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Universal Music Posts $3.2 Billion Revenue in Second Quarter, Publishing up 10% as Streaming Revenue Dips

Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, has reported a mixed second quarter for 2024, with revenue of $3.2 billion, an increase of 8.7% year-over-year, or 9.6% in constant currency....

Donald Glover Closes the Book on Childish Gambino With the Masterful ‘Bando Stone and the New World’: Album Review

Donald Glover doesn’t do anything by half, and the massive multifaceted project he’s launched for what he says is the final statement from Childish Gambino, the long-running alter-ego he rode to...

The Weeknd Teases New Music, Next Chapter of ‘After Hours’ / ‘Dawn FM’ Trilogy in Elaborate New Video

The Weeknd doesn’t do anything by half, and a day after he announced a September concert in Brazil that will feature a “never-before-seen production,” he dropped an elaborate video teaser of...

Eddie Rosenblatt, Longtime Geffen Records President, Dies at 89

Eddie Rosenblatt, who was president of Geffen Records from its inception in 1980 through its glory years of Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, Don Henley and countless others, died Tuesday at a hospital...

The Weeknd to Stage New, ‘One-Night-Only’ Concert in Brazil in September

The Weeknd has announced a special, “one-night-only” concert featuring an all-new show in Brazil taking place on September 7. The concert, which will take place at Sao Paulo’s Estádio...

Dr. Ruth’s Lifelong, and Sometimes Surprising, Relationship With Music: ‘During Sex? Absolutely No!’

Zack O’Malley Greenburg is the author of five books, including “A-List Angels” and the Jay-Z biography “Empire State of Mind,” and a former senior editor for Forbes. He writes a music business newsletter called...

Katy Perry Explains the ‘Sarcasm’ Intended in Her Over-the-Top ‘Woman’s World’ Video

In an unusual follow-up commentary on a just-released video, Katy Perry dropped a brief clip on Instagram explaining that her new, seemingly female-empowering “Woman’s World” video, which landed to a largely...

Cassandra Jenkins Makes a Giant Leap Forward With Career-Defining ‘My Light, My Destroyer’: Album Review

For the uninitiated, Cassandra Jenkins is a New York-based singer-songwriter with a pristine voice, precise enunciation and a tone that at times recalls St. Vincent (although you’d rarely confuse the...

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