Innholdsfortegnelse for September 21, 2019 i Billboard Magazine

In 2009, Zac Brown Band’s then day-to-day manager, Lynn Oliver, was scrambling to find the act a point person for its upcoming eight-week tour. So she enlisted her neighbor Paul Chanon, 47, who has stayed with the group ever since, helping it grow into a touring force that has grossed $183.4 million throughout its career, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. How did you become Zac Brown Band’s permanent touring manager? In June 2009 I was self-employed, booking and producing concerts, festivals and corporate events. I had booked Zac Brown Band previously; the most I ever paid for them was $500. But as I went to county festivals as their tour manager, I kept hearing promoters say they had the biggest crowds — this was just after “Chicken…

On Sept. 22, Diplo and Mad Decent Records will take over Brooklyn Mirage to toast their new house music imprint, Higher Ground. Unlike the label’s long-running EDM/hip-hop block parties, the showcase will strive for clubbier sounds to reflect the sublabel’s focus, with U.K. producer Paul Woolford and Brooklyn duo Walker & Royce (who will release the imprint’s debut single) receiving top billing. “We respect house music so much,” says Paul Devro, who has led Mad Decent’s A&R since its 2006 formation. “We didn’t want to do it if we couldn’t do it right.” BACKSTORY Since Mad Decent was established as a three-person upstart in Philadelphia, the label has grown to a staff of 20, most of whom work out of an office in Los Angeles’ Arts District. In the…

WHEN LIL NAS X self-released “Old Town Road” on Dec. 3, 2018, he marked it as a country song in the track metadata that streaming services use. “It’s a country trap song,” he now says firmly. “But once you take a look at it, I feel like it leans more toward country. Of course it’s easier to get seen [as a rap song], but I didn’t expect to see it on any chart. It’s not like my music was selling prior to it coming out.” Billboard uses the genre tags provided by content creators as guidelines, and the charts team initially tracked “Old Town Road” as it had been listed. In March, as the song began to gain velocity on the charts — aided by escalating video views from…

ALBUM OF THE YEAR KACEY MUSGRAVES, GOLDEN HOUR Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy Brandi Carlile, By the Way, I Forgive You Drake, Scorpion H.E.R., H.E.R. Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys Various Artists, Black Panther: The Album RECORD OF THE YEAR “THIS IS AMERICA,” CHILDISH GAMBINO “I Like It,” Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile “God’s Plan,” Drake “Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper “All the Stars,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA “rockstar,” Post Malone featuring 21 Savage “The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey SONG OF THE YEAR “THIS IS AMERICA,” CHILDISH GAMBINO “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile “God’s Plan,” Drake “Boo’d Up,” Ella Mai “Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper “All the Stars,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA “In My Blood,” Shawn…

BILLIE EILISH WHO Alt-pop wunderkind who scored No. 1s on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 this year. HURDLE The Grammys don’t usually take teen artists seriously, and her experimental-leaning tunes — co-written with brother Finneas O’Connell — may be too cutting-edge for older voters to get. UPSHOT As a rare breakout with both critical acclaim and commercial success, she’s likely to be rewarded. And if she wins album of the year, she’ll be the youngest artist to ever do so. BEYONCÉ WHO One of the most decorated artists in Grammy history, with 23 wins and 66 nominations. HURDLE While Homecoming: The Live Album, which captured her triumphant 2018 Coachella sets, received rapturous acclaim, no live album has been nominated for album of the year in 25 years.…

Posty’s Big Week Post Malone scores his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart as Hollywood’s Bleeding (Republic) bows with 489,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 12 in the United States, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the second-biggest week of 2019, trailing only the debut of Taylor Swift’s Lover, also on Republic, with 867,000. Of Hollywood’s starting unit sum, 200,000 were in album sales (boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer and merchandise/album bundles). Further, the album racked up 365.4 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks in its first week — 2019’s biggest streaming week for an album. Republic now holds the four biggest weeks of 2019 for an album in terms of total units earned: the debuts of Lover (867,000), Hollywood’s…

K-Pop Holds Top Six On Social 50 For the first time in 2019, K-pop acts occupy each of the Social 50’s top six spots. The last time K-pop monopolized the top six was on the April 14, 2018, chart, which featured BTS, Exo, NCT, Monsta X, Got7 and Wanna One at Nos. 1-6. This time, two of those acts are joined by four different groups, with BTS, X1, Got7, Seventeen, Blackpink and Tomorrow X Together (above) taking Nos. 1-6, respectively. The last of that list makes the largest gain of the bunch, leaping 28-6 with 631,000 Twitter reactions in the week ending Sept. 12, up 273%, according to Next Big Sound. One of the act’s top tweets wished newly 20-year-old member Yeonjun a happy birthday. K-pop acts also snag…

