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Harry Styles’ Love on Tour has made its way to Seoul and all your favorite acts have stopped to see the show. Eric Nam caught up with Billboard News backstage of Samsung NXT 2.0 and talked about all things fashion, new music, and touring. Saweetie has revealed that her “celebrity guy crush” was none other than Lil Nas X. Guinness World Records named The Weeknd the world’s ‘Most Popular Artists’. Karol G is making history with her upcoming Lollapalooza performance and more!
Bad Bunny’s ex-girlfriend, Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, claims the superstar illegally used a voice memo of her uttering the now-famous catchphrase without her consent. Miley Cyrus is back atop the Hot 100. Three men were convicted of murdering XXXtentacion. Armani White shares his favorite Philly slang and more!
Taylor Swift drops four new songs ahead of her ‘Eras’ tour opening night, Sabrina Carpenter drops new tracks from her deluxe version of ‘Emails I Can’t Send Fwrd’, BTS’ Jimin drops his latest solo song ‘Set Me Free’ and our Billboard cover stars kx5 drop a new song. Billie Eilish makes her acting debut in the Amazon Prime series ‘Swarm’. We take you to the ‘Tetris’ movie premiere and we test our Billboard Cover stars kx5 to see how well they know each other.
Avril Lavigne was introducing a performance by AP Dhillon when a topless woman appeared on the stage behind her at the 2023 Juno Awards. Miley Cyrus just dropped her eighth studio album and Selena Gomez is showing her some love on IG. NF’s ‘Motto’ makes its debut on top of the Hot Trending Songs chart dated March 18th. SWV sat down with Billboard’s Gail Mitchell to talk their new show on Bravo and more!
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If the price of an individual streaming subscription plan were adjusted for inflation in 2023, it would cost $13.25 instead of roughly $10 a month, Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl said on Wednesday (March 8) — a statistic that doubled as a plea for streaming companies that have yet to raise fees to get in line.
While several of the big music streaming companies — including Apple, Amazon and Deezer — have raised their baseline prices recently, the biggest one of all, Spotify, has so far held off on raising the $9.99 pricetag on its U.S. premium subscription plan. Though Kyncl didn’t specifically address Spotify on Wednesday, when he spoke at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, he said companies that haven’t raised their prices are playing a role in the undervaluing of music.
“We are the lowest (cost) form of entertainment,” he said. “We have the highest …engagement, highest form of affinity and lowest per hour price. That doesn’t seem right. It should change in an orderly fashion.”
While Kyncl is far from an unbiased commenter on price hikes — music labels stand to gain significant revenues from DSPs raising their subscription prices — Kyncl says the 12 years he spent at YouTube has shown him companies can raise prices if they have a product consumers cherish.
“YouTube TV has grown its subscription from $35 to $70 while growing … because they have a superior product,” Kyncl said.
During the wide-ranging presentation, Kyncl also expressed empathy for executives at TikTok who are at “a company that’s kind of embattled today with lots of different institutions around the world.”
“As someone who’s kind of gone through that, it is much better to have friends and not fight a war on every flank,” he added, recalling the contentious relationship YouTube once had with the music industry.
TikTok is engaged in ongoing negotiations over remuneration to rights holders, a group that includes Warner Music Group (WMG). On Wednesday, Kyncl noted WMG is open to a friendlier dynamic with the popular music discovery tool so long as it works for “both sides.”
“That’s all I look for, fair setup on both sides and to grow a business together,” Kyncl added.
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