Billboard In The News

Nearly a third of all streams in the US last year were of hip-hop and R&B artists (as rock beat pop to second most popular streaming genre)

The Box by Roddy Ricch was the year's biggest streaming track in the States, with over a billion plays across audio and video

Warner Chappell Music France inks global deal with Aya Nakamura

Artist and songwriter recently topped the French charts with Plus Jamais feat Stormzy

Ryan Payne promoted to Global Head of Marketing at Glassnote

Payne was previously Head of Marketing and has been with the company since 2015

‘We were just young kids who wanted to be around music – there was no plan.’

Take a Daytrip on their career and working with superstars like Travis Scott

Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘Putting music’s power to work for good may have been more important this year than it’s ever been.’

"There’s no question that 2020 was a year of struggle and tragedies, but it was also a year of courage and heroes."

Sony/ATV signs Tate McRae to worldwide deal

She has nearly 1 billion combined on demand streams to date

TikTok says over 70 artists that broke on the platform this year have signed major label deals

TikTok reveals stats from 2020 in its first ever US Music report

Primary Wave buys stake in music publishing catalog and master recordings of Leo Sayer

Deal includes hits such as Thunder In My Heart, Dreamin (a worldwide hit for Cliff Richard), Long Tall Glasses and Orchard Road