Billboard Magazine

Written for music industry professionals and fans. Contents provide news, reviews and statistics for all genres of music, including radio play, music video, related internet activity and retail updates.

Billboard US

Teddy Swims Wins With ‘Lose Control’

11 “End of Beginning” Djo

BILLBOARD 200

3 ARIANA GRANDE WEEKS ON CHART 433

‘Miami’ Brings The Heat

‘Truck Bed’ Rolls To No. 1

Marcagi’s First No. 1 Album

Maeta’s ‘Night’ Moves

RESHAPING THE RECORD BOOKS • U2’s Sphere shows in Las Vegas are breaking Boxscore ground for single-venue residencies

Up, Up And Away With Superfans • Megan Thee Stallion and Olivia Rodrigo are among the big stars using Stationhead to build their sales, streams and stan bases

Cancellation Culture

TALK-SHOW STRAIGHT TALK • With the right strategy, musical performances can still move the needle

From The Desk Of... Amy Morrison • CO-FOUNDER/PRESIDENT, MUSIC SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE

‘These Communities Exist’ • Land acknowledgments are becoming more commonplace in live music — but is awareness alone enough?

TURTLES, TREES AND TEACHING • For decades, Maná has proved the power of investing in local community through Selva Negra

PULLING THE RIGHT STRINGS

Women In Music 2024

Women In Music Class Portrait • Several executives who made this year’s Women in Music list gathered together onstage after the event to pose for Billboard’s annual class photo

POPIANO STAR • With a monster hit single in “Water,” a Grammy and a global push from her label, South Africa’s TYLA is bringing her alluring take on amapiano music to the masses

THE GREEN SCENE

THE SUSTAINABLE SUPERSTAR • Billie Eilish and her mother, Maggie Baird, were stunned by the music industry’s lack of environmental action — so they’ve integrated their own into every element of the artist’s business

THE FORWARD-THINKING FEST • With Cali Vibes, promoter Goldenvoice is offering the festival space a case study in “a way to go at it where everybody does better”

THE VENUE VISIONARIES • With its innovative arenas — like the new Co-op Live — Oak View Group is setting an ambitious industry standard for sustainable buildings

THE PROACTIVE PARTNER • For 20 years, REVERB has helped artists, promoters and venues make concerts more sustainable — while engaging fans on critical environmental and social issues

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD • For artists who want to make eco-conscious actions both meaningful and measurable, working with scientific experts is increasingly a must

THE FESTIVAL OF THE FUTURE • For decades, festivals have created weekendlong oases for music fans — and left a mind-boggling amount of waste in their wakes. But as artists and fans increasingly learn about their impact on the environment, eco-minded — and creative — organizers have started pushing to make festivals greener. Whether headliner- (solar power) or supporting act-size (“Pee into tea,” anyone?), their ideas are making the live space more sustainable. Just imagine if they could all happen in one place...

2024 TOP MUSIC LAWYERS • These attorneys are on the front lines of the music industry’s legal battles and deals — led by Lawyer of the Year Christine Lepera, the go-to litigator for Katy Perry, Drake, Jay-Z and others

THE FINALE OF LOS TEMERARIOS • After achieving more entries on the Top Latin Albums chart than any other act, the group led by brothers Adolfo and Gustavo Ángel is playing its last tour

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED