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David Byrne Pairing Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock and More With High-School Color Guards for All-Star Arena Spectacular
June 22, 2015 12:43 PM EDT 0 0 0 A color guard/pop-music mash-up "doesn't quite fit a category that people can get their heads around," explains David Byrne . Which means it's exactly the kind of thing that would excite the boundary-pushing musician, artist and ...
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The Music Industry's 1 Percent: Top Execs' 2014 Salary Packages
June 22, 2015 12:02 PM EDT 0 0 0 Billboard followed the money to determine who's pulling in the largest (and smallest) paychecks in the industry: from the tens of millions in equity awards reaped by Apple executives to a radio-station mascot's minimum wage. WHO MAKES WHAT ...
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Atlantic Records' CEO/Co-Chairman Craig Kallman on EDM's Evolution, Cee Lo's Next Move and His Own Massive Record Collection
June 22, 2015 10:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 Craig Kallman doesn’t exactly fly under the radar, but he’s definitely one of the music business’ low-key CEOs. He has spent the better part of his 24 years with Atlantic Records working behind the scenes as the architect of the label’s diverse rost ...
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Is Natalie La Rose's New Single With Fetty Wap a Flop? Plus More of the Week's Best and Worst New Songs
June 19, 2015 5:20 PM EDT 0 0 0 Foxes "Body Talk" Epic/Sony Best-known for her crystal vocals on Zedd 's "Clarity," alt-popper Foxes swings back to the dancefloor for "Body Talk," the first single from her sophomore set. A brighter sound fits the ...
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How Much Does the Guy Who Rolls Blunts on Tour Earn? A Breakdown of Touring Biz Jobs
June 19, 2015 5:19 PM EDT 1.221 k 103 41 Billboard followed the money to determine who's pulling in the largest (and smallest) paychecks in the industry: from the tens of millions in equity awards reaped by Apple executives to a radio-station mascot's minimum wage. WHO M ...
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Who Makes More -- a Radio-Show Host or an 'SNL' Music Booker? Media Salaries Revealed
June 19, 2015 3:54 PM EDT 1.751 k 146 5 Billboard followed the money to determine who's pulling in the largest (and smallest) paychecks in the industry: from the tens of millions in equity awards reaped by Apple executives to a radio-station mascot's minimum wage. WHO MA ...
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Money Streams: How Much the People Behind Digital Music Earn
June 19, 2015 3:29 PM EDT Billboard followed the money to determine who's pulling in the largest (and smallest) paychecks in the industry: from the tens of millions in equity awards reaped by Apple executives to a radio-station mascot's minimum wage. WHO MAKES ...
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Singer-Songwriter The-Dream: 'Artists Are Treated Like Slaves'
June 19, 2015 3:15 PM EDT 0 0 0 "Umbrella" songwriter, entrepreneur and R&B singer Terius Nash, aka The-Dream, 37, calls major labels "evil" and carries only cash. The artist expounded to Billboard about race and and the music industry -- and how there are ...
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4 Ways Iggy Azalea Can Rehab Her Career Right Now
June 19, 2015 2:01 PM EDT 0 0 0 With three top 10 singles (including the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper "Fancy") and two best-selling albums in a span of eight months, Iggy Azalea quickly rose to fame as Billboard's 2014 top new artist in terms of chart performance. ...
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James Taylor: 'It's So Unlikely That I Should Be Considered a Pillar of Society'
June 19, 2015 1:55 PM EDT 0 0 0 “It's been a while,” James Taylor writes with typical wry humor in the liner notes to Before This World , his first album of new material in 13 years, released by Concord Records on June 16. Rare among his peers, Taylor has never made a stylist ...
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Whitney Houston's Fortune In Limbo Amid Bobbi Kristina Tragedy
June 19, 2015 11:51 AM EDT 0 0 0 Since Jan. 31, the day that Bobbi Kristina Brown was found face-down in the bathtub of her Roswell, Ga., townhouse, the world has focused on what led up to the tragedy, which eerily paralleled her mother Whitney Houston 's drowning in 2012. Les ...