Brown ‘Up’ To Historic No. 1 Run “The Git Up” by Blanco Brown (above) tops Hot Country Songs for a 10th week, making him the first soloist to reign for double-digit weeks with a debut single since the survey adopted a multimetric methodology in October 2012. The track adds its latest frame at the summit with 19 million U.S. streams, 5.9 million in radio reach and 15,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen Music. Only one other debut hit by any act led for double-digit weeks in the past seven years: Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” (24 weeks, 2012-13). Plus, The Highwomen, the inaugural set from the supergroup of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires, debuts at No. 1 on Top Country Albums (34,000 equivalent album units). The…

TRUE BELIEVER “Derrick was very passionate about me and didn’t look at me like a prize; he looked at me like somebody with a lot of potential. He believed in me when I didn’t really believe in myself.”—GOLDLINK Since rising to vp A&R in 2015, Aroh says he has been on a mission to make “weird” hip-hop mainstream. In 2018 the Brooklyn native — alongside Tunji Balogun (RCA’s executive vp A&R and founder of label Keep Cool) and Adonis Sutherlin (senior vp A&R) — secured the signings of two of the genre’s buzziest artists: Brockhampton and Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover). The latter scored his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 last year with “This Is America.” Those wins landed Aroh on Billboard’s 40 Under 40 list in 2018;…

In early April, Billboard moved Lil Nas X’s breakout hit “Old Town Road” to the R&B/hip-hop chart from the country chart and found itself in the middle of a debate over how the music business should classify the genre-defying hit. Within weeks, the performer and his fans quickly settled the matter of where the song really belonged: atop the Billboard Hot 100, where it reigned for a record-breaking 19 weeks. The song has defined a year in music when the old assumptions about where artists fit in have burst, and mavericks like Lil Nas X and Lizzo — our other cover star this issue — have become exciting new superstars, as well as top contenders for best new artist and other major Grammy Awards in 2020. Artists like Lizzo…

JASON MRAZ WAS OVERSEAS crafting his 2005 album, Mr. A-Z, when he saw the performance rights royalty statement for his songs played on terrestrial radio. “I noticed I was receiving a different royalty that I didn’t receive back in the United States,” he says. “In Europe, even the drummer on a song is going to receive it because there’s a consideration and care for the artists who make music great. Other countries seem to acknowledge this, and the U.S. does not.” The United States is one of just a few countries, including Sudan, North Korea and Rwanda, where songs can be played on the radio without compensation. It’s one of the main issues for The Recording Academy’s sixth annual District Advocacy Day on Oct. 2; Mraz is the event’s…

AVRIL LAVIGNE WAITED five years to return to the road — and when she did, the preparation process was a scramble. She needed new guitars and straps, as well as a refresher on the bridges of hits like “My Happy Ending” and “When You’re Gone.” “It’s funny,” says Lavigne, 34. “I’m relearning, but it’s total muscle memory. I’m like, ‘Wait, it goes like this, right?’ Then without even trying I’m like, ‘It’s right here.’” (Even so, she always has a teleprompter onstage, “just in case.”) Since the pop mainstay, who has sold 12.5 million albums in the United States, according to Nielsen Music, wrapped her Avril Lavigne Tour in Japan five years ago, she largely stepped out of the spotlight as she battled Lyme disease. For a long time,…

DAN AUERBACH AND PATRICK CARNEY HAVE BEEN making music as The Black Keys for nearly two decades. But after the release of their 2014 album, Turn Blue, they did something they had never done before: take a prolonged break. This June, the rockers returned with their fuzzed-out, self-produced ninth LP, “Let’s Rock” (Danger Mouse produced their last four albums), released on Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound and Warner Music’s Nonesuch. Auerbach, 40, and Carney, 39, have grown up together — and are closer than ever following the band’s hiatus. Now, as they hit the road with Modest Mouse, they reveal just how well they know each other, from their eating to bathroom habits. FAVORITE MUSICAL DUO “The Everly Brothers.” “Are you supposed to say Lennon and McCartney or Jagger and…

IF OASIS WERE PUTTING this record out, people would be losing their shit,” says Liam Gallagher of his second solo project, Why Me? Why Not, out Sept. 20 on Warner Music. But it isn’t — and Gallagher is finally coming to terms with the fact that the band that made him a rock hero will likely never release another album. Since Oasis’ brutal band-ending fight backstage at the Paris Rock en Seine festival 10 years ago, Gallagher and older brother Noel — who co-founded the group together — continue to trade inventive disses in interviews and on social media. Fortunately for Gallagher, he isn’t all that concerned with critical reception. “People that come to my gigs will like it, and I’m sure there will be people that hate it,…

