As expected, Justin Timberlake will remain at #1 for a third week, leading a Top 15 that reads like a who’s who of the music industry with almost as many individual labels represented. The 20/20 Experience, already the year’s best selling album in just three weeks, extends its lead over 2013’s #2 best seller, Mumford…
Iovine To Hire High Profile From Radio For Daisy
Word on the street is that Jimmy Iovine will bolster the Daisy staff by bringing in a high-profile player to join the previously hired Ian Rogers and Trent Reznor. We’re hearing the hire will be coming from the ranks of radio. The new streaming service comes from Beats by Dre‘s acquisition of MOG. [HitsDailyDouble]
Katy Perry Added to ASCAP ‘I Create Music’ Expo Lineup
Katy Perry has been added to the lineup for ASCAP’s upcoming “I Create Music” Expo, taking place April 18 through 20 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. The chart-topping singer will be interviewed by the performance rights organization’s EVP of Membership, Randy Grimmet in what’s being billed as “a story of both talent…
Bruce Springsteen Tops Hot Tours With First 2013 Dates
Bruce Springsteen returns to the weekly Hot Tours tally with the first 2013 box office grosses reported from his Wrecking Ball World Tour that played 81 shows in 2012 and resumed on March 14 following a winter break. He began this year’s itinerary in Australia with multiple shows in four markets generating $25 million in…
Producer Harry Fraud Talks Working with Mac Miller, Smoke DZA and Rick Ross
Harry Fraud took a moment to speak with AllHipHop about his recently released mixtape “Adrift” as well as releasing some records he’s had in the vault with Mac Miller, establishing a relationship with Smoke DZA and linking with the biggest Boss Rick Ross and MMG. When it came to working with Mac Miller, Fraud says…
Cat Gray, Musical Director of “Let’s Make A Deal” – Pensado’s Place #109
Musical Director for the TV Show “Let’s Make A Deal”, Cat Gray and his colleague Brian Teed take us through a day of production on the hit TV show “Let’s Make a Deal”.
Building a Touring Strategy with Tom Windish
Tom Windish heads up the The Windish Agency, representing one of the most diverse and eclectic rosters in the Music Business. Operating on gut and killer instinct, Tom moves fast and snatches up his talent early. That can be both wonderful and intimidating all at the same time because The Windish Agency gets the chance…
Bruno Mars’ ‘Man’ Gunning For No. 1 On Hot 100 Chart Next Week
Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man” is aiming for the No. 1 slot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart next week, thanks to continued growth in airplay, streaming and a new discounted price in the iTunes Store. Mars’ piano ballad has been steadily gaining in chart points for the past 11 weeks. This week,…
The State Of Music Writing, Musicians Writing: Guest Post by Michael Azerrad
Never wish for anything — because you might get it. Back in 2008, I was on a panel on IFC’s website with some distinguished names in the field of online music writing: Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber, Bill Crandall (then at Spinner), and Maura Johnston (then with Idolator). We discussed how the rise of blogging would…
Live Nation, Starwood Bring OneRepublic, Gavin DeGraw, Imagine Dragons To Exclusive Hotel Shows
Bands and hotels used to be synonymous with trashed rooms and debaucherous partying, the kinds of behavior that could get an artist banned from certain establishments. Yet a partnership between Live Nation and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has not only been established by creating artist experiences, but turning its signature hotels like the W,…
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