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Metro Nashville Selects Opry Entertainment Group to Operate Ascend Amphitheater

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Melinda Newman |Jessica Nicholson

Metro Nashville Selects Opry Entertainment Group to Operate Ascend Amphitheater The 6,800-capacity outdoor amphitheater was previously operated by Live Nation. The Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tenn.
Billboard Women in Music 2025: 12 Best Moments From the Star-Studded Night

3 weeks ago | billboard.com | Joe Lynch |Melinda Newman |Heran Mamo |Taylor Mims

Billboard’s Women in Music event took over the YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday (March 29). Airing for free on VIZIO TVs and in the VIZIO mobile app, the annual event honours influential women in music, from artists to industry power players.
Biggest Snubs and Surprises

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Paul Grein |Melinda Newman |Jessica Nicholson
The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List

1 month ago | msn.com | Andrea Domanick |Andrew Unterberger |Elias Leight |Eric Brown |Jason Lipshutz |Joe Lynch | +7 more

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Ryan Castro Signs Global Publishing Deal With Warner Chappell Music

1 month ago | billboard.com | Griselda Flores |Melinda Newman |Paul Grein |Tyler Jenke

From left: Lázaro Hernández (WCM), Ryan Castro, Gustavo Menéndez (WCM), Hugo Avendano (WCM), Mariana Zawadzki (WCM) and Andres Arenas (WCM). Courtesy WCM Español Colombian reggaetón star Ryan Castro has signed a global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music, the company tells Billboard.
Breakaway Launches Label & Management Division With Surf Mesa, Night Tales & More

1 month ago | billboard.com | Katie Bain |Elizabeth Dilts Marshall |Kristin Robinson |Melinda Newman

Jaime Neely, Matt Oliver and Harrison Bamel Artie Oliver Breakaway, the company behind the touring dance event Breakaway Music Festival, is launching a label and management division focused on emerging artists called Breakaway Projects.
HYBE’s 2024 Revenue Tops $1.6 Billion, But Profit Plunges 40%

1 month ago | billboard.com | Elizabeth Dilts Marshall |Kristin Robinson |Melinda Newman |Michael Saponara

SEVENTEEN on 'GMA.' PLEDIS Entertainment Korean music company HYBE reported on Tuesday that 2024 was its greatest revenue-generating year to date, despite a nearly 40%-plunge in operating profit from the prior fiscal year due to big investments in Weverse and a pause in activities by K-pop super group BTS.
Katie Fagan Named President of Mom+Pop Music’s New Nashville Office

1 month ago | billboard.com | Melinda Newman |Michael Saponara |Thomas Smith |Dave Brooks

Mom+Pop Music has become the latest coastal label to open an office in Music City, naming Katie Fagan as president of Mom+Pop Music Nashville. Fagan was previously head of A&R for Prescription Songs in Nashville for the last eight years and had opened Prescription’s first office outside of Los Angeles. “I will continue M+P’s legacy by signing tastemaker artists and bands, leaning into the local talent pool in the Americana, folk, alt-country and indie spaces,” Fagan tells Billboard.
Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Venues

2 months ago | billboard.com | Dave Brooks |Marc Schneider |Jessica Nicholson |Melinda Newman

Music venues come in many different shapes and sizes, but one thing the best have in common is the energy they help create before a show starts. Whether fans were lucky enough to catch rising superstar Chappell Roan at the 1,800-capacity Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Okla., or witness Luis Miguel’s record-breaking tour at Mexico City’s GNP Seguros Stadium, Billboard’s 2025 top music venues were key components of the year’s most magical concert moments.
Cindy Mabe Exits Universal Music Group Nashville

2 months ago | billboard.com | Melinda Newman |Steve Knopper |Taylor Mims |Keith Caulfield

Cindy Mabe speaks onstage during Save The Music's 25 Years Celebration at NeueHouse Hollywood on November 01, 2023 in Hollywood, Calif. Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Save The Music Cindy Mabe, Universal Music Group Nashville’s chair/CEO, has left the company, Billboard has confirmed.