Taylor Swift Continues U.K. Chart Reign With ‘Midnights’
It’s still Taylor Swift time in the U.K., where Midnights (via EMI) enters a fifth non-consecutive week at No. 1. Swift’s 10th and latest studio album extends its lead as…
Setlist: Universal boss calls for “artist-centric” streaming model
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge’s confirmation that a big old…
Critics Choice Awards: Janelle Monáe, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Among Winners
The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards were handed out on Sunday night, with A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once winning best picture — one of its four prizes of the evening. Filmmaking duo Daniels…
Lewis Capaldi Outpoints Raye In U.K. Chart Race
Following a tight chart race which saw Raye take an early lead, it’s Lewis Capaldi who takes the U.K. crown with “Pointless” (via Vertigo). The Scottish singer songwriter bags his…
Yukihiro Takahashi, Yellow Magic Orchestra Co-Founder, Dies at 70
Legendary Japanese drummer, YMO co-founder and music producer Yukihiro Takahashi passed away Jan. 11 at 5:59 a.m. Japan time. He was 70. According to an announcement from his management, Takahashi…
Fans Choose Miley Cyrus‘ ’Flowers’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Miley Cyrus‘ new single “Flowers” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 13) on Billboard, choosing Cyrus’ uplifting track as their…
SZA’s ‘SOS’ Spends Fifth Straight Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
SZA’s SOS spends a fifth consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 21). It earned 125,000 equivalent album units in the U.S.…
7 Highlights From L.A. Concert Saluting A&M Records Co-Founder Jerry Moss
A&M Records has long been admired for being an artist-oriented label. That point was made again and again at “Live at the Music Center: Concert Celebrating A&M Records Co-Founder Jerry…
Chrissy Teigen Gives Birth, Welcomes New Baby With John Legend
Happy new year indeed! Chrissy Teigen gave birth to her third child with husband John Legend on Friday (Jan. 13), a rep confirms to Billboard. Related Chrissy Teigen Shares Adorable…
CMU Digest 15.01.23: Universal Music memo, new energy support scheme, economics of streaming update, LIVENow, Harry Styles
The key stories from the last week in the music business… Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge told his staff in a start-of-the-year memo that the way streaming monies are shared…