Sony Music Posts Gains in Most Recent Quarter July 29, 2010
- Record Labels The company’s revenue increased 1.3% to 110.3 billion yen ($1.24 billion) from 108.8 billion yen last year. Sony cited the impacts of top sellers such as AC/DC’s “Iron Man 2” soundtrack, music from the TV show “Glee,” Usher’s “Raymond v Raymond” and Kana Nishino’s “to LOVE.” » Full Story
Eminem Recovers European Crown July 29, 2010
- Global
| RB Hip-Hop As Eminem’s “Recovery” (Interscope/Universal) starts a fourth aggregate week atop Billboard’s European Albums chart, Hot 100 Singles has a new No. 1 in the shape of Shakira’s official song of the recent FIFA World Cup, “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)” (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment), featuring Freshlyground. » Full Story
Marc Anthony U.S. Tour Goes On Sale Friday July 29, 2010
- Touring
| Latin Tickets for Marc Anthony’s 2010 U.S. tour go on sale tomorrow as the pop star begins a string of dates in Latin America. Both legs are produced by Chicago-based Cardenas Marketing Network. » Full Story
Ellen DeGeneres Leaves 'American Idol' July 29, 2010
- Rock and Pop Fox has been looking to shake-up the "Idol" format, including potentially ditching current judges and bringing back producer Nigel Lythgoe, as well as lowering its audition age to 16. » Full Story
Avenged Sevenfold Gunning For A Possible No. 1 Debut July 28, 2010
- Retail Next week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, rock band Avenged Sevenfold is gunning for a possible No. 1 debut with its new album, "Nightmare." Initial sales projections from industry prognosticators suggest that the album could sell in the range of 160,000 to 180,000 by week's end on Aug. 8. » Full Story
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Music applications are among the most popular types of apps downloaded to today's smartphones. But which are the best of
the best? Which new music apps created in the last year are setting the stage for tomorrow's successes? Billboard's Music App Awards is the
first awards program answering these questions by showcasing and celebrating the best and most innovative new music apps defining the space today. The
deadline to submit your app for consideration is Aug 6. Click here to apply.