HERE COMES THE BRIDE” is echoing down West 49th Street in Manhattan, and Lizzo is sitting in a white Pontiac convertible, her face covered in a lace veil. A sudden 8 a.m. rain shower is threatening her big entrance and, if that’s not enough, everything she’s about to do is going to air live on NBC’s Today. But Lizzo has been the bride before — at June’s BET Awards, at concerts and in her best-known music video — and preshow moments of nervy electricity are nothing new to her. She has been doing this for a decade, and she’s not easily fazed. Lizzo settles into the car just as one of the members of her Instagram-famous dance crew, the Big Grrrls, lurches it into drive. Suddenly, her longtime DJ,…

THERE WAS NO TIME FOR OPTIONS. IT WAS February 2000, and Jennifer Lopez was enjoying an ascent to superstar status thanks to the success of her 1999 debut album, On the 6, and a hit film career. But amid the chaos of filming The Wedding Planner and starting a new LP, Jenny From the Block found herself without a dress the day before the Grammys. “I was preparing for a last-minute fitting with [Lopez] in New York, driving down Fifth Avenue in a taxi, and I remember seeing that green dress in the window of the Versace boutique,” recalls former stylist Andrea Lieberman. “When she tried it on, everyone knew it was the dress.” The now-iconic emerald silk chiffon dress, which plunged all the way down to the navel,…

FOR THE FIRST 61 YEARS OF the Grammy Awards, the record and song of the year prizes went to the same piece of music slightly more often than not: 31 times. At the first Grammys in May 1959, Italian composer and crooner Domenico Modugno walked off with both awards for his lounge-lizard classic “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare).” At the most recent Grammys in February, Childish Gambino’s politically charged hip-hop smash “This Is America” — a song with almost nothing in common with “Volare” — also took both awards. That the awards have gone in tandem so often suggests that many Grammy voters don’t really distinguish between the two categories. Broadly speaking, if voters really like something, they seem to vote for it in whatever category it appears.…

Class Begins For K-12 Melanie Martinez earns her second top 10 album and highest-charting set yet on the Billboard 200 as K-12 debuts at No. 3 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 12, according to Nielsen Music. (Of that sum, 30,000 were in album sales.) K-12 is Martinez’s second full-length studio set following 2015’s Cry Baby, which debuted and peaked at No. 6 on Sept. 5, 2015, with 40,000 units in its first week (32,000 in album sales). Cry Baby has earned 1.4 million units and collected 1.1 billion on-demand audio streams for its tracks. K-12 also serves as the soundtrack to the feature-length film of the same name starring Martinez. The movie (written and directed by the artist) was released for one night…

Dominic Dominates “3 Nights” by Dominic Fike (above) rises 3-1 on Billboard’s Alternative airplay chart, marking his first leader on the list as soloists continue to soar: For the first time in nearly 27 years and the second time in the survey’s history, three consecutive leaders belong to solo artists. “3 Nights” follows the reigns of Matt Maeson’s “Cringe” and Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy.” The only other such streak: Morrissey’s “Tomorrow,” Peter Gabriel’s “Digging in the Dirt” and Suzanne Vega’s “Blood Makes Noise” reigned back-to-back-to-back in 1992. Also on the chart, the three headliners on the newly announced 2020 Hella Mega Tour debut new singles: Green Day (“Father of All…,” No. 13), Weezer (“The End of the Game,” No. 19) and Fall Out Boy (“Dear Future Self [Hands Up],”…

‘China’ Rules The all-star team of Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Karol G, Ozuna and J Balvin claims another No. 1 as “China” rises 3-1 on Latin Airplay. The track, which is in its fourth week atop Hot Latin Songs, takes the Airplay crown with an 11% gain in audience impressions (to 14 million) earned in the week ending Sept. 15, according to Nielsen Music. With the move, Balvin breaks out of a tie for the thirdmost leaders, as he now stands alone with 16 No. 1s. Elsewhere, Spanish legend Camilo Sesto earns his highest debut on Latin Pop Albums as Los 15 Grandes Éxitos bows at No. 5 following his death on Sept. 8. It enters with 2,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 12, mostly…