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Eddie Van Halen: The Billboard Cover Shoot
June 19, 2015 9:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 Magazine Photos Photo Galleries Eddie Van Halen bbcom No Media: eddie-van-halen-bb19-2015-billboard-01-650.jpg eddie-van-halen-bb19-2015-billboard-01-650.jpg Eddie Van Halen photographed by Chrissy Olsen in Studio City, California on May 29, 2015. ...
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Inside Firefly Music Festival: The Crew Previews the First 24 Hours (From Porta-Potty Patrol to Paul McCartney's Dressing Room)
June 16, 2015 3:07 PM EDT What does it take, on the ground -- and in the air! -- to manage a major music event? The crew of the upcoming Firefly Music Festival offered a preview of what their first 24 hours will be like. 4 a.m. -- MICHAEL COCO (camping operations and publi ...
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Neil Young's Corporate Targets Respond to Him Calling Them Out on New Album
June 16, 2015 12:00 PM EDT 0 0 0 On May 26, Neil Young and his new band the Promise of the Real (featuring Willie Nelson's sons Micah and Lukas) released the video for "A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop," a song from his new album The Monsanto Years (out June 29 on Rep ...
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Meghan Trainor, Hozier and Other Stars Reveal the Traits (From the Heartwarming to the Hairy) Their Dads Passed On to Them
June 16, 2015 11:18 AM EDT 0 0 0 In honor of Father's Day on June 21, music's brightest including Hozier , Tinashe and Jason Derulo reveal the qualities they inherited from their dads. Hozier "If it wasn't my dad's passion for music or the blues -- I r ...
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Who Are Dance's Tech Titans? The 5 Execs Leading the Charge
June 15, 2015 11:46 AM EDT 0 0 0 When it isn’t packing clubs and festivals, EDM lives online. These execs are leading the charge. Alexander Ljung , 31 & Eric Wahlforss , 33 SoundCloud The streaming site these two founded is the first place many DJs turn to host music, with 17 ...
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Rich Homie Quan on Rape-Themed Tracks: 'I Do Not Condone or Promote Rape'
June 15, 2015 11:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 The Atlanta MC, 25, is riding his hit 'Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)' up the Hot 100. "Flex" is an upbeat summer anthem. Is that the sound fans can expect on your forthcoming studio debut? "Flex" was something new for me; it ...
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Hollywood Bowl's Andrew Hewitt & Bill Silva on Escorting Courtney Love Offstage, Who's Still on Their Wish List (Paging Bruce Springsteen)
June 15, 2015 9:41 AM EDT 0 0 0 The careers of Andy Hewitt and Bill Silva as concert promoters at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles got off to a rocky start: Their first two shows -- Whitney Houston with Steve Winwood followed by Jimmy Buffett in 1991 -- were canceled because the ...
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Best and Worst Singles of the Week -- From Lil Wayne to Waka Flocka Flame
June 12, 2015 5:15 PM EDT 0 0 0 Lil Wayne "Glory" Cash Money/Young Money With his album in limbo amid a lawsuit against Cash Money, Lil Wayne raps like his career depends on it on "Glory," released exclusively through Tidal. It's his best song in years, wi ...
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Soul Singer Allen Stone Doesn't Want to Be 'Another Microwaveable Meal' in the Music Industry
June 12, 2015 4:46 PM EDT 0 0 0 After successfully navigating his decade-long journey from small-town Washington to the offices of Capitol Records, soul singer Allen Stone recently released his first major label LP, Radius , which debuted at No. 80 on the Billboard 200 chart. The ...
