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The 2024 Billboard Music Awards presented by Marriott Bonvoy are in the books, with multiple artists taking home awards in between memorable performances from Stray Kids, Jelly Roll and more. Shaboozey was the first star to take the stage at the ceremony Thursday night (Dec. 13) — a fitting kickoff considering his single “A Bar […]
During the last year the country music charts, including country radio, welcomed a wide range of acts.
On Billboard’s multi-metric Hot Country Songs tally dated May 4, 2024, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hit No. 1. The song, which interpolates J-Kwon’s 2004 hip-hop classic “Tipsy,” marked the first leader on the list for the Virginia native (born Collins Obinna Chibueze).
Notably that week, as Shaboozey dethroned Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” two Black artists reigned back-to-back for the first time since Hot Country Songs became an all-encompassing genre ranking in 1958.
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“Texas Hold ‘Em” commanded Hot Country Songs for 10 weeks, making the track the No. 10 title of the year on Billboard’s 2024 year-end Hot Country Songs list. The year-end No. 1 is “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which spent 18 weeks at No. 1 during the 2024 eligibility period (charts dated Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024).
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Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
Shaboozey also finishes as the Top New Country Artist of 2024 and ranks at No. 7 on the overall year-end Top Country Artists roundup. Beyoncé is No. 9 on the same ranking, while also placing at No. 2 on the Top Country Artists – Female recap. (The only woman ahead of Beyoncé on either list is Taylor Swift, who is at No. 6 on Top Country Artists, and No. 1 on the Top Country Artists – Female.)
Beyonce’s country album, Cowboy Carter, ranks at No. 5 on the year-end ranking for Top Country Albums. The set, released March 29, debuted at No. 1 on the weekly Top Country Albums ranking, making her the first Black woman to lead the Top Country Albums tally.
Wallen Dominates Again
Just as he did last year, Morgan Wallen reigns as Billboard’s Top Country Artist in 2024 as well as the leading male.
Wallen’s One Thing at a Time LP is Billboard’s No. 1 country title of 2024. On the chart dated March 18, 2023, One Thing stormed atop both the all-genre Billboard 200 as well as Top Country Albums with a whopping 501,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week. The set has dominated for much of 2024. Meanwhile, his 2021 LP, Dangerous: The Double Album, is the No. 3 album of 2024.
Plus, country radio was kind to Wallen, as he scored three Country Airplay No. 1s in 2024: his featured turn on Thomas Rhett’s “Mamaw’s House” led for a week in March; “Cowgirls,” featuring ERNEST, had a week at No. 1 in July; and his featured role on Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” led for four weeks in June-July.
“Help” marked the genre-straddling Malone’s entrance into the country format. (He had previously placed albums on both the Top Rap Albums and the Top Rock & Alternative chart.) The song completed a speedy seven-week jaunt to the Country Airplay summit, making it the second quickest run since the chart was started in 1990. It’s second to Garth Brooks’ “More Than a Memory,” which debuted in the penthouse in 2007.
“Help” is the No. 2 Country Airplay track of ’24, as well as No. 2 on the year-end Hot Country Songs survey. Malone is No. 4 among all Billboard’s Top Country Artists.
Malone’s maiden country album, F-1 Trillion, made a splash when it arrived at the Top Country Albums apex in August, as well as the Billboard 200.
The No. 1 Country Airplay song for 2024 is relative newcomer Nate Smith’s “World on Fire,” which controlled that list for 10 weeks at the end of ’23, continuing into ’24. It tied with Morgan Wallen’s “You Proof” as the longest-running Country Airplay topper in the 34-year history of the list.
Country’s leading woman of the year is Taylor Swift thanks to her successful craft of re-recording her album catalog. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is No. 6 on the year-end Top Country Albums ranking. That set started at No. 1 on Top Country Albums and the Billboard 200 in July 2023 with a staggering 716,000 equivalent album units earned (with 507,000 in traditional album sales).
While it’s not been a stellar period for country groups, certainly since the glory days of bands like Alabama, Restless Heart and others, some outfits were able to achieve a footing in the format. The Top Country Artists – Duo/Group is The Red Clay Strays. Hailing from Mobile, Ala., the quintet has earned a large following and is able to sell out venues across the U.S. The band landed its first top 10 on Top Country Albums in August when Made by These Moments entered at No. 9. Meanwhile, the act also collected a pair of top 30-charting tunes on the weekly Hot Country Songs chart during the 2024 eligibility period, with “Wondering Why” and “Wanna Be Loved.”
Taylor Swift has remained a ubiquitous presence in pop culture for a long while; no doubting that. Her stranglehold on the Billboard charts has, too, been widely touted, ranking at No. 1 on the Top Artists chart for each of the past two years and not straying outside the top five since 2020.
But there’s one prize Swift had never hoisted – until 2024, that is.
Swift’s had her share of streaming wins ever since the weekly Streaming Songs chart began in 2013. Her nine No. 1s are second most among all acts, only to Drake’s 20 (and three ahead of her closest competitors, Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, each with six). Even still, 2024 marks the first time Swift claims the Top Streaming Songs Artists distinction, after coming as close as No. 2 in 2022.
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Think of it as a volume thing, in part. In the 2024 chart year (charts dated from Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024), Swift premiered 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in October 2023, begetting a two-week No. 1 in “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” and the entire top nine of the Nov. 11, 2023, survey. Her encore came in April: new album The Tortured Poets Department, itself armed with a No. 1 in the Post Malone-featuring “Fortnight” for a week and the full top 15 of the May 3 ranking. Tough to argue with a Streaming Songs Artist coronation with that kind of domination.
Interestingly enough, Swift’s top appearance on the year-end Streaming Songs chart is from neither of those releases. “Cruel Summer,” at No. 20, was first released on 2019’s Lover, appearing on Streaming Songs for two weeks that year. It returned to the survey in mid-2023 on the strength of a social media trend, and by the Nov. 4, 2023, ranking – one week before the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) – it was No. 1. It spent many weeks inside the top 20 from there, its last appearance in that range to date being in mid-March.
“Fortnight” follows at No. 23 on the year-end recap, while The Tortured Poets Department’s “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” (No. 36) and “Down Bad” (No. 67) are also on the year-end, 75-position Streaming Songs list, as is “Is It Over Now?” at No. 61.
Swift’s “Cruel Summer” being No. 20 is the lowest on the chart for the No. 1 on Streaming Songs Artists since the ranking began in 2013, the previous low being The Weeknd’s “The Hills” at No. 6 in 2015.
The No. 1 on Streaming Songs, meanwhile, continues a major trendline of the 2020s: the surge of country music on streaming services, as Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, takes top honors.
In 2022, the year-end article noted how Wallen was the first country artist to appear in the top 10 of the year-end Streaming Songs chart, a feat that seemed downright otherworldly after a first near-decade of the chart where country songs making the year-end chart at all were few and far between. In 2023, country had an even bigger year on the tally, with Wallen taking top Streaming Songs Artists honors and his “Last Night” being the No. 1 on the songs-based survey, flanked by Bryan, Luke Combs and Bailey Zimmerman on the artists ranking. It seemed country had finally arrived as a streaming force.
Turns out 2023 wasn’t the ceiling. In 2024, three of the top 10 – Wallen, Bryan and Combs – are musicians whose fare is always snugly within the country genre (even if Bryan’s also often blurs the line between singer-songwriter output in both the country and rock worlds). They’re joined by Post Malone; the genre chameleon’s Streaming Songs appearances in 2024 largely skewed country thanks to his star-studded F-1 Trillion album (which notably featured both Wallen and Combs).
As for songs, four of the top 10 are country, much like in 2023. “I Remember Everything” leads largely on the strength of its longevity; though its four weeks at No. 1 on the weekly ranking came in its first six weeks on the chart (Sept. 9-Oct. 14, 2023), the song has never fallen off the tally. In fact, it spent its last week in the top 10 to date in April and often can still be found in the top 20, over a year after its release.
That’s the Zach Bryan way, though. The troubadour’s catalog has long had an impressive shelf life, with 2022’s “Something in the Orange” No. 11 on the year-end Streaming Songs chart after being No. 3 in 2023. “Pink Skies” (No. 21) and “28” (No. 55) both appear on the album he released during the chart year, July’s The Great American Bar Scene.
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Malone’s Wallen-featuring “I Had Some Help” and Wallen’s “Last Night” (last year’s No. 1) join Bryan in the top 10 at Nos. 2, 5 and 8, respectively. And in all, 23 of the 75 tunes to grace the year-end chart are country, up from 20 in 2023.
Outside of the four (Wallen, Bryan, Combs and Malone) in the top 10 of the year-end artists ranking, Shaboozey also appears on the survey at No. 11, giving the country genre five appearances on the 25-position tally, topping the four in 2023.
But the year wasn’t all about Swift and country’s biggest stars. In 2024, three up-and-coming pop singers made their presences known on the charts, and that popularity extended to streaming services, with Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Benson Boone making their first appearances on Streaming Songs Artists at all, let alone in the top 10.
Carpenter paces the group at No. 4, boasting a top 10 on the year-end Streaming Songs chart with “Espresso” at No. 9, followed by “Please Please Please” at No. 17 and “Taste” at No. 54. Roan, at No. 8, also snags three appearances on the song-based ranking: “Good Luck, Babe!” at No. 19, “Hot To Go!” at No. 42 and “Pink Pony Club” at No. 73. And while Boone (No. 10) only has one song on the ranking, it’s also the highest-ranking of the trio, as “Beautiful Things” reaches No. 6.
With Carpenter, Roan and Boone flanked by fellow pop singers in Swift and Billie Eilish (whose music also skews alternative, though her core genre is considered pop) in the top 10, the pop genre has its best year in the top 10 of Streaming Songs Artists since 2021, when Olivia Rodrigo paced (at No. 1) a group of either pop-centric or pop-adjacent acts (Doja Cat, The Weeknd, Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande among them).
Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
Gospel music icon CeCe Winans reigns as Billboard’s 2024 year-end top gospel artist.
Winans repeats as the leading woman from 2023 and moves up from No. 3 on the overall tally. Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), the leading artist for the past three years, shuffles to No. 3 and rules as the top male.
