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In 2024, radio gained a massive star: Shaboozey. But his triumph, along with Post Malone‘s surprisingly smooth crossover from pop and hip-hop to country, was among the few major radio success stories of the year. The biggest story was the continuing decline of radio as an industry, which entailed iHeartMedia, Audacy, SiriusXM and more laying off large numbers of employees. Read more about the year in radio stories: https://lnkd.in/gCRRVgem #MusicBusiness #Radio

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Well, it’s the end of 2024, and we haven’t all been replaced by robots…yet! Still, it’s been an eventful year in the emerging sector of AI music, from Drake to the UMG TikTok licensing feud. As 2025 approaches, we will likely see some thinning out of this market and companies continuing to pivot from their original business models to try to fit the market as it develops. Read more about the year in AI music stories: https://lnkd.in/ggKf3xVG #Music #MusicBusiness #AI

From streaming to live music to vinyl pressing, it was encouraging to see the music industry innovating sustainable solutions in 2024. There’s still a lot of work to be done, with almost every company Billboard spoke with about sustainability this year saying that the real tipping point for greening the industry will come when sustainable solutions cost less than the current ways of doing things. Surveying the work that’s been done this year, though, there’s reason to believe that this moment is on the horizon. Read more about the year in music sustainability stories: https://lnkd.in/g-_fPZg3 #Music #MusicBusiness #Sustainability

The stars came out to celebrate this year's biggest hits with Suntory Global Spirits's Tres Generaciones Tequila, the official tequila of Billboard. 🌟 #ad21+ See what went down at the Billboard No. 1's celebration.

The biggest music deals of 2024 include those involving the Queen and Michael Jackson catalogs as well as companies like Hipgnosis, Believe and more. Billboard highlights the dozen biggest transactions — ones that officially closed — of the year, ranked by dollar amount. Read more about the year in music deals: https://lnkd.in/gkHi4shU #Music #MusicBusiness

Tyler, The Creator is still one of pop music's biggest mavericks — and his latest album 'CHROMAKOPIA' offers his most vulnerable, personal music yet. Read his cover story for the #BillboardNo1s issue: https://lnkd.in/eB2sJ2ug

The concert business continued to reach new heights in 2024, approaching the end of the year poised for another 12 months of record growth. Thanks to algorithmic and dynamic pricing, the bulk of the growth in the live space has been with headline concerts — promoters have gotten so good at predicting the price fans are willing to pay for headline concerts that they’ve been able to increase an artist’s earning power as much as 20% per show. Ironically, the business has struggled to find a similar formula for festivals, which are riskier and more unpredictable today than they were a decade ago. Read more about the year in live music stories: https://lnkd.in/gfxvQdgA #Music #MusicBusiness #Concerts #Festivals #Touring

#ad21+ Trina, Alex Sensation and Billboard staff identified the top 10 songs that represent Miami — but only one can be crowned No. 1. 👑 See what song was selected to energize, uplift, and inspire the city with Suntory Global Spirits's Tres Generaciones Tequila.