Category: Songwriters

Top 10 Tracks of the Week

A pair of hit duos switched places at the top of the leaderboard, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ follow-up single took the top spot on a 6% week-over-week sales increase, supplanting the one-off team of P!nk and Nate Reuss, which was off by 4% but still sold another quarter-million downloads. Justin Timberlake’s second single is also…


Facebook Posts $1.5 Billion in First-Quarter Revenue

Facebook posted quarterly earnings that neither thrilled or depressed investors, who were reacting by bidding shares a few pennies higher in the after-hours session on Wall Street. During the first quarter, the world’s dominant social network posted $1.5 billion in revenue, up from $1.1 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Profit rose to…


RedOne’s 2101 Records, Capitol Sign Worldwide Partnership Deal

RedOne’s 2101 Records will be distributed by Universal Music Group’s Capitol Records and its operations based at the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood. Capitol Music Group chairman and CEO Steve Barnett made the announcement May 1. Barnett said Capitol is “especially relying on his acumen as an executive and his commitment to discovering and guiding…


P!nk Holds At No. 1 On Hot 100; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Top Hot Digital Songs; Rihanna Rules Hot 100 Airplay

P!nk tallies a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Just Give Me a Reason,” featuring fun.’s Nate Ruess. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, meanwhile, notch a second leader on Hot Digital Songs and Rihanna ties for the most No. 1s in the Hot 100 Airplay chart’s history. “Reason” remains atop the…


Studio Life: Chuck Inglish and Curtis of Two9 Hit The Studio. Talk Producing and Rapping.

Chuck Inglish of the Cool Kids and Curtis Williams of Two9 discuss being both rapper and producer, being weary of listening to other people’s beats, socks, and more…


Lil Wayne Sorry For Emmett Till Lyric

Is it too late to apologize? The day after word got out that Emmett Till‘s family called for Lil Wayne’s Mountain Dew endorsement, Weezy’s publicist issued an apology for his lyric on “Karate Chop (Remix)”. On the song, Wayne rhymed, “I beat that pussy up like, Emmett Till”.   Dear Till Family: As a recording artist, I have…


New Radio Adds

Time for a round-up of new music at PoMo radio, including the arrival of the new one from Phoenix at flagship KROQ and Walk Off The Earth at WRFF. SIRIUS XM ALT NATION Local Natives, “Heavy Feet” (Frenchkiss) Metric, “Speed The Collapse” (Mom +Pop) Silversun Pickups, “Dots And Dashes” (Dangerbird) KROQ Los Angeles Phoenix, “Trying…


Pepsi Pulls Mountain Dew Ad Helmed by Tyler, the Creator

PepsiCo pulled an online ad for Mountain Dew that was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women. In the 60-second spot developed by African-American rapper Tyler, The Creator, a battered white woman on crutches is urged by an officer to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men….


International Songwriting Competition Awards Joshua Hanson the ‘Grand Prize’

The International Songwriting Competition has bestowed its highest honor, the Grand Prize, to Idaho native Joshua Hanson for his song “Monsters With Misdemeanors.” In a statement issued today, ISC founder and director Candace Avery explains the judges “loved the song for its sparse honesty and achingly tender lyrics.” For his 2012 victory, the Yellow Red…


Michael Bublé Tops Billboard 200; Fantasia Arrives At No. 2

As reported yesterday (April 30), pop singer Michael Bublé earns his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this week with the arrival of To Be Loved. The set sold 195,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Bublé’s last album, 2011’s Christmas, bowed at No. 3 with 141,000. It eventually rose…