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The times, they most certainly are a-changing'. Bob Dylan and Miles Davis will soon become the latest musicians to be the focus of non-fungible drops.

We tend to think of Billboard's music charts predominantly in the context of the US industry, but the publication has long been casting its ranking-feelers globally too.

Billboard has teamed up with tech firm Logitech to create a chart that quantifies "creators who are driving music consumption through content creation"

Billboard has published its latest ‘Money Makers’ rankings estimating the earnings in the US for the upper echelon of musicians last year. The rankings factor in guesses at the stars’ income from streaming, sales,...

“Billboard and Twitter have partnered on a first-of-its-kind Billboard chart that will showcase the most talked-about songs on the social media platform,” announced Billboard yesterday. And strictly speaking,...

We're used to reporting on the ins and outs in Billboard's US music charts, but now the publication and data partner MRC are turning their attention to global rankings. They've launched two new charts: the 'Billboard...

Billboard is changing its chart rules in the US to no longer count sales of albums bundled with merchandise or concert tickets. It hasn't yet said when the change will kick in, but when it does "all albums bundled with...

If official music charts don’t matter any more, why do artists get so furious when they feel they’ve been deprived of a number one by a rival’s nefarious marketing tactics? 2018’s beef between Nicki...

Among the many unknowns around this Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the music industry: will the current boom in livestreams ebb away quickly once live concerts return? According to a survey of nearly 7,000 Bandsintown...

Billboard has published its annual music industry power list, which is usually a spur for us to count the nominees and see just how skewed the gender ratio is. Well, this year Billboard has anticipated that kind of response,...

Valence Media, the owner of Billboard, is buying the Nielsen Music "insights and product suite' that it uses for its charts in the US.  The two companies were previously under the same roof between 1999 and 2009 when...

YouTube has contributed to the US ‘Hot 100’ singles chart since early 2013, but now Billboard has announced that the video service’s data will also count towards its ‘Billboard 200’ albums chart. Importantly, this...