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Record Store Day 2025 Report: Swift Sales and Long Lines, But Weather and Economy Cloud Some Results
1 week ago |
billboard.com | Joe Lynch |Kristin Robinson |Dan Rys |Ed Christman
Record Store Day delivered another triumphant sales day to brick and mortar indie retailers with the hot sellers being Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams and Charli XCX titles, while the Oasis and Wicked releases were among the most in demand — if only more copies had been manufactured for the event.
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1 week ago |
billboard.com | Elias Leight |Dan Rys |Glenn Peoples |Marc Schneider
In early March, a new James Brown recording strutted onto a Billboard chart for the first time in more than three decades. But Brown, the incendiary funk pioneer who died in 2006, wasn’t going viral on TikTok or putting out albums of previously unreleased material. Instead, he had been sampled by the rapper 310babii, who credited the Godfather of Soul as a featured artist on the new track, titled “Bad.” When the single subsequently hit the Rhythmic Airplay chart, Brown came along for the ride.
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1 week ago |
billboard.com | Dan Rys |Glenn Peoples |Marc Schneider |Gary Trust
For much of the past decade, the British metal band Sleep Token has been quietly building its own universe: anonymity, masks and cloaks, band members identified only by Roman numerals, a dearth of interviews or explanations of any kind.
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2 weeks ago |
billboard.com | Dan Rys
Q1 2025 Record Label Market Share: Interscope Surges Into Lead as Universal, Sony Make Gains With the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga leading the way, Interscope surged to a huge market share gain in the first quarter, vying for the top spot with REPUBLIC.
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3 weeks ago |
billboard.com | Dan Rys |Heran Mamo
It’s the end of March, and suddenly it’s already a quarter of the way through 2025. How did that happen? We’re not sure, but there’s been plenty of good music from Africa to get us through so far.
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