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Oct 5, 2023 | 
hitsongsdeconstructed.com | Yael Penn
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
hitsongsdeconstructed.com | Yael Penn
Due to the intimate nature of this workshop, there are limited seats available. If you want to compete at the highest levels, you need start using them too. We asked past participants what some of their biggest takeaways were. Here are a few:"My biggest takeaway was probably the strategic melodic structure (in particular the various in-section orderings). They really helped and I'm excited to implement them in my songs!" - JB"Prosody and coherence of an artist image and a song.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
billboard.com | Leila Cobo |Elias Leight |Yael Penn |David Penn
Rosalía has a new manager. The Spanish superstar has signed with Jaime Levine of Seven Mantles for global management, sources tell Billboard. Rosalía was previously managed by Rebecca León of Lionfish Entertainment, with whom she parted ways this past February after a five-year relationship. Levine spent over a decade managing global superstar Shakira but recently transitioned from management into a senior advisor role for the Colombian star on ongoing projects, sources say.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
blbrd.cm | Leila Cobo |Elias Leight |David Penn |Yael Penn
R Rosalía has a new manager. The Spanish superstar has signed with Jaime Levine of Seven Mantles for global management, sources tell Billboard. Rosalía was previously managed by Rebecca León of Lionfish Entertainment, with whom she parted ways this past February after a five-year relationship. Levine spent over a decade managing global superstar Shakira but recently transitioned from management into a senior advisor role for the Colombian star on ongoing projects, sources say.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
billboard.com | Elias Leight |Yael Penn |Marc Schneider |David Penn
In August, Travis Scott fans on Reddit sprang into action. “$5 VINYL GO!” one user wrote in r/travisscott (234,000 members). The call-to-arms post came with a photo of a discount code that made buying the rapper’s double-LP Utopia — once$50 — about as costly as a gallon of milk in New York City. That price point proved irresistible: “This gon be my first vinyl why tf not,” one devotee responded. “Travis … gonna be selling 100k [in] his 4th week,” another added.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
blbrd.cm | Elias Leight |David Penn |Yael Penn |Marc Schneider
In August, Travis Scott fans on Reddit sprang into action. “$5 VINYL GO!” one user wrote in r/travisscott (234,000 members). The call-to-arms post came with a photo of a discount code that made buying the rapper’s double-LP Utopia — once$50 — about as costly as a gallon of milk in New York City. That price point proved irresistible: “This gon be my first vinyl why tf not,” one devotee responded. “Travis … gonna be selling 100k [in] his 4th week,” another added.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
billboard.com | Yael Penn |Marc Schneider |Elias Leight |David Penn
With summer over — not officially until Sept. 23, but for chart purposes, given that Billboard has announced the season-end 2023 Songs of the Summer chart, which measures performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day — a look at the season’s biggest hits reveals what the average summer smash sounded like this year. Here is an analysis of compositional characteristics of the survey’s top 10 titles at the season’s close.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
blbrd.cm | David Penn |Yael Penn |Marc Schneider |Elias Leight
With summer over — not officially until Sept. 23, but for chart purposes, given that Billboard has announced the season-end 2023 Songs of the Summer chart, which measures performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day — a look at the season’s biggest hits reveals what the average summer smash sounded like this year. Here is an analysis of compositional characteristics of the survey’s top 10 titles at the season’s close.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
blbrd.cm | Marc Schneider |David Penn |Yael Penn |Elias Leight
Roc Nation veteran Ty-Ty Smith and London-based musician and A&R executive Shabz Naqvi have joined with Universal Music to form a new label venture dedicated to Desi Trill, a new genre that incorporates South Asian music with hip-hop. UMG said the first release from the label, called Desi Trill Music, will arrive next month with label chief Lucian Grainge’s blessing.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
billboard.com | Jim Asker |Melinda Newman |Yael Penn |David Penn
Anthony Oliver Music’s viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond” arrives on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Sept. 2) at No. 45. In the tracking week ending Aug. 24, the song, released Aug. 11 (after the singer-songwriter had previewed it on TikTok), drew 2 million audience impressions, up 294%, according to Luminate. The single, which the Farmville, Va.-based artist (born Christopher Anthony Lunsford) solely wrote, marks his first chart entry. On the Aug.
