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Jordin Sparks, Scooter Braun, Cherry Tree's Martin Kierszenbaum: Five Things You Didn't See at the Billboard Music Awards:
May 21, 2012 – Record Labels | bbma2012 | Legal & Management | TV & Film | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
As much as happened onstage at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards -- even more transpired backstage: Scooter Braun, for example, had to shuffle between clients Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and the Wanted; Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel being separated at birth; and Cherry Tree's Martin Kierszenbaum talks about LMFAO's forthcoming tour and a new Robyn recording. » Full Story

Columbia, Interscope, Universal Republic Artists Top Billboard Music Award Winners List
May 21, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | bbma2012
The label competition to rack up wins at the Billboard Music Award Show tonight turned out to be a two-horse race between Sony Music Entertainment and the Universal Music Group. » Full Story

LMFAO on Winning Six Billboard Music Awards, Michael Jordan Comparisons
May 20, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | bbma2012 | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
LMFAO, who won six 2012 Billboard Music Awards, discussed winning their first major music awards, compared their performances to Michael Jordan and throw their weight behind a Denver student who was kicked out of school for playing their music. » Full Story

Adele Tops Billboard Music Awards, Scorching Performances By Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, More
May 20, 2012 – Record Labels | bbma2012 | Retail | Rock & Pop | Country | R&B/Hip-Hop
Adele had another one of those nights at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, taking home a whopping twelve awards including Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album during an evening of scorching performances by the likes of Katy Perry and Justin Bieber, a tribute to the late Whitney Houston, and a once-in-a-generation Icon Award for Stevie Wonder. » Full Story

Billboard Music Awards: The Winners List
May 20, 2012 – Record Labels | bbma2012
Adele was the biggest winner at tonight's Billboard Music Awards, taking home twelve trophies off the strength of her Grammy-winning album 21 and singles such as the chart-topping "Rolling in the Deep," while LMFAO were also big winners and Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder were honored with the Millenium and Icon Awards respectively. » Full Story

Jason Derulo Talks Performng Post Neck Injury, New 'American Idol' and Coke Promotion at Billboard Music Awards
May 20, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Branding | R&B/Hip-Hop
Backstage at the Billboard Music Awards, Jason Derulo let Billboard in on his upcoming first performance since his neck injury, a new promotion with Coke and "American Idol" called Perfect Harmony and his plan for performing dangerous moves in the future. » Full Story

RECORD LABELS

TOURING

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Backbeat: Magnum Party With Natasha Bedingfield Kicks Off Billboard Awards Weekend at Body English
May 19, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | bbma2012 | Branding | Rock & Pop
As Billboard’s second annual Battle of the Bands wound down last night (May 18), Magnum Ice Cream kept the Billboard Music Awards energy revved up with its private party—featuring Natasha Bedingfield—at Hard Rock Hotel club Body English. » Full Story

Live Nation Ticket Sales Up 25% YTD; Diverse Touring Line-Up Drives Numbers, $4 Beers Await Fans
May 18, 2012 – Touring | Legal & Management | Branding | Rock & Pop | Country | R&B/Hip-Hop
Live Nation Ticket Sales are up 25% year-to-date thanks in part to a strong lineup of tours that touches on virtually every genre: Roger Waters, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Radiohead, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Nickelback, Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Tom Petty and others are helping the world’s largest promoter and amphitheater operator rebound after an industry downturn in 2010. Plus, there's the $4 beers... » Full Story

DIGITAL & MOBILE

Watch the 2012 Billboard Music Awards Livestream From Backstage, Red Carpet HERE
May 20, 2012 – Record Labels | bbma2012 | TV & Film | Digital & Mobile | Rock & Pop | Dance | Country | R&B/Hip-Hop
Tonight, Sunday, May 20, Billboard.biz will host a livestream of the Billboard Music Awards beginning at 6:30 p.m. EDT, with red carpet arrivals hosted by Julie Brown where you can see the likes of Justin Bieber, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and many others -- plus a large swath of the music industry. Then, a live feed at 8:00 p.m. from backstage will give viewers an unprecedented and candid look at one of pop music's biggest nights. » Full Story

Donna Summer Dominates Social Networks After Death
May 18, 2012 – Record Labels | Digital & Mobile | Chart Alert
Donna Summer died on the morning of May 17 and many people reacted by taking to the Internet and online music services. » Full Story

Radio Remembers Donna Summer: Songs Get Huge Airplay After News of Singer's Death
May 18, 2012 – Radio | Record Labels | Digital & Mobile
From Sirius XM to her hometown of Boston, radio celebrates the late Queen of Disco. » Full Story

INDIES

Watch the Billboard Battle of the Bands (Live Stream)
May 18, 2012 – Touring | bbma2012 | Indies
The Billboard Battle of the Bands begins at 8 pm (PT) with six of the country's best and most talented unsigned acts as voted on by Billboard readers. Check out the live stream right here. » Full Story

Bubbling Under: 'Next' Up for Emeli Sande: U.S. Success
May 18, 2012 – Record Labels | Indies | Digital & Mobile | Chart Alert
Each Friday, Billboard presents "Bubbling Under," a weekly look at new and noteworthy acts making their way toward Billboard chart success. Up this week: Emeli Sande, Gavin Creel, A$AP Rocky and Rhett Walker Band. » Full Story

Fool's Gold Launches 'The Goldmine,' Premium Digital Subscription Service
May 17, 2012 – Touring | Indies | Digital & Mobile | Branding
Brooklyn-based independent label Fool's Gold announced today it is launching a premium digital subscription service called The Goldmine. The new service will provide access to new Fool's Gold music as high quality 320 mp3 / WAV downloads, plus extras, including: back catalog selections, exclusive content (remixes, a cappella tracks, DJ sets), merch discounts, priority access to events, and “other surprises the Fool's Gold braintrust decides to cook up.” » Full Story

GLOBAL

Donna Summer - In Memoriam: There Will Always Be a You
May 18, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Global | Legal & Management | Retail | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
Michael Paoletta for ten years was Billboard's esteemed dance/electronic music editor. He not only interviewed Donna Summer (and her producer Giorgio Moroder) on several occasions, but grew up with and was inspired by Summer's seminal music, meteoric success and sustained stardom. As such, there may be no better person to help put her greatness and loss in perspective. » Full Story

BBC 6 Radio Has Highest Numbers Two Years After Nearly Getting Axed; Digital Radio Up 5%
May 18, 2012 – Radio | Record Labels | Global | Digital & Mobile
Listenership to BBC 6 Music, the UK's BBC digital alternative station, grew to a record high last quarter, attracting an average weekly audience of 1.45 million, according to the latest RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research) figures. Digital radio listening grew 5% year-on-year with a weekly reach of 23.5 million people. » Full Story

Warda, Legendary Algerian Singer, Dies in Cairo at 72
May 18, 2012 – Record Labels | Global | Legal & Management | Rock & Pop
The Algerian singer Warda, "the Algerian Rose," whose sultry voice and range helped make her one of the giants of Arab song, has died. She was 72. Along with Lebanon's Fayrouz and Egypt's late Umm Kalthoum, Warda was one of the legendary singers of the Arab world, with a voice that has been described as both sweet and powerful. » Full Story

LEGAL & MANAGEMENT

Patent Pending Win Battle of the the Bands, Will Perform on Billboard Music Awards
May 19, 2012 – Touring | Legal & Management | TV & Film | Rock & Pop
With pop-punk hooks, fist pumps aplenty and some fancy footwork, Patent Pending, an impossibly high energy "rag-tag bunch jerks" from Long Island, NY, earned a golden ticket to perform at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 20, ABC at 8:00 p.m. EDT) after besting five other acts to win the Battle of the Bands showdown. » Full Story

PUBLISHING

Backbeat: Rolfe Kent Receives Career Achievement Honor at BMI Film and TV Awards
May 17, 2012 – Record Labels | Publishing | TV & Film
Composer Rolfe Kent composed a poem with the help of his staff for his acceptance speech for the Richard Kirk Award at the BMI Film/TV Awards, where execs from Clear Channel, Lionsgate, AIM Broadcasting, and the Disney Channel among others were on hand to dish out awards. » Full Story

Adele, PJ Harvey, Lana Del Rey Win at 57th Ivor Novello Awards
May 17, 2012 – Record Labels | Publishing | Global
Adele took home two awards, Lana del Rey won Best Contemporary Song, PJ Harvey was handed the Album Award for "Let England Shake" and Ed Sheeran won Best Song Musically & Lyrically at the 57th Ivor Novello Awards, which are organized jointly by BASCA, the British songwriters and composers’ association, and collecting society PRS for Music. » Full Story

Jay Boberg Appointed Chairman of INgrooves Fontana Parent Isolation Network
May 17, 2012 – Record Labels | Publishing | Executive Turntable
Boberg replaces Vincent Freda as chairman of the board of Isolation Network, as Freda was appointed Chief Operating Officer in April. » Full Story

RETAIL

Donna Summer's Album Sales Surge, Despite Lack of Availability
May 19, 2012 – Record Labels | Retail | Chart Alert
Despite how nearly half of the late Donna Summer's studio albums are off the market, the diva's catalog is due to make waves on the Billboard charts next week. » Full Story

Tenacious D, 'Glee' and Garbage Headed for High Debuts on Billboard 200 Chart
May 18, 2012 – Record Labels | Retail | Chart Alert
While it seems that Adam Lambert is on the verge of his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Trespassing, a number of other acts are set to debut in the top 20 next week, including Tenacious D, Garbage, and the 'Glee' cast. » Full Story

RADIO

Ranking The Bee Gees' Top Billboard Hot 100 Hits
May 20, 2012 – Radio | Record Labels | Chart Alert
The trio racked up nine Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles -- more than any other group in history save for the Beatles (with 20) and the Supremes (12). » Full Story

Backbeat: Usher Previews New Music at Pre-Billboard Music Awards Private Dinner
May 20, 2012 – Radio | Record Labels | bbma2012 | R&B/Hip-Hop
RCA’s urban promotion department hosted a dinner last night’s (May 19) celebrating the release of Usher’s upcoming album, "Looking 4 Myself." The intimate gathering of prominent urban radio programmers during Billboard Music Awards weekend was reminiscent of what many might call the radio and record industries' "good old days." » Full Story

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