Billboard Bits: ‘Watch the Throne’ Outrages Indie Retailers, Morrissey Slams...
Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ‘Watch the Throne’ Exclusives Have Retailers Up in Arms Jay-Z and Kanye West may be kings of...
View ArticleBillboard Latin Music Conference Marketing Awards Announce Finalists
Music from Camila, Chino y Nacho, Enrique Iglesias, Don Omar, Pitbull and Paulina Rubio, among others, make up some of the advertising, branding and sponsorship campaigns up for honors in the second...
View ArticleCoachella 2012: 12 Things Seen & Heard Friday
More than the dry wit of Pulp, Swedish punk of Refused or the trippy pyrotechnics of Swedish House Mafia, the opening day of the opening weekend of Coachella 2012 belonged to Mother Nature. With drops...
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Brands Compete in Second Billboard Latin Music Marketing Awards
For the second year, the Billboard Latin Music Marketing Awards will recognize the growing importance of consumer brands and marketers in the promotion and marketing of Latin music at the Billboard...
View ArticleXimena Sariñana on Touring With Juanes, Taking Risks & Finding Her Sound
“It’s something that I only dreamed of doing,” Ximena Sariñana tells Billboard about playing in venues as big as Madison Square Garden in New York and the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles this summer. A...
View ArticleBillboard’s Latin Power Players List’s Top Managers Dish on the Meaning of Power
The artists get all the press. And behind them, the managers wield the power. Among Billboard’s Latin Power Players, the list’s five marquee managers — Fernando Giaccardi, Walter Kolm, Johnny Marines,...
View ArticleEstereo Picnic Festival Day 2 Highlights: Florence + the Machine, Noel...
In the middle of one of the rainiest weekends in Bogotá, Colombia, in recent memory, the Estéreo Picnic festival triumphantly overcame the lousy weather. In its second day, in addition to a roster of...
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Dillon Francis is Totally Making a Spanish-Language Electronic Dance Music...
“Holy shit, I’m really white.” That’s Dillon Francis, talking about himself. So why is he making a Spanish-language album? “The person that probably inspired my music the most, and still to this day,...
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Bold Mujeres of Latin Music Tell Their Stories At Nacional Panel
Rapper Tomasa del Real, known for leading the musical movement NeoPerreo, has no regrets after ditching her tattoo business for a music career several years ago, even though the shop made her...
View ArticleXimena Sariñana’s Billboard Live At-Home Performance | Billboard
Watch as Ximena Sariñana performs from her home for Billboard’s ‘Live At-Home’ series.
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