In the duo/group category, Maverick City Music is tops and No. 2 amongst all artists. The No. 1 new gospel act in the year-end tally is Victor Thompson.
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Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts dated Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024. The rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology details, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
Winans, who hails from Detroit and now resides in Brentwood, Tenn., is represented twice in the year-end top 10 gospel albums of 2024. At No. 3 is Believe For It: A Live Worship Experience, which led for seven frames on the weekly Top Gospel Albums chart starting in March 2021, but has remained in the weekly top five throughout all of 2024. More Than This is the No. 6 set on the Top Gospel Albums 2024 rundown.
That set entered at the Top Gospel Albums summit in May, becoming Winans’ 10th No. 1. Her run started in 1989 when CeCe and her brother Bebe Winans scored their first of two chart-toppers as a team when Heaven hit No. 1. The siblings’ other leader as a duo is Different Lifestyles (1991).
On the streaming, airplay and sales based Hot Gospel Songs survey Winans banked her third No. 1 when “That’s My King” began a length run atop the list in May. It spent 24 weeks atop the chart during the eligibility period. “That’s My King” is the No. 3 title of the leading Hot Gospel Songs of the year.
Billboard’s top gospel duo/group of 2024, and No. 2 among all acts is the Atlanta-based worship collective Maverick City Music. The popular outfit matches its rankings from 2022 and 2023.
Also, the year-end No. 1 title on Hot Gospel Songs is “Jireh,” Maverick City Music’s collaboration with Christian music collective Elevation Worship, along with Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine. The song debuted at No. 1 in April 2021 and spent the entire 2024 eligibility period locked in the weekly top three on Hot Gospel Songs.
Maverick City Music’s “In the Room,” with Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine and featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard, is the No. 3 Hot Gospel Songs track of the year. “In the Room,” reached a high of No. 2 in October 2023, and has stayed in the top 3 ever since.
Maverick City Music’s third of three songs in the year-end top 10 is “God Problems,” a collaboration with Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine, which is the No. 6 Hot Gospel Songs title of ‘24.
Maverick City Music finished 2023 with the release of The Maverick Way Complete: Complete Vol. 2 with Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine. It arrived atop the weekly Top Gospel Albums list dated Nov. 11, 2023 (which places it within the 2024 chart year). It held through all of the 2024 chart year at Nos. 1 or 2. The set is No. 2 on the Top Gospel Albums recap for the year.
Old Church Basement, Maverick City Music’s collaborative project with Christian act Elevation Worship, ranks as the year’s No. 4 title on Top Gospel Albums. Basement, which opened at No. 1 on Top Gospel Albums in May 2021 and spent 17 frames at the summit, spent all of the 2024 chart year in the top 10.
The leading male gospel act of 2024 is Ye, mainly on the durability of his Donda and Jesus is King LPs. Donda ranks at No. 1 on the year-end Top Gospel Albums tally, and Jesus is King is No. 5.
Donda stormed atop Top Gospel Albums, plus the all-genre Billboard 200 as well as Top Christian Albums in September 2021 and been a consistent chart presence since. Donda has ruled Top Gospel Albums for a staggering count of over 140 frames, more than any other set since the survey lunched in 1983.
Ye’s 2019 LP, Jesus is King, is the second-longest running No. 1 title with more than 65 weeks in the penthouse.
The top new gospel artist of 2024 is Nigerian born Victor Thompson. He’s No. 13 among all acts.
Thompson’s “This Year (Blessings),” with Gunna and featuring Thompson’s brother and duo partner Ehis “D” Greatest, topped the weekly Hot Gospel Songs chart on Oct. 28, 2023 (the first week of the 2024 chart year).
“This Year” is the No. 5 Hot Gospel Songs title for 2024. It’s noteworthy that the song, originally released in January 2023, received a boost when rapper Gunna joined for a remix of the track that October.
The title spent five weeks at No. 1 and is Thompson’s lone chart entry to date.
For the second consecutive year, Taylor Swift is both Billboard’s overall top artist of the year, as well as the No. 1 Hot 100 Songwriter.
She finishes 2024 as the No. 1 songwriter thanks to the chart performance of a staggering 56 songwriting credits on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 2024 chart eligibility period (Oct. 28, 2023-Oct. 19, 2024), including her two-week No. 1 hit, “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone.
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Here’s a look at all 56 of Swift’s songwriting credits on the Hot 100 during the 2024 tracking period, which all contribute to her placement on the year-end ranking. Note that many of the songs listed below are holdovers from previous years—“Anti-Hero,” for example, debuted and peaked at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in November 2022, but continued to chart until Nov. 4, 2023 (its final week on the chart before dropping off). As such, its final two weeks on the chart count towards Swift’s 2024 year-end Hot 100 Songwriters ranking because it was still charting.
Of the 56 songs that contributed to Swift’s No. 1 placement, all but “Anti-Hero” peaked on the chart during the eligibility period. “Cruel Summer,” notably, hit No. 1 in the first week of the eligibility period (chart dated Oct. 28, 2023). Swift is the lead artist on all songs below except Gracie Abrams’ “Us.,” on which she was featured.
