In some ways, there has never been a better time to be a songwriter. The creators of pop hits enjoy a visibility they haven’t had since before the singer-songwriter era, and companies like Hipgnosis Songs Fund, fueled by capital from outside the music industry, have helped create a thriving market for writer shares. The U.S. […]

While you’re 1-2-3-hopping your way across the dance floor, you’d be surprised to know that bachata was once considered vulgar and the “music of the barrios.” Bachata was born in the Dominican Republic after the death of dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961. The first artist to record a bachata song was Jose Manuel Calderon, who

Taylor Swift dropped a surprise revamp of her beloved 1989 single “Wildest Dreams” on Friday (Sept. 17) after she said she was inspired by Swifties getting the song trending on TikTok. The pop-up “Dreams” was especially unexpected because the next “Taylor’s Version” revamp album due out is 2012’s Red collection, which is slated to drop on

When Universal Music Group (UMG) makes its public listing Tuesday on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange, it will be guided by a global, 10-member board of directors that is 40% female and includes executives across a range of industries, from the brains behind the Mamma Mia! musical to the manager of the international Michelin Guide. The

Natti Natasha is no stranger to making history, from becoming the first female reggaetonera since Ivy Queen in 2005 to top Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart with Don Omar’s “Dutty Love,” to placing a record 12 top 10 hits on the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart, tied only with Karol G. Earlier this year, the artist born Natalia Alexandra Gutiérrez

In April, Justin Quiles traveled to the Dominican Republic to film the music video for what would become his next single, “Colorín Colorado.” But while on his trip, he met up with Chimbala, a rising star in dembow (a genre built on dancehall), who showed him something that made Quiles change his rollout plans. “He

After launching in October 2019, the Bandsintown + Billboard touring indexes went on a hiatus for much of the worldwide concert shutdown. For more than a year, Bandsintown tracked the most engaged artists around in the world in the livestream space, as the face of live performance morphed to adapt to the ever-changing conditions of

If you thought there was any way that 50 Cent was going to make it off the Jimmy Kimmel Live! couch on Thursday night (Sept. 16) without weighing in on the Nicki Minaj COVID-19 TesticleGate, well, clearly you don’t know Jimmy … or 50. “I heard that you got — and I know this is

LONDON — A dispute has broken out in the French music industry between labels trade body SNEP and Believe, the Paris-based music distributor and artist services company, over the sharing of sales and revenue data. Believe is refusing to share domestic market data with SNEP, which is responsible for tracking the size of the French

Lizzo proved her ARMY bona fides on Weds. (Sept. 15) when she busted out a freestyle about the deep friendship between BTS members V and Jimin. After a tweet asking fans what her upcoming song should be about, Lizzo reacted to one novel suggestion. “In the studio… what should I write about?” Lizzo asked, alluding