Perry’s ‘Over’ Achievement Katy Perry (above) parades to her 19th Dance Club Songs No. 1 with “Never Really Over,” which was remixed by R3HAB, Syn Cole and Wow & Flutter, among others. She boasts the fifth-most leaders dating to the chart’s August 1976 inception as a national survey, trailing only Madonna (48 No. 1s), Rihanna (33), Beyoncé (22) and Janet Jackson (20). Perry first reigned just over 10 years ago, with “Waking Up in Vegas.” On Top Dance/Electronic Albums, Lindsey Stirling storms in at No. 1 with Artemis, which launches with 19,000 equivalent album units earned (according to Nielsen Music), nearly all from album sales. Artemis is her fourth leader on the list, following Brave Enough (2016), Shatter Me (2014) and Lindsey Stirling (2012). —GORDON MURRAY SALES, AIRPLAY &…

BEATRIZ LUENGO WAS IN A writing session for a major female artist when another writer volunteered a lyric for the chorus that went, “I want you to spray me with your hose all night.” Luengo bristled: Her label, Sony Latin, had brought her in to provide a female perspective in the songwriting process. “If we’re going to talk sex, let’s talk sex that’s good for both sides,” says Luengo, 36. “Music has influence. I don’t want to tell young girls that ‘getting sprayed’ is the new sexy.” The Latin Grammy-nominated artist and songwriter, who has penned hits for Ricky Martin and CNCO, is one of just a handful of Latina songwriters working on charting Latin hits. That scarcity goes to the core of a long-standing issue in the genre:…

88rising is a “new face of music” from an Asian perspective, says CEO Sean Miyashiro, who founded the label, management firm and creative agency in 2015. Its Head in the Clouds festival in L.A., dubbed “Asian Coachella,” returned for its second year in August to a crowd of 22,000, with sets by Japan’s Joji, China’s Higher Brothers and Indonesia’s Rich Brian and Niki. Miyashiro’s next priority is tapping an energy director — a hybrid of creative director and marketing manager — to work with his acts. “We don’t want any derivatives,” he says, but a manager for the company’s creative output who can just “geek out.” REQUIREMENTS The job entails a focus on artist collaborations and partnerships; effectively, shaping an artist’s brand. A fluency in Asian music culture and…

ZAC BROWN BAND IS accustomed to change, opting to license its albums through various label partners instead of having a permanent home. In March 2018, the Southern rock group signed a new management deal with Scooter Braun’s SB Projects; this February, it signed a new global licensing agreement with BMG; and in March, the group signed a contract with WME. (The act was previously signed to Creative Artists Agency.) The one constant? Zac Brown has always had control over every aspect of his career. “By owning our touring, publishing and merchandise, if something doesn’t happen right, I know exactly who to call,” says the frontman, 41. Brown was never interested in signing a multi-album contract because, he says, the band’s musical approach is always changing: “You’re talking nine or…

One of the biggest hip-hop releases of the year has also resulted in the unexpected return of a hard-rock legend to the pop charts: “Take What You Want,” the rollicking new Post Malone track featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott, scores a No. 8 debut on the Sept. 21 Billboard Hot 100 (see page 13), leading to Osbourne’s first appearance on the tally since his 2007 single “I Don’t Wanna Stop.” “Post has been a huge Ozzy fan since he was a kid,” says Louis Bell, who co-produced the song with Andrew Watt. “This was definitely a dream come true for him.” Watt, who recently notched a No. 1 with Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Señorita,” invited Osbourne to his Los Angeles studio during the summer to create the…

LABEL MOTOWN RECORDS After releasing her 2013 debut album, Once Upon a Time, on Nigeria’s Mavin Records and 323 Entertainment, Lagos native Tiwa Savage established herself as an influential voice in Afrobeats — her fans have even crowned her as queen of the genre. Now, thanks to a global recording agreement with Universal Music Group, she’s eyeing a U.S. crossover. Savage, who signed to Mavin in 2012, left to join UMG in May. Two months later, she signed a recording contract with Motown Records, a move orchestrated by Capitol Music Group executive vp Ethiopia Habtemariam. Despite singing and writing songs professionally for a decade, the 39-year-old says, “I see myself as a new artist again who’s hustling. That’s my mentality. I don’t walk into a room expecting anyone to…

AS EZRA KOENIG remembers it, his band Vampire Weekend’s 2013 best alternative music album Grammy win for Modern Vampires of the City felt like “perfect timing.” The act had been nominated once before (for 2011’s Contra), but after three albums, hundreds of shows — and nearly as many think pieces about whether it was OK for a band of Columbia University graduates to be incorporating West African music into indie rock — “it was a nice way to cap the previous six years,” continues Koenig. Then, for the next six years, the group more or less disappeared. Koenig kept busy: He created a Netflix anime series called Neo Yokio, started hosting a radio show called Time Crisis on Beats 1, participated in songwriting sessions with Kanye West, worked with…

