‘Pi’s Lullaby’: Story Behind the Oscar Best Song Nominee
Song: “Pi’s Lullaby” Film: “Life of Pi” Songwriters/Composers: Mychael Danna (music), Bombay Jayashri (lyrics) Performer: Bombay Jayashri Mychael Danna: “The first thing we wrote, and it ended up to be one of the themes, was the song. I went to India in December [2011] and wrote the song there with Bombay. That was the very first [music] committed to…
Beyonce Signs Global Administration Deal With Warner/Chappell Publishing
Beyoncé has signed a global publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, Billboard has learned exclusively. Effective immediately, Warner/Chappell — headed by chairman/CEO Cameron Strang — will administer the 17-time Grammy winner’s future songwriting, including her anticipated next album. “It’s an honor to join Warner/Chappell Music and to continue working with my friend Jon Platt,” commented Beyoncé…
Songwriting Hall of Fame Announces 2013 Inductees, Include Steven Tyler & Joe Perry, Foreigner’s Mick Jones & Lou Gramm, More
The Songwriting Hall of Fame’s 44th annual slate of inductees have been announced: Tony Hatch, Mick Jones & Lou Gramm, Holly Knight, JD Souther and Steven Tyler & Joe Perry will join previous recipients like Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Sam Cooke and John Lennon. “Each of our 2013 inductees has been responsible for captivating the…
Madonna, Bruce Springsteen Lead Billboard’s 2013 Top 40 Money Makers
It may be a digital age, but live is still the big cash driver for the top 40 earners on our annual list The U.S. music business offers a matrix of trends to satisfy chart watchers and number crunchers. New CD sales continue to fall. Digital music sales are rising nearly 10 years after the…
‘Best Friend’ From ‘Ted’: Story Behind the Oscar Best Song Nominee
Song: “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” Film: “Ted” Songwriters/Composers: Seth MacFarlane (lyrics), Walter Murphy (music) Performer: Norah Jones Walter Murphy: “Seth sent me the script and said, first of all, he wanted an old-fashioned score that would have themes for the individual characters. That idea intrigued me because in most summer films the score goes in and out of pop…
Tumblr Gets Into Music Discovery
Blogging site Tumblr is getting into music discovery. At the core of the blogging company’s strategy will be a select group of editors that share music, video and pictures with the site’s 95 million users. “This is our destination for users to discover music on Tumblr,” says Nate Auerbach, Tumblr’s music evangelist. Tumblr could have…
Next Week’s Album Predictions
Mumford & Sons remains on top of the chart next week–a week that is utterly bereft of debuts. But Alabama Shakes, on the heels of their Saturday Night Live performance, take a huge leap up the chart, possibly into the Top 5. Here’s how it looks headed into the weekend: Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 60-65k Josh Groban (Reprise) 50-55k Bruno Mars (Atlantic)…
Top 10 Tracks Of The Week
Not even Baauer could outsell Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in the latest weekly sales competition, as “Thrift Shop” broke 400k for the first time. Elsewhere, Rihanna enjoyed a 358% week-over-week Grammy bump, as did Bruno Mars (+36%), Justin Timberlake (+67%), The Lumineers (+31%) and Mumford & Sons(+70%). 1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop” – 412k 2. Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko, “Stay” – 306k 3. Baauer, “Harlem Shake” – 262k 4. Bruno…
Justin Timberlake To Host ‘SNL’, Be Week-Long Guest On ‘Jimmy Fallon’
Justin Timberlake is set to host Saturday Night Live for the fourth time. You have to remember his funny sketches like “Dick In A Box”; he has won four Emmy Awards for his work on the sketch comedy show. JT is also set to perform as the musical guest for the March 9th show. Also,…
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