Diddy gets Billboard to make the R&B charts public for the first time ever Billboard has officially made the R&B charts public for the first time and it’s all because of Diddy. He tweeted on Thursday (Aug. 25) to the official Twitter account of&nbs... Read More...
Drake Is Billboard’s Artist of the Decade Drake rules Billboard's Top Artists of the 2010s chart and will receive the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards on May 23. Billboard previously revealed, among multiple decade-end... Read More...
The Nelson George Mixtape: R&B World Circa 1979 & the Black Music Association If you had no skin in the game, were not even conceived or simply wish to help yourself…..read…take notes and read more while remembering that what you are about to read IS history. Thank you, Nelson Georg... Read More...
The GDVO & Chi-Sound Music announce World Peace Day 2021 Known as the “Windy City,” Chicago’s rich musical history lives on with the relaunch of Chi-Sound Music Group’s, debut collaboration featuring Marshall Thompson (of the legendary Chi-Lites), Denroy Morgan (ren... Read More...
Pandora & iHeart Subscription Streams to impact Billboard Charts Billboard will begin using Pandora Premium and iHeartRadio subscription streams to inform its Billboard 100 and Billboard 200 charts, along with other streaming-inclusive charts, the company announced this we... Read More...
David Linton on Black Executive Inclusion: Let’s Get It Right This Time To mark this year’s celebration, Billboard’s Chapter & Verse column will be posting a series of editorials covering various aspects of the music industry. David Linton, former senior VP at Capitol Records f... Read More...
Billboard Finalizes Changes to How Streams are Weighted for Billboard Hot 100 & Billboard 200 The adjustment to how Billboard applies streaming data to its charts was first announced in concept last October, and was followed by exhaustive industry discussion and internal analysis to arrive at the new me... Read More...
Charlie Wilson #1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B & Hot Gospel Songs Charts Confirming he is truly blessed Charlie Wilson and Michael Paran, longtime manager/CEO of P Music Group, take Wilson’s iconic stature to a historic level by achieving yet another career first for Wilson: two sin... Read More...
Cardi B Makes History Move Too Cardi B isn’t done making money moves. The Bronx, New York, rapper just made history by becoming the first woman to chart her first three singles in the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list s... Read More...
Group Sues Sony Over Royalties If you have a certain memory of hearing the TSOP “Soul Train” theme song as a beckoning to stop whatever you were doing and run to the TV or watching your sister and her BFF’s lip syncing “When Will I See You A... Read More...