Peak Position, Title (co-songwriters in addition to Taylor Swift
No. 1, “Anti-Hero” (Jack Antonoff)No. 1, “Cruel Summer” (Jack Antonoff, St. Vincent)No. 1, “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 1, “Fortnight” (Jack Antonoff, Post Malone)No. 2, “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 2, “Down Bad” (Jack Antonoff)No. 3, “Slut! (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Jack Antonoff, Patrik Berger)No. 3, “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” (Jack Antonoff)No. 4, “The Tortured Poets Department” (Jack Antonoff)No. 5, “Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Diane Warren)No. 5, “So Long, London” (Aaron Dessner)No. 6, “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys”No. 7, “Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback Kendrick Lamar)No. 7, “But Daddy I Love Him” (Aaron Dessner)No. 8, “Florida!!!” (Florence Welch)No. 9, “Style (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback, Ali Payami)No. 9, “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”No. 10, “Suburban Legends (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 10, “Guilty As Sin?” (Jack Antonoff)No. 11, “Fresh Out The Slammer” (Jack Antonoff)No. 12, “Blank Space (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback)No. 12, “loml” (Aaron Dessner)No. 13, “The Alchemy” (Jack Antonoff)No. 14, “Welcome to New York (Taylor’s Version)” (Ryan Tedder)No. 14, “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” (Aaron Dessner)No. 16, “Out of the Woods (Taylor’s Version)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 19, “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback)No. 20, “All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin)No. 20, “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 21, “Clara Bow” (Aaron Dessner)No. 23, “Thank You Aimee” (Aaron Dessner)No. 24, “So High School” (Aaron Dessner)No. 25, “The Black Dog”No. 26, “imgonnagetyouback” (Jack Antonoff)No. 27, “You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 28, “Shake It Off (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback)No. 29, “New Romantics (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback)No. 30, “Clean (Taylor’s Version)” (Imogen Heap)No. 30, “The Albatross” (Aaron Dessner)No. 31, “I Wish You Would (Taylor’s Version)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 32, “The Prophecy” (Aaron Dessner)No. 34, “I Hate It Here” (Aaron Dessner)No. 35, “How Did It End?” (Aaron Dessner)No. 36, “I Know Places (Taylor’s Version)” (Ryan Tedder)No. 36, “Chloe Or Sam Or Sophia Or Marcus” (Aaron Dessner)No. 36, “Us.” (Gracie Abrams feat. Taylor Swift) (Gracie Abrams, Aaron Dessner)No. 39, “Wonderland (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback)No. 39, “I Look In People’s Windows” (Jack Antonoff, Patrik Berger)No. 40, “How You Get The Girl (Taylor’s Version)” (Max Martin, Shellback)No. 42, “This Love (Taylor’s Version)”No. 43, “You Are In Love (Taylor’s Version)” (Jack Antonoff)No. 44, “Cassandra” (Aaron Dessner)No. 46, “Peter”No. 47, “The Bolter” (Aaron Dessner)No. 51, “The Manuscript”No. 55, “Robin” (Aaron Dessner)
Swift’s 56 songs above are from four different albums: Midnights (No. 1 peak in 2022), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (No. 1; 2023), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (No. 1; 2023) and The Tortured Poets Department (No. 1; 2024). The lattermost album is Billboard’s No. 1 Billboard 200 album of 2024. It’s the fourth time Swift has finished with the No. 1 album of the year, after Fearless in 2009, 1989 in 2015 and Reputation in 2018.
Swift has now finished as Billboard’s No. 1 Hot 100 Songwriter of the year three different times: in 2009, 2023, and now in 2024.
Just below Swift on the 2024 year-end Hot 100 Songwriters ranking, Swift’s collaborator Jack Antonoff finishes at No. 2, thanks to 25 songwriting credits on the Hot 100 during the eligibility period. Along with the 20 songs above by Swift, Antonoff is also credited as a co-writer on four Sabrina Carpenter songs (including her No. 1 hit “Please Please Please”) as well as Quavo and Lana Del Rey’s “Tough.”
Antonoff also finishes 2024 as the No. 1 Hot 100 Producer for the first time, largely thanks to his work with Swift and Carpenter.
After Antonoff, Zach Bryan finishes as the No. 3 Hot 100 Songwriter, thanks to 22 songwriting credits, mainly from his album The Great American Bar Scene.
Kendrick Lamar claims the No. 4 spot, thanks to five songwriting credits, including his No. 1s “Not Like Us” and “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin.
Finally, Amy Allen finishes as the No. 5 Hot 100 Songwriter of 2024, thanks to 20 songwriting credits in the eligibility period. Twelve of those are from Sabrina Carpenter’s No. 1 album Short n’ Sweet, including her No. 1 “Please Please Please.” Also contributing are songs by Tate McRae (“Greedy,” “Run For The Hills”), Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph (“High Road,” “Sweet Dreams”), Justin Timberlake (“Selfish”) and Olivia Rodrigo (“Scared of My Guitar”).
Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
For the first time in his career, Jack Antonoff is the No. 1 Hot 100 Producer of the year.
He finishes 2024 as the No. 1 Hot 100 Producer thanks to the chart performance of 31 production credits on the Billboard Hot 100 during the 2024 chart eligibility period (charts dated Oct. 28, 2023-Oct. 19, 2024), all of which were by either Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter. Of those 31 songs, five hit No. 1: Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” “Cruel Summer,” “Is It Over Now (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” and “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, as well as Carpenter’s “Please Please Please.”
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Here’s a look at all 31 of Antonoff’s production credits on the Hot 100 during the 2024 tracking period, which all contribute to his placement on the year-end ranking. Note that some of the songs listed below are holdovers from previous years—“Anti-Hero,” for example, debuted and peaked at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in November 2022, but continued to chart until Nov. 4, 2023 (its final week on the chart before dropping off). As such, its final two weeks on the chart count towards Antonoff’s 2024 year-end Hot 100 Producers ranking because it was still charting. It’s worth noting that, on many of the songs below, Antonoff is credited as either the sole producer or co-producer with Swift, helping boost his chart results (as he doesn’t share credit with many other individuals).
“Anti-Hero,” notably, is the only song on the list below that didn’t peak during the eligibility period. “Cruel Summer” topped the Hot 100 on Oct. 28, 2023, the first week of the period.
Peak Position, Artist Billing, Title (co-producers in addition to Jack Antonoff)
No. 1, Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero” (Taylor Swift)No. 1, Taylor Swift, “Cruel Summer” (Taylor Swift)No. 1, Taylor Swift, “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Taylor Swift)No. 1, Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone, “Fortnight” (Taylor Swift)No. 1, Sabrina Carpenter, “Please Please Please”No. 2, Taylor Swift, “Down Bad” (Taylor Swift)No. 2, Taylor Swift, “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Taylor Swift)No. 3, Taylor Swift, “Slut! (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Taylor Swift, Patrik Berger)No. 3, Taylor Swift, “I Can Do It with A Broken Heart” (Taylor Swift)No. 4, Taylor Swift, “The Tortured Poets Department” (Taylor Swift)No. 5, Taylor Swift, “Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Taylor Swift)No. 6, Taylor Swift, “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys” (Taylor Swift)No. 7, Taylor Swift, “But Daddy I Love Him” (Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner)No. 8, Taylor Swift, “Florida!!!” (Taylor Swift)No. 9, Taylor Swift, “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” (Taylor Swift)No. 10, Taylor Swift, “Suburban Legends (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” (Taylor Swift)No. 10, Taylor Swift, “Guilty As Sin?” (Taylor Swift)No. 11, Taylor Swift, “Fresh Out The Slammer” (Taylor Swift)No. 13, Taylor Swift, “The Alchemy” (Taylor Swift)No. 16, Taylor Swift, “Out of the Woods (Taylor’s Version)” (Taylor Swift)No. 20, Taylor Swift, “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” (Taylor Swift)No. 21, Sabrina Carpenter, “Sharpest Tool”No. 23, Taylor Swift, “thanK you aIMee” (Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner)No. 25, Taylor Swift, “The Black Dog” (Taylor Swift)No. 26, Taylor Swift, “imgonnagetyouback” (Taylor Swift)No. 27, Taylor Swift, “You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)” (Taylor Swift)No. 27, Sabrina Carpenter, “Slim Pickins”No. 31, Taylor Swift, “I Wish You Would (Taylor’s Version)” (Taylor Swift)No. 39, Taylor Swift, “I Look in People’s Windows” (Taylor Swift, Patrik Berger)No. 41, Sabrina Carpenter, “Lie to Girls”No. 43, Taylor Swift, “You Are in Love (Taylor’s Version)” (Taylor Swift)
The 31 songs above are from several different albums: Swift’s Midnights (No. 1 peak on the Billboard 200 in 2022), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (No. 1; 2023), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (No. 1; 2023) and The Tortured Poets Department (No. 1; 2024), along with Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet (No. 1; 2024).
Swift herself finishes just below Antonoff at No. 2 on the 2024 year-end Hot 100 Producers ranking, thanks to her production credits on each of her 55 charting solo songs during the eligibility period (she tallied one additional chart entry in the period, as a featured act on Gracie Abrams’ “Us,” though she isn’t listed as a producer). Swift also finished at No. 2 on the 2023 Hot 100 Producers list, behind Joey Moi.
After Swift, Dan Nigro is the No. 3 Hot 100 Producer of 2024, thanks to 16 production credits during the eligibility period by Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo. Leading the way is Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” which finishes as the No. 18 Hot 100 Song of the year.
Finishing out the top five, Finneas ranks as the No. 4 Hot 100 Producer of 2024, thanks to his continued work with Billie Eilish on her album Hit Me Hard and Soft, and Zach Bryan finishes at No. 5.
Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
In 2017, Imagine Dragons started a trend that has continued every year since on Billboard’s year-end Top Rock & Alternative Artists chart.
It’s never obvious at first. An act has a big year, big enough that they reign supreme above all other rock and/or alternative artists in the U.S. Well and good, but by the time they’re crowned atop Billboard’s year-end charts, the clock has reset anew, and there’s no guarantee they’ll end up on top of the fray yet again the following year.