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L.A. Producer Ricky Reed Takes Us Through His Weekly Grind: Exclusive
June 12, 2015 4:00 PM EDT 0 0 0 Tag along with the Los Angeles producer behind new hits for Icona Pop, Jason Derulo and many more. For one week, we tagged along with Ricky Reed, the Los Angeles producer behind new hits for Icona Pop, Jason Derulo and many more. Join us: Tuesday, M ...
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What's the Future of Hot 97's Summer Jam After the Mayhem?
June 12, 2015 11:54 AM EDT 0 0 0 It was billed as "the hottest hip-hop event of the year." But as the tear gas cleared outside MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on the night of June 7, Hot 97's 2015 Summer Jam was sparking headlines of a different kind: " ...
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Adam Lambert on Bonding With Sam Smith, His New Sound and His 'Dark Side'
June 12, 2015 11:46 AM EDT 0 0 0 Adam Lambert looks like he's ready to kick some ass. Sauntering through a penthouse at the Hollywood landmark Chateau Marmont, the 6-foot-1 singer towers over a cadre of assistants in a pair of throwback club-kid platform boots that lift him a ...
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Golf Fanatic Huey Lewis Reveals His 3 Dream Green Getaways
June 09, 2015 6:03 PM EDT 0 0 0 The "Hip to Be Square" singer chooses a trio of dream vacations for club kids of all ages. Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Ga. If the 64-year-old Lewis (handicap: 8.3) could enjoy one last round, he says he'd take another crack ...
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Darius Rucker, Kenny G and Other Golfing Music Stars Dish on Their Ugliest Golfwear, Postgame Partying and More
June 09, 2015 2:45 PM EDT 0 0 0 Darius Rucker The ex- Hootie & The Blowfish frontman-turned-solo artist, 49, is an avid golfer and friend of Tiger Woods. Your handicap? 6.9 Favorite golf joke? If you're in a lightning storm, grab your 1-iron and hold it up over your head ...
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Golfer Rory McIlroy Would Love to Go 18 Holes With Kanye, Plus Other Pros on Their Music-Star Matches
June 09, 2015 2:32 PM EDT 0 0 0 Golf's greatest tell Billboard which artists they'd want to putt around with on the green. Rory McIllroy "Kanye West . I would love to spend four or five hours in his company just to see what he's like. It would be very interest ...
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Jamie XX Taps Dance Music’s Past for Wildly Imaginative Debut ‘In Colour’: Album Review
June 08, 2015 5:19 PM EDT 0 0 0 Jamie xx is 26 years old, which means he was barely out of diapers during the heyday of '90s U.K. rave culture, which provides the heart, soul and inspiration for his jaw-dropping solo debut, In Colour . The xx member (real name: Jamie Smith) r ...
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Inside the 2015 CMT Awards: Carrie Underwood's First Post-Baby Appearance and More Surprises in Store
June 08, 2015 5:08 PM EDT 0 0 0 Top nominee Carrie Underwood will perform for the first time since becoming a mom in February, and EDM superstar Zedd will perform with Lady Antebellum : Those are just two of the highlights planned for the CMT Awards, beamed live from Nashville’s B ...
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Rap Legend Scarface on His Golf Obsession: 'The Idea That Just Because I'm From the Street, I Can't Play -- That's Bullshit'
June 08, 2015 2:55 PM EDT 0 0 0 On the golf course, Scarface of the Geto Boys is Brad Jordan, like on his birth certificate. He may have taken his stage name from the blood-soaked 1983 movie Scarface that starred Al Pacino as a maniacal drug lord, but there’s no hint of gangsta sw ...
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Best and Worst Singles of the Week -- From Miranda Lambert to The Weeknd
June 05, 2015 5:00 PM EDT 0 0 0 Miranda Lambert "Roots And Wings" Sony Music Nashville Country's Miranda Lambert finally releases "Roots and Wings" after supplying a snippet for a car ad. While it's pleasant, the song overstays its welcome. "R ...
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Tony Nominees Give Indie Label PS Classics a Reason to Take a Bow
June 05, 2015 3:59 PM EDT 0 0 0 Capturing a musical theater performance for a studio album is rife with challenges: the time and budget pressures of working with a full orchestra; the demands on a cast to deliver that definitive performance, fit for history. In his 1970 documentar ...
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4 Underage R&B Up-and-Comers You Need to Hear Now
June 05, 2015 2:45 PM EDT 0 0 0 Name: Kehlani Age: 20 From: Oakland, Calif. Who: The female Frank Ocean , with more tattoos than you can count (including one of Lauryn Hill 's face) The Buzz: In April, Kehlani -- who first found fame as a 16-year-old finalist on America ...
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The U.S. Women's Soccer Team Shares Their World Cup Warm-Up Music -- Pump Up the Bruno Mars!
June 05, 2015 2:25 PM EDT 0 0 0 The U.S. Women's National Team, which is ranked No. 2 in the world, heads to Canada to compete in the FIFA Women's World Cup on June 6. How does the squad get ready for a big match? With great music, of course. Four stars share their go-to ...
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Nate Ruess Reveals How Depression and Heartbreak Inspired His New Solo Album: 'I Had Just Given Up'
June 05, 2015 12:52 PM EDT 0 0 0 Nate Ruess of Fun looks tired, and understandably so. The 33-year-old's first solo album, Grand Romantic , is due June 16; an extensive press tour is underway; and he suffered a recent bout of pink eye. It's a late morning in May, and th ...
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Will Drones Become a Hazard at Concerts -- and What Can Artists Do to Protect Themselves?
June 05, 2015 11:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 During a tour stop in Tijuana, Mexico on May 30, Enrique Iglesias raised his hand for a choreographed moment he had performed nearly nightly since the South and Central American leg of the Sex and Love Tour kicked off in Paraguay a month earlier. Re ...
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Billboard Cover: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Taylor Swift, His 'Freemium' Business Model and Why He's Saving the Music Industry
June 05, 2015 9:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 “It’s hard to criticize someone who’s hugely successful,” says Daniel Ek. The Spotify CEO is sitting inside a diner-style booth, in one of the many thoughtfully placed nooks at the company’s 100,000-square-foot Manhattan office, the day after a May ...
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Inside the Nashville Yoga Mecca Where LeAnn Rimes, Dierks Bentley Are Finding Inner Peace
May 27, 2015 5:14 PM EDT Top yoga destinations: New York, Los Angeles... and Nashville? “The scene has really exploded,” says Daphne Larkin, who founded Sanctuary for Yoga nearly a decade ago with partner Tom Larkin. The studio, which specializes in vinyasa flow, has don ...
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Singer-Rapper Jidenna Talks Swank, Janelle Monae and Creating the Ultimate 'Guilt-Free Turn Up'
May 27, 2015 5:01 PM EDT 0 0 0 Hip-hop newcomer Jidenna and his debut solo single “Classic Man” have already begun summer-radio domination, and with good reason. The longtime collaborator of Janelle Monae and one-fifth of her record label, Wondaland, has a musical palette that i ...
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How Atlanta's Fox Theatre Is Celebrating 40 Years Since Gregg Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Other Southern Rockers Saved It
May 27, 2015 4:14 PM EDT 0 0 0 When Gregg Allman got the call to join more than a dozen acts in a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute concert in late 2014 at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre , he quickly signed on, and not just because he and the band are long-standing members of the Southern-rock brot ...
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Want Your Butt to Look Just Like Nicki Minaj? It Could Cost You $20K
May 27, 2015 3:55 PM EDT 0 0 0 Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Simon Ourian weighs in on the newest “Did they?” procedures, some of which are inspired by music artists. Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Simon Ourian weighs in on the newest “Did they?” procedures, some of which are insp ...
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From the Werewolf Diet to Bulletproof Coffee, the Current (and Crazy) Diets of Madonna, Taylor Swift and More
May 26, 2015 2:20 PM EDT 0 0 0 Musicians love to drop weight fast, sometimes by any means necessary. So Billboard asked David Allen of David Allen Nutrition in Woodland Hills, Calif., who has worked with Zac Efron and Janet Jackson , to weigh in on some current (and crazy) diets. ...
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Boosie Badazz Presents His Post-Prison Second Chapter on ‘Touch Down 2 Cause Hell’: Album Review
May 26, 2015 1:30 PM EDT 0 0 0 Baton Rouge, LA., hometown hero Boosie Badazz (formerly Lil Boosie ) has always rapped with palpable urgency. His voice, arguably his most distinctive feature, is a piercing drawl that demands attention and drips with pathos. But after finishing a ...
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What's It Like to Be Personal Trainer to Kanye West & Lady Gaga? Harley Pasternak Shares His Secrets
May 26, 2015 1:00 PM EDT 1.274 k 125 2 Apparently, working out with the stars can actually be detrimental to your health. While hiking with "close friend" Kanye West in Hawaii, celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak and West were nearly blown to bits in an abandoned militar ...
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Florence & The Machine Displays Different Kind of Vulnerability on ‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’: Album Review
May 26, 2015 11:30 AM EDT 0 0 0 Since Florence Welch made her debut in 2009, she has created music that turns heads and widens eyes. There's no doubt she's a flamboyantly imaginative writer and a captivating vocalist and performer. Yet her first two albums, with their m ...
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Diplo's Favorite Masked Rapper, Leikeli47: 'You Want to Know About Me? Just Press Play'
May 26, 2015 11:00 AM EDT 0 0 0 Meet Leikeli47, the Brooklyn MC who's come out of nowhere with the endorsement of some of EDM's biggest names. From: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Age: Unknown How You Say Her Name: Leh-kay-lee -- or 47 for short Who She Is: Leikeli47 do ...
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Best and Worst Singles of the Week -- From Rita Ora to Steven Tyler
May 22, 2015 5:21 PM EDT 0 0 0 Rita Ora "Poison" Columbia/Roc Nation Rita Ora's first solo single in more than a year follows last spring's shoulda-been-huge "I Will Never Let You Down," produced by ex-flame Calvin Harris . This EDM-lite power ballad ...
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Janelle Monae, Jim James & More Stars Reveal Their Most Recent Reads
May 22, 2015 3:30 PM EDT 0 0 0 Death Cab for Cutie ’s Ben Gibbard Right now I am reading Karl Ove Knausgård’s My Struggle . It’s an autobiography about a guy who nobody really knows. He’s not famous, at least he wasn’t famous when he wrote this book, and he’s just writing about h ...
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Steve Aoki Shares His Secrets for Staying Buff, Stem-Cell Harvesting and How He Plans to 'Look as Young as Martin Garrix One Day'
May 22, 2015 3:06 PM EDT 0 0 0 As someone who spent 300-plus days traveling to more than 50 countries in 2014, DJ-producer Steve Aoki , 37, has become an expert at navigating the late, alcohol-fueled nights often associated with the EDM scene. While gearing up to promote his thir ...
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Solange Puts Her Artistic Stamp on Puma & More Insider Scoop
May 22, 2015 3:00 PM EDT 0 0 0 Solange Purrs Over Puma Solange isn't hazarding any guesses about when her next album will be out -- "We're now at the end zone" is the most she told Billboard the week of May 11 -- but fans can look forward to the imminent rele ...
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'Jesus Is the Ultimate Crossover': Christian Act Hillsong United on Why Their Message Is for Everybody (Including Justin Bieber)
May 22, 2015 2:03 PM EDT 0 0 0 "Church goin' up -- on a Saturday!" yells Carl Lentz, the toned, tattoo-covered co-pastor of the New York outpost of Hillsong Church. It's a timely reference to rapper-singer ILoveMakonnen's hit "Tuesday," and on ...