Grayscale Grows Philadelphia-based Grayscale (above) debuts at No. 13 on Emerging Artists as its third LP, Nella Vita, opens at No. 1 on Heatseekers Albums with 4,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music. The coronation marks the group’s first leader on any chart and second entry; sophomore set Adornment reached No. 21 on the survey in 2017. Plus, English singer-songwriter Barns Courtney enters Emerging Artists at No. 39 as his second LP, 404, arrives at No. 3 on Heatseekers Albums (2,000 sold). —XANDER ZELLNER CHART BEAT AC IS A ‘SUCKER’ FOR JONAS BROTHERS Comeback single “Sucker” continues to bring firsts for the Jonas Brothers (above). The song marked the trio’s first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 when it debuted at the summit in March. It then became the act’s…

THE HOTTEST NEW EMERGING ARTIST WHO HAS CARVED HIS OWN PATH TO MAKING MUSIC HISTORY. DEBUTED 6 NEW ALBUMS IN THE TOP 10 OF A BILLBOARD CHART WITHIN 12 MONTHS. BREAKING BARRIERS BY CHARTING IN MULTIPLE GENRES (JAZZ, CONTEMPORARY JAZZ, CLASSICAL, AND CLASSICAL CROSSOVER). HIS CURRENT ALBUM “PIANOFORTE” DEBUTED AT #1 ON BILLBOARD’S CLASSICAL ALBUMS AND CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUMS CHARTS. LAS VEGAS “HEADLINER OF THE YEAR!” PERFORMED HIS SELF-PENNED HIT TANGERINE HONEY ON ABC’S DANCING WITH THE STARS! HIS SELF-TITLED SYMPHONY SHOW HAS SOLD OUT COAST TO COAST INCLUDING CARNEGIE HALL AND THE KENNEDY CENTER! DON’T MISS THIS MUSICAL POWERHOUSE TOURING THE COUNTRY WITH HIS OWN BRAND OF GENRE-BLURRING ROCK N’ ROLL. FRANKIE’S NEW ALBUM, “WELCOME TO THE SYMPHONY”, RECORDED WITH HIS BAND ALONG WITH A FULL ORCHESTRA, IS…

AIRPLAY & SALES 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…

‘Byes’ Says Hi To No. 1 Post Malone collects his sixth No. 1 on Rhythmic as “Goodbyes” (featuring Young Thug) lifts 2-1 with a 6% boost in plays during the week ending Sept. 15, according to Nielsen Music. The single is Post Malone’s third Rhythmic No. 1 from his most recent album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, following the Swae Lee collaboration “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” and “Wow.” Bleeding scores its own chart headlines as it debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with 489,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 12 (see page 186) and becomes Post Malone’s third straight leader after 2016’s Stoney and 2018’s beerbongs & bentleys. Bleeding’s impact spills over to Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where four of its tracks reside in the top 10,…

Brown Bounds With ‘Blessings’ Anthony Brown & group therAPY (above) net their second Gospel Airplay No. 1 with “Blessings on Blessings.” The act first led with “Worth,” for 24 weeks beginning in September 2015. “Blessings” bullets at No. 4 on the multimetric Hot Gospel Songs chart, where it has ranked in the top five since July. Also on Hot Gospel Songs, Travis Greene’s “Good & Loved” (featuring Steffany Gretzinger) flies in at No. 9, propelled by 1,000 downloads sold in its first week, according to Nielsen Music, as it debuts atop Gospel Digital Song Sales. Greene adds his fourth Hot Gospel Songs top 10 and his first debut in the tier. Gretzinger, a member of Bethel Music, is making her first foray into the gospel genre. —JIM ASKER SALES,…

Khalid’s ‘Spirit’ Shines Khalid (above) hits the Boxscore chart at No. 32 with a two-night stint at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena Aug. 6-7 as part of the 35-date North American leg of his Free Spirit World Tour. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the two shows grossed $1.5 million and sold 25,000 tickets. In all, the North American tour leg grossed $29.5 million, tripling the reported $9.6 million from Khalid’s Roxy Tour in 2018. While he had never grossed $1 million from a single engagement prior to 2019, this summer’s run surpassed the seven-figure mark in eight U.S. markets. The tour’s highlight was a double-header at the Staples Center in Los Angeles June 25-26. —ERIC FRANKENBERG BOXSCORE: THE TOP GROSSING CONCERTS AS REPORTED BY PROMOTERS, VENUES, MANAGERS AND BOOKING…