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.
Author: Ben Sisario
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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.”
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Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Returns to No. 1
The New York Times – Music:
The singer’s holiday anthem, first released in 1994, ends Taylor Swift’s six-week run atop the Hot 100 singles chart.
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Sleigh Bells Ring, Everyone’s Streaming: Christmas Music Is Back
The New York Times – Music:
Grabbing a piece of the lucrative holiday market requires planning, luck and the occasional battle with a seasoned superstar like Mariah Carey.
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Taylor Swift Holds at No. 1 as Christmas Music Returns to the Charts
The New York Times – Music:
“Midnights” and “Anti-Hero” top the Billboard 200 and Hot 100, but nostalgic favorites are starting to arrive in force.
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Charles Koppelman, Force in the Music Industry and Beyond, Dies at 82
The New York Times – Music:
A dealmaker and superstar matchmaker, he worked with artists like Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton and Tracy Chapman. Later he was chairman of Martha Stewart Living.