Except that’s exactly what’s happened in every two-year period since, a trend that continues in 2024, with Zach Bryan the year’s No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Artists.
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After Imagine Dragons led in both 2017 and ’18, Panic! at the Disco followed in 2019-20. Glass Animals topped the list in 2021 and ’22, with Bryan ascending to the top in 2023, a spot he holds again this year.
Bryan, the folky troubadour whose music blurs the line between rock and country singer-songwriter fare, premiered a new album, The Great American Bar Scene, on July 4. Music from that set – including one-week Hot Rock & Alternative Songs No. 1 “Pink Skies” – certainly helped his fortunes on both the Top Rock & Alternative Artists and Top Country Artists (where he’s No. 2) for the year, but much like fellow country heavy-hitters Morgan Wallen and Chris Stapleton, it’s important to look beyond music that was released during the chart year.
Indeed, “I Remember Everything,” Bryan’s duet with Kacey Musgraves from his 2023 self-titled album, is No. 1 on a variety of year-end charts for 2024, including – but certainly not limited to – the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs lists, as well as the all-genre Streaming Songs survey. Released in September 2023, the song reigned on the weekly Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart for 30 weeks through March of this year and didn’t fall off the survey until October. Even as The Great American Bar Scene’s tracklist roared onto the charts in July, “I Remember Everything” persisted; it’s only spent a handful of weeks outside Streaming Songs’ top 20 since release.
Bryan also notches multiple appearances on the year-end Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart; Zach Bryan leads the way at No. 2, followed by 2022’s American Heartbreak (No. 5), The Great American Bar Scene (No. 12), 2020’s Elisabeth (No. 20), 2022 EP Summertime Blues (No. 25) and 2023 EP Boys of Faith (No. 64). And on the year-end Rock Streaming Songs, he boasts the top two (“I Remember Everything” and 2022’s “Something in the Orange”) and 13 of the 50 total entries.
Bryan’s 2024 coronation continues another rising trend on Top Rock & Alternative Artists: the domination of soloists. After years of leads by bands, Bryan’s 2023 rule was the exclamation point on a year when the entire top 10 were solo acts, a first for the genre.
In 2024, soloists are still in vogue, but bands took back some territory, with two of the top 10 groups of two or more. One of those is Fleetwood Mac (No. 9), the classic rock act who remains a streaming force in the ‘20s, with “Dreams” No. 7 on the year-end Rock Streaming Songs survey. The other? Linkin Park (No. 8), which returns to the top 10 for the first time since 2017.
The story of Linkin Park’s resurgence began in 2023, when it vaulted to No. 16 on Top Rock & Alternative Artists after appearing at No. 50 in 2022, mostly on the strength of catalog sales and streams. The band was No. 3 in 2017, but it wasn’t for particularly celebratory reasons; longtime co-frontman Chester Bennington died that year, spurring an outpouring of streams and sales in remembrance of the late iconic singer. In 2023, the band found success via the 20th-anniversary reissue of its 2003 album Meteora, which spurred the year-end No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay Songs and Alternative Airplay Songs in “Lost,” a previously unreleased cut featuring Bennington’s vocals.
A new greatest-hits package, Papercuts, followed this April, boasting a one-week No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in “Friendly Fire.” In September, Linkin Park officially reformed with a new vocalist in Dead Sara’s Emily Armstrong, with comeback single “The Emptiness Machine” topping both Mainstream Rock Airplay and Alternative Airplay for multiple weeks. Despite being released in the 11th hour of the 2024 chart year, the song appears on several year-end rankings, paced by its No. 4 arrival on Hot Hard Rock Songs.
What will 2025 have in store for Linkin Park? Stay tuned, with new album From Zero having been released on Nov. 15, whose chart performance will factor into the year-end 2025 charts.
Further up Top Rock & Alternative Artists, Billie Eilish rises to the highest point she’s ever been on the ranking since the weekly Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts changed from their previous iterations to allow alternative-leaning music not necessarily within the rock genre in 2020. Eilish ends the year at No. 2, the highest rank for a woman since Lorde was No. 1 on the year-end tally in 2014. She’s also No. 1 on Top Alternative Artists, a return for Eilish after she also reigned in 2022.
As in 2022, Eilish released a new album, this time Hit Me Hard and Soft. The set has reigned on Top Rock & Alternative Albums for 18 weeks so far since debuting atop the June 1 list and has paced Top Alternative Albums for even longer (22 frames); though she misses out on the distinction of the No. 1 Top Alternative Albums year-end entry in 2024 (that goes to Noah Kahan’s Stick Season), Hit Me Hard and Soft still ranks at No. 2, while Eilish is the No. 1 Top Alternative Albums Artist in 2024 thanks to a flurry of appearances on the year-end ranking (When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? at No. 11, Happier Than Ever at No. 14 and Dont Smile at Me at No. 47).
Eilish also boasts a coronation as the No. 1 on Hot Alternative Songs Artists in 2024, accumulating 11 songs on the 50-position year-end Hot Alternative Songs list. That includes the Nos. 2 and 3: “Birds of a Feather,” from Hit Me Hard and Soft, and “What Was I Made For?,” off the 2023 Barbie film soundtrack.
