WMG's youngest board member talks his relationship with Atlantic's new leader and the changes across the business: "The music business should constantly evolve and innovate."
The co-chairmen/co-CEOs — Billboard's 2025 Power 100 executives of the year — have been behind the successes of monumental breakthroughs for Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan.
"I looked up to him growing up, so it’s a full-circle experience," the Dallas-bred rapper says of Gotti.
“Getting to No. 1 is difficult; staying there for five weeks is very difficult and only happens if the song is a true bonafide smash hit record,” says RECORDS Nashville’s Josh Easler.
Members of Verve Record Club will receive monthly, limited-edition vinyl re-releases of albums by John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong and more.
From a potential TikTok ban to the upcoming Diddy trial to changes coming in streaming, AI, distribution and concert ticketing, there's plenty to watch in 2025.
Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' led REPUBLIC to an even higher current share than it enjoyed in 2023, while Interscope and Warner Records had big years.
The first release on the revered label is Ringo Starr's country set Look Up.
With an average of seven versions per top 10 album in mid-2024, labels and artists have upped their variant game in recent years. But some consumers are starting to push back.
The money will support first responders, community relief and rebuilding efforts.
