Chris Eggertsen
Associate Editor @Billboard
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billboard.com | Kristin Robinson |Ed Christman |Michael Saponara |Chris Eggertsen
In 2009, in between full-time shifts at a local factory, then-19-year-old musician Daniel Rosenfeld composed a score for an independent video game. “It was just a side hustle, maybe not even that. It was a hobby, really,” explains Rosenfeld, who records under the name C418. The game, Minecraft, turned out to be successful beyond Rosenfeld’s wildest dreams.
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billboard.com | Ed Christman |Michael Saponara |Chris Eggertsen |Bill Donahue
SoundExchange and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) have reached a broad rate settlement that includes per performance rates rising from $0.0025 this year to $0.0032 in 2030 for non-subscription digital audio transmissions. The expansive settlement, which covers the period of 2026-2030, allows SoundExchange and the NAB to forego the usually expensive Copyright Royalty Board rate trials, but the settlement still needs formal approval by the CRB.
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billboard.com | Michael Saponara |Chris Eggertsen |Bill Donahue |Marc Schneider
Tay-K (real name Taymor McIntyre) was sentenced to 80 years in prison on Tuesday (April 15) for the 2017 murder of photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar, per multiple local news outlets in San Antonio. “I do realize that while this is a lot of time, you’re still alive. You can still better yourself,” Judge Stephanie Boyd told him during sentencing, according to local CBS affiliate KENS5.
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billboard.com | Jessica Lynch |Tyler Jenke |Chris Eggertsen |Taylor Mims
Billboard’s data partner Luminate has signed a new partnership with South Korean firm KreatorsNetwork, granting the company exclusive rights to distribute Luminate’s global music streaming data, consumer insights, and metadata products via its CONNECT platform in South Korea.
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billboard.com | Tyler Jenke |Chris Eggertsen |Taylor Mims |Steve Knopper
MELBOURNE, Australia — Just months after the 2024 Music Victoria Awards were confirmed to have been targeted in an egregious occurrence of voter fraud, organizers have made the decision to suspend the 2025 event. The 2024 edition of the awards – which seeks to honor and recognize the talents of musicians in the Australian state of Victoria – was held in Melbourne on Oct. 24, though it was later announced on Nov.
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I spoke with @jvkesongs about his "golden hour" breakthrough, touring plans, TikTok and why he turned down major-label money to stay independent. It's the lead story in @LyndseyAlana's excellent indie package @billboard https://t.co/kYOXER7RuW
Really informative & important read by @StephenRDaw on how queer & gender diverse artists like Sam Smith, Kim Petras & Steve Lacy have broken through the "queer quota." Lacy & Smith/Petras hit No 1 on the Hot 100 back-2-back - unheard of for LGBTQ+ artists https://t.co/lCscvkMF48
I love a good oral history and @knopps just put together a great in-depth one on CDs that will make people of a certain age feel ancient. Not me, of course, but other people https://t.co/mHBHBuyfaF