Neither song could hold a candle to Hozier’s “Too Sweet,” No. 1 on the year-end Hot Alternative Songs. The viral success of the tune fuels Hozier’s appearance at No. 4 on Top Rock & Alternative Artists, an impressive comeback for the Irish singer-songwriter after having last reached the top 10 in 2015, when he was No. 2. “Too Sweet” was a force across all metrics; the song ends 2024 as the No. 1 on the year-end Adult Alternative Airplay Songs, Alternative Streaming Songs and Rock Digital Song Sales lists, while other notable accolades include No. 2 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, No. 4 on Alternative Airplay Songs and No. 4 on Rock & Alternative Airplay Songs.
Hozier’s influence even extended outside the rock and alternative genres, much like his breakout 2014 hit, “Take Me to Church.” “Too Sweet” ends the year at No. 10 on Hot 100 Songs, as well as at No. 4 on Adult Pop Airplay Songs and No. 7 on Pop Airplay Songs.
The year’s No. 1 on Top New Rock & Alternative Artists illuminates TikTok’s continued influence on all charts: Djo, whose “End of Beginning,” originally released in 2022, went viral via multiple trends on the social media app earlier this year. The project of actor Joe Keery also finds its way to No. 10 on Top Rock & Alternative Artists, while “End of Beginning” is the year-end No. 6 on Alternative Streaming Songs and No. 7 on Alternative Airplay Songs.
And Hozier’s not the only resurgent act to top a year-end radio ranking; Sum 41’s “Landmines” leads the Alternative Airplay Songs list, while Daughtry crowns the Mainstream Rock Airplay Artists ranking.
Sum 41 (which relents the Alternative Airplay Artists No. 1 to usual format stalwart Green Day) topped the weekly Alternative Airplay chart for two weeks but ultimately remained on the ranking for 51 weeks from October 2023 to October 2024. The Deryck Whibley-fronted band’s reign was its first since 2001’s “Fat Lip,” marking the longest break between rulers in the chart’s 36-year history.
Daughtry’s Mainstream Rock Airplay Artists coronation is thanks to a pair of one-week No. 1s on the weekly Mainstream Rock Airplay. This is former American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry’s first time topping the chart. “Pieces” ends up at No. 3 on Mainstream Rock Airplay Songs, followed by “Artificial” at No. 5; Nothing More’s “If It Doesn’t Hurt” is No. 1, the rockers’ first time as the biggest song of the year, eclipsing the No. 3 rank of “Ballast” all the way back in 2014.
Billboard’s year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts dated Oct. 28, 2023, through Oct. 19, 2024. The rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology details, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
Check The Tech is back with the latest must-have gadgets to elevate your holiday season. Host and tech venture capitalist Sara Lovestyle teams up with industry insiders to showcase the hottest tech products on the market.
This holiday season, we’re blessing our loved ones with the gift of relaxation. On this episode of Check The Tech, tech entrepreneur Joshua Ogundu shares his top three gifts for unwinding in style.
As the founder and CEO of Tradeway, a LinkedIn-style platform for the construction industry, Ogundu’s mission is to make careers in skilled trades more accessible. “We want to increase the economic opportunities that Black and Brown folks can have,” he says. “Trades are a great place to be. Right now people don’t have the exposure to them like they used to.”
Rest and recovery are essential, no matter what industry you’re in. Ogundu’s picks combine practicality and style, offering thoughtful ways to relax and recharge.
The Theragun Mini delivers multi-therapy muscle relief in a sleek, travel-friendly design. Take it with you on the go — in your backpack, gym bag, or tote — for a massage treatment anytime, anyplace. Ogundu loves his Theragun Mini for its compact design and long battery life. “That’s the one that I use and that’s what folks in the trades also like to use.” Theragun also offers a variety of attachments to customize your massage experience, whether you want a low-impact massage or targeted therapy to relieve tension.
The Nooro Hand Massager offers advanced heat therapy to give your hands the TLC they deserve. Whether you’re working on the job site or typing away at your computer, your hands put in work and deserve some love. “As somebody who works in tech, we spend a lot of time in the office. Whether we’re writing or typing, I hold so much tension in my hands,” says Lovestyle. Designed to alleviate discomfort and stiffness, the Nooro uses heat technology to enhance circulation and ease tension. With a variety of massage modes and adjustable intensity levels, customize your experience to your liking. The Nooro’s space-saving design, automatic timer, and rechargeable battery make it as convenient as it is effective.
The Asakuki Diffuser is a two-in-one aromatherapy diffuser and humidifier designed to elevate any home or workspace. Its sleek and modern design blends effortlessly into any setting, with seven calming LED color options that allow you to create the ideal ambiance. Ogundu likes to add essential oils to his Asakuki Diffuser for the aromatherapy experience. “I personally like to use essential oils like peppermint and lavender. That’s the kind of thing that relaxes me mentally,” he says.
Drop that tonearm on this week’s Executive Turntable, Billboard’s compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across music.
Read on for personnel news but don’t forget to cast your vote for the Power 100 Players’ Choice Award, plus peruse our rundown of the richest music investors who made their bones outside the industry (hint: one rhymes with Lauren Tuffet), our weekly interview series spotlighting a single c-suiter and our calendar of notable goings-on.
Virgin Music Group named Mark Robinson to the newly created role of executive vice president of global business and legal affairs. In this role, Robinson will lead global business affairs and corporate strategy, supporting dealmakers worldwide to establish needle-moving partnerships. Robinson brings extensive experience, previously managing music business affairs for brands like MTV, CBS, BET, CMT and Paramount+ during a tenure Paramount Global. His career also includes serving as General Counsel at 300 Entertainment and BMG North America, as well as nearly a decade in Warner Music Group’s business affairs division. Based in New York City, Robinson will report to co-CEOs Ned Pastor and JT Myers, both of whom he worked with previously. “I am thrilled to re-unite with Nat and JT who I worked with previously and deeply respect,” he said. “Virgin is building a next generation music company, and I am looking forward to working with their world-class team on the wide variety of exciting global deals they have in the pipeline.”
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Former Warner Music Nashville co-chair and co-president Ben Kline joined Red Light Management’s executive leadership team in Nashville as a senior executive, reporting to Red Light founder Coran Capshaw. Kline will help oversee Red Light’s Nashville operations, in addition to focusing on new business opportunities for the company and its artists. Kline’s career has also included senior leadership roles at Ingrooves, Rostrum Records and UMG Nashville. “We are very happy to welcome Ben,” said Capshaw. “His experience and reputation within the Nashville music community make him a great addition to the Red Light team.” –Jessica Nicholson
SiriusXM Holdings named Wayne Thorsen as its new executive vp and chief operating officer, effective Dec. 16. Reporting to CEO Jennifer Witz, Thorsen will oversee product and technology functions, commercial activities, business development, consumer marketing and corporate strategy. His appointment — the company has never had a COO before — coincides with the departure of chief product and technology officer Joseph Inzerillo, who played a pivotal role in modernizing SiriusXM’s technology platform and launching its new streaming app before departing to pursue other opportunities. Thorsen brings extensive experience in product development, strategic partnerships, and business leadership. At ADT Inc., he led teams responsible for innovation and product engineering, spearheading the ADT+ platform and Trusted Neighbor product. His career also includes senior roles at Google, SoFi, Microsoft, Viacom, Telefónica Digital and BlueKai. CEO Jennifer Witz praised Thorsen’s expertise in business development and innovation. “Wayne is a seasoned leader who brings significant experience driving business development and innovation, and he is well-positioned to help guide the company through this next chapter as we sharpen our focus on delivering meaningful results alongside greater efficiency,” she said.
Crispin Hunt, a multi-platinum songwriter and producer, has been elected president of the PRS Members’ Council, starting Jan. 1. Known for his work with artists like Florence and The Machine, Lana Del Rey and Rod Stewart, Hunt has a strong background in advocacy — he’s been on the PRS Members’ Council since 2019, chaired the UK’s Ivors Academy and co-led the Featured Artists Coalition. As president, Hunt aims to champion the interests of PRS for Music’s songwriters, composers and publishers, and strengthen connections between music creators, the Members’ Council and PRS leadership. Hunt takes over from Michelle Escoffery, the council’s inaugural president, who launched initiatives on rights protection, education and career development.
Round Hill Music Royalty Partners appointed Katie Kowinski as chief of investor relations and business development. Reporting to CEO Josh Gruss, Kowinski will focus on expanding investor relationships and raising capital, supported by investor relations director Kellie Kirschner. Kowinski brings over 20 years of marketing and fundraising expertise in private equity and investment management, having previously led capital markets and music IP strategies at Raven Capital Management, plus roles at Kairos Ventures and Artisan Partners. Since its founding in 2010, Round Hill has raised and deployed over $1.1 billion, leveraging an integrated asset and music IP management platform with teams in London, Los Angeles, Nashville, and New York. The firm said its portfolio of music rights is currently valued at $900 million. Gruss emphasized music rights’ attractive investment opportunities and highlighted Kowinski’s experience as key to advancing Round Hill’s goals. “Round Hill prides itself as having been one of the first movers in the music rights investment space,” he added. “This has enabled us to build a trusted reputation throughout the music industry while achieving numerous successful exits for our investors over the years.”
Peermusic appointed Harry Knyt as head of A&R for the U.K. Based in London, Knyt will oversee signing, development and creative strategies for Peermusic’s UK publishing roster, leading the A&R team and reporting directly to managing director Ralph W. Peer. Knyt brings over a decade of experience from roles at Insanity Group, Milk & Honey, Sony Music/RCA, and NQ/Sony Music Publishing. His career highlights include managing Grammy-winning songwriters and producers and contributing to UK chart-topping albums and singles. Ralph W. Peer praised Knyt’s industry relationships, creative vision and dedication to artist and writer development, aligning with Peermusic’s nearly 100-year legacy. “He is an exceptional A&R executive with incredible taste, focus, and the ability to take our creative strategy in exciting directