Dangerbird Records' Jeff Castelaz Cycling For Cancer July 30, 2010
- Record Labels In the second week of their 6-year-old son Pablo's treatment for cancer last year at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Dangerbird Records president Jeff Castelaz and his wife, Jo Ann Thrailkill, became very aware that the hospital staff and families around them could use some help. » Full Story
Sony Music Posts Gains in Most Recent Quarter July 29, 2010
- Record Labels The company’s revenue increased 1.3% to 110.3 billion yen ($1.24 billion) from 108.8 billion yen last year. Sony cited the impacts of top sellers such as AC/DC’s “Iron Man 2” soundtrack, music from the TV show “Glee,” Usher’s “Raymond v Raymond” and Kana Nishino’s “to LOVE.” » Full Story
Avenged Sevenfold Gunning For A Possible No. 1 Debut July 28, 2010
- Retail Next week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, rock band Avenged Sevenfold is gunning for a possible No. 1 debut with its new album, "Nightmare." Initial sales projections from industry prognosticators suggest that the album could sell in the range of 160,000 to 180,000 by week's end on Aug. 8. » Full Story
Feds Fine Univision $1 Million In Payola Case July 26, 2010
- Legal and Management The Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department have together fined Univision Radio and the now-defunct Univision Music Group $1 million to resolve allegations that the Spanish-language radio giant accepted payola from the label group. » Full Story
Eminem's ‘Recovery’ Continues In Europe July 26, 2010
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| Record Labels
| RB Hip-Hop Eminem's "Recovery" (Interscope/Universal) started its fourth aggregate week at No. 1 on the U.K. album chart yesterday, as "We Speak No Americano" (Sweat It Out/All Around The World/UMTV) by Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup moved 2-1 on the singles chart. » Full Story
Eminem's 'Recovery' Tops Billboard 200 for a Fourth Week July 21, 2010
- Retail
| Record Labels "Recovery" is the first set to notch four straight frames at No. 1 since Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" spent six consecutive weeks atop the chart, and the first by a solo male since Josh Groban's "Noel" did so for five weeks in December 2007. » Full Story
Mercury Prize Shortlist Unveiled July 20, 2010
- Global
| Record Labels U.K. alt-rock veteran Paul Weller's 10th solo album and Dublin-based quintet Villagers' debut share space on the shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, announced today in London. » Full Story
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Music applications are among the most popular types of apps downloaded to today's smartphones. But which are the best of
the best? Which new music apps created in the last year are setting the stage for tomorrow's successes? Billboard's Music App Awards is the
first awards program answering these questions by showcasing and celebrating the best and most innovative new music apps defining the space today. The
deadline to submit your app for consideration is Aug 6. Click here to apply.
