The New York Times – Music:
The R&B star’s “SOS” has racked up more than 1.4 billion streams and had the equivalent of 1.1 million sales since its December release.
Author: Ben Sisario
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Live Nation President Says Bot Attack Led to Taylor Swift Ticket Chaos
The New York Times – Music:
The president and chief financial officer of Live Nation testified that the biggest problem it faced with the Taylor Swift tour was an onslaught of bots that crowded out fans and attacked Ticketmaster’s servers.
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SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds No. 1 for a Fifth Week
The New York Times – Music:
The R&B singer-songwriter remains in Billboard’s top spot with help from a music video inspired by Quentin Tarantino. The latest LP by the rapper YoungBoy Never Broke again arrives at No. 9.
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SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds Off Taylor Swift for a Fourth Week at No. 1
The New York Times – Music:
Both artists introduced new digital versions of their albums, bringing a tight race to a typically sleepy week on the Billboard charts.
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SZA Spends a Third Week Atop the Album Chart With ‘SOS’
The New York Times – Music:
Mariah Carey led an avalanche of Christmas songs on Billboard’s singles chart as holiday music lingered into the last week of 2022.
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Journey’s Neal Schon to Bandmate Who Played for Trump: No Political Gigs
The New York Times – Music:
Neal Schon sent the group’s keyboardist, Jonathan Cain, a cease-and-desist letter following a performance at Mar-a-Lago for Donald J. Trump, saying the band should be apolitical.
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SZA Lands First No. 1 With Long-Awaited Album, ‘SOS’
The New York Times – Music:
The R&B singer and songwriter made a big splash on the Billboard 200, while holiday songs continue to dominate the singles chart.
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Lawsuit Over Lyrics in Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ Is Dismissed
The New York Times – Music:
Swift had been accused of stealing lyrics from a 3LW song released in 2000 that contains the lines “Playas, they gonna play/And haters, they gonna hate.”