo Earns Second No. 1 Manuel Turizo (above) earns his second No. 1 on Latin Airplay as “Sola” zips 7-1 in its eighth frame. The song, his first solo No. 1, rises with a hefty 44 percent gain in audience impressions earned in the week ending March 3 (rising to 14.7 million), according to Nielsen Music. Turizo’s first No. 1 on the tally, “Vaina Loca,” was a collaboration with Ozuna that crowned the chart for two weeks in October 2018. “Sola” is his third top 10, all of which have occurred in the past year. His first chart entry, in a featured role on Piso 21’s “Déjala Que Vuelva,” earned him his first top 10 (peaking at No. 8 on the March 24, 2018-dated chart). Meanwhile, Calibre 50 captures…

BEFORE CYNDI LAUPER TURNED “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” into a modern feminist anthem, she first had to flip it inside out. The track’s writer, the late Philadelphia rocker Robert Hazard, originally recorded it from a male perspective, but the suggestive message didn’t suit Lauper. “I tore it apart,” the Queens native told Rolling Stone in 1984. “It was originally about how fortunate he was because he was a guy around these girls that wanted to have ‘fun’ — with him — down there, of which we do not speak, lest we go blind.” Lauper’s reworked version of “Girls” became the lead single from her first solo LP, She’s So Unusual. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 80 in December 1983 and reached its No. 2…

NICOLE WYSKOARKO KNEW ONE thing the moment she walked into Brooklyn Law School in 2001: She had to find a job as a music industry attorney. “Otherwise, I wasn’t going to practice law at all,” recalls Wyskoarko, 40. “I couldn’t envision doing anything else as a lawyer and being happy. It was do or die.” Nearly 20 years later, the Los Angeles native is celebrating her first anniversary as executive vp urban operations at Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA). She joined the company in March 2018 after a stint as a partner at Carroll Guido & Groffman, a law firm where she represented clients such as Meek Mill, DJ Mustard, H.E.R. and André 3000. Prior to that, she served as senior vp business and legal affairs for Universal Music Group…

(NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 22, 2019) From its inception in Chicago in 1984 to its spread throughout Europe, TRAX Records created the House Music movement and caused seismic waves throughout the music industry. What started out as a few free-spirited teens exploring electronic beats turned into what would become a musical revolution. Dubbed by Billboard as the Queen of House Music, Rachael Cain aka Screamin’ Rachael was one of the first artists signed to the label in 1984, and in 2006, took over as Owner and President of the label. This year, TRAX Records celebrates not only the past 35 years of creating a whole new genre of music that influenced music for generations to come, but also looks ahead to an exciting year of new releases into…

The world of Teen Spirit is a quiet one: Characters speak softly, and background noise rarely rises above a low din. But when the music arrives — in a crowded dance club, at a dingy bar and especially onstage at the titular musical competition — the volume spikes, and the film comes to life. Seen through the eyes of 17-year-old aspiring pop singer Violet Valenski (Elle Fanning), this world isn’t totally recognizable as our own — not just because of its far-flung setting, on England’s Isle of Wight, but also because it portrays pulsating pop, typically sung by women, as the dominant force in music. In Teen Spirit’s universe, synth hooks and diva vocals rule, rock isn’t that big of a deal, hip-hop might not even exist and reality…

THIS IS THE CITY WHERE Chance the Rapper was raised, found stardom and has become a civic force as a philanthropist, news publisher and political power broker. He’s a symbol of the city’s muscular mix of music and activism. When Chance revealed on Instagram Feb. 11 that he’ll release the follow-up to his 2016 Grammy Award-winning mixtape, Coloring Book, in July, it was a reminder that this Chicago native is a musical pioneer — the first artist to chart on the Billboard 200 with a streaming-only release. He continues a long tradition of groundbreaking music from Chicago: the innovative blues of Muddy Waters, the alternative rock of Wilco and Smashing Pumpkins, the industrial-force edge of Ministry, the hip-hop of Kanye West and even the five decades of pop hits…

Lewis ‘Alright’ At No. 1 Singer-songwriter Dean Lewis (above) tops the Emerging Artists chart for the first time on the strength of his breakout single, “Be Alright,” which reaches a new peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 29. On the former chart, he succeeds Ava Max, who, according to chart rules, graduates from the list as her debut hit, “Sweet but Psycho,” reaches the top 25 of the Hot 100 (No. 24). “Alright” holds at its No. 4 high on Adult Top 40 and jumps 19-16 on Radio Songs, up 10 percent to 45.9 million in airplay audience, according to Nielsen Music. Plus, Claypool Lennon Delirium enters Emerging Artists at No. 2. The duo — Sean Lennon and Primus frontman Les Claypool — debuts its second LP,…

Monkees, Lambert Debut The Monkees (below) make their Social 50 debut following the Feb. 21 death of bassist-keyboardist Peter Tork. The pop group enters at No. 37 mostly due to Wikipedia views of its page after Tork’s death, gathering 215,000 views in the week ending Feb. 28, according to Next Big Sound. Tork, 77, died in Connecticut due to complications from cancer he had been battling for several years. Despite leaving the band in 1968, he returned multiple times, even contributing to the group’s 2018 holiday album, Christmas Party. Adam Lambert also makes his Social 50 debut, coming in at No. 47. The pop singer and occasional Queen frontman garnered a 288 percent boost in Wikipedia views (114,000 total) and was mentioned on Twitter 98,000 times following a week…

Mayer’s First Sales Leader John Mayer (above) scores his highest debut on the Hot Rock Songs chart as “I Guess I Just Feel Like” bows at No. 6, topping the No. 8 entrance of his “Moving On and Getting Over” in February 2017. The new single sold 18,000 downloads (and drew 3.8 million U.S. streams) in its first week, according to Nielsen Music, as Mayer rules Rock Digital Song Sales for the first time. He previously rose as high as No. 2 with two tracks, “New Light” (May 2018) and “Love on the Weekend” (December 2016). On the Mainstream Rock airplay chart, Rival Sons snag their first leader with “Do Your Worst” (2-1). The band charted one prior entry: the No. 34-peaking “Keep On Swinging,” in 2013. The group…

No. 1 ‘News’ For MercyMe MercyMe (above) banks its 16th Christian Airplay No. 1 as “Best News Ever” rises 2-1, up 6 percent to 10.6 million audience impressions in the week ending March 3, according to Nielsen Music. MercyMe extends its record for the most No. 1s in the 15-year history of the chart; Casting Crowns is second with 10, followed by Jeremy Camp, tobyMac and Matthew West, each with nine. MercyMe, which formed in 1994, scored its first No. 1 when “Word of God Speak” topped the Aug. 16, 2003-dated ranking (two months after the list’s launch) and reigned for 23 weeks, the longest rule in the chart’s archives. On Hot Christian Songs, which blends airplay, streaming and sales data, “News” bumps 7-6 for a new peak. Plus,…

1993 JORDAN CHANDLER After Chandler, age 12, met Jackson, his father became disturbed by their relationship. A psychiatrist reported his concerns, prompting a police raid of Neverland. Jackson settled for between $20 million and $30 million. 1993 JASON FRANCIA Neverland maid Blanca Francia alleged she had seen Jackson showering with boys, but police questioned her story. Her son Jason told police that Jackson had fondled him. Jackson settled for nearly $2 million. 2003 GAVIN ARVIZO Arvizo was in the 2003 documentary Living With Michael Jackson, in which the singer admitted to sharing his bed with children. An inquiry led to Jackson’s trial for child sexual abuse; he was acquitted in 2005. 2013 WADE ROBSON The child impersonator of Jackson, a staple at Neverland, was a witness for Jackson at…

IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF LATIN TRAP ARTIST Anuel AA’s two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a 2016 arms possession arrest, he started following reggaetón artist Karol G on Instagram while out on parole, leaving comments like “Bebecita” (“Little baby”). Within a month of his release, the two were speaking on the phone. Eventually, they remotely collaborated on “Culpables” (“Guilty”), which tells the story of a couple that falls in love while dating other people. (Anuel AA and Karol G were both in relationships when they started talking.) It wasn’t until the shoot for the track’s music video, though, that they finally met. “I told my manager [Frabian Eli], ‘She’s going to be my wife, I swear,’” says Anuel AA during a recent lunch at Miami’s Novecento steakhouse. Karol G sits…

INCLUSIVITY After a year of reckoning for the industry, including a restructuring of The Recording Academy’s voters, Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson (inset) and singer-songwriter Priscilla Renea will talk navigating a male-dominated industry and positive changes to come. THE EVENTS “Country Music’s Struggle to Define Women” (March 13), “Music Keynotes: Shirley Manson and Lauren Mayberry With Puja Patel” (March 14), “#youtoo? Creating a More Inclusive Music Industry” (March 15) INDIE’S IMPORTANCE With independent labels now commanding 39.9 percent of the global recorded-music market, independent rapper Taylor Bennett will speak with SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor (inset) on the changing artist-discovery process. Plus: Learn how blockchain technology is revolutionizing the DIY sphere. THE EVENTS “Why Be Independent?,” “First Play to First Platinum: The Evolving Creator Journey” (March 13); “Artists in Control: Technology…

A slew of old label revivals, especially hip-hop ones, is shaking up the industry, from Patrick Moxey’s Payday Records to West Coast rap pioneer Priority, which both relaunched in 2017. Last year, LOUD, the label behind Wu-Tang Clan, bounced back. And now, rapper-actor Xzibit is getting in on the action with the resurrection of Open Bar Entertainment, the boutique label he founded in 1999 under Sony Entertainment. The newly independent “hybrid” label now includes film production and management divisions. Xzibit, 44, who has released eight albums, says the revamp will allow him to mentor aspiring artists: “I’m always going to create music, but now I want to see how I can bring shine to somebody else.” The industry, he says, is more open than ever to artist-run labels like…

Soldier Field CAPACITY: 61,500 (for concerts) Wrigley Field CAPACITY: 42,512 (for concerts) Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre (Tinley Park, Ill.) CAPACITY: 28,000 United Center CAPACITY: 25,000 Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island CAPACITY: 22,000 Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.) CAPACITY: 19,200 Aragon Ballroom CAPACITY: 4,500 Rosemont Theatre (Rosemont, Ill.) CAPACITY: 4,400 Chicago Theatre CAPACITY: 3,604 Riviera Theatre CAPACITY: 2,300 Source: Billboard Boxscore…

A ‘Star’ Returns To No. 1 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack reclaims the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a fourth nonconsecutive week as the set steps 3-1 with 129,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 28 (up 153 percent), according to Nielsen Music. The album got a big boost from publicity and promotion spurred by its parent film’s showcase at the Feb. 24 Academy Awards, where it was nominated for eight trophies and won one: best original song, for “Shallow” (which vaults to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100; see page 1). Star bumps Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, which spent its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1, to No. 2 with 116,000 units…

AIRPLAY DATA COMPILED BY RADIO SONGS: The week’s most popular songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. DIGITAL SONG SALES: The week’s top-downloaded songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. POP/RHYTHMIC/ADULT: The week’s most popular current songs at mainstream top 40, rhythmic, adult contemporary and adult top 40 formats, respectively, ranked by radio airplay detections, as measured by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are relatively recently-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. All charts © 2019,…

Gunna Makes Waves Gunna (above) earns his first No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums as Drip or Drown 2 starts with 90,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 28, according to Nielsen Music. The rapper previously reached No. 2 on both rankings with his collaborative set with Lil Baby, Drip Harder, last October. Drown fends off two high-profile challengers for the summit — Offset’s Father of 4 (89,000 units) and Lil Pump’s Harverd Dropout (48,000), which begin at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. As Drown takes over, six of its tracks debut on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, led by a No. 32 start for “Outstanding,” while previously released track “One Call” re-enters at No. 37. Plus, Kehlani claims her second leader on Top…

Halsey Hits No. 1 “Without Me” by Halsey (above) hikes to No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay (2-1). Her third chart-topper follows “Bad at Love” (January 2018) and her featured turn on The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” (No. 1 for a record 20 weeks between September 2016 and January 2017). Her latest leader, remixed by Dillon Francis, Hook ’N Sling and Generik, among others, also led Dance Club Songs in December 2018. CamelPhat claims its third top 10, and Cristoph his first, on Dance/Mix Show Airplay with “Breathe,” featuring Jem Cooke, who also earns her first (11-5). Plus, Ariana Grande adds her 12th top 10 with “7 Rings” (14-6), and Post Malone prances to his sixth, and Swae Lee his third, with “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” (13-7). On Dance/Electronic Digital…

LEGEND Bullets indicate titles with greatest weekly gains. Album Charts Recording Industry Assn. of America (RIAA) certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 500,000 albums (Gold). RIAA certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 1 million units (Platinum). Numeral noted with Platinum symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum level. RIAA certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral noted with Diamond symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum level. Latin albums certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 30,000 units (Oro). Latin albums certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 60,000 units (Platino). Numeral noted with Platino symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum level. Digital Songs Charts RIAA certification for 500,000 paid downloads and ondemand streams where 100 streams equal 1 download (Gold). RIAA certification for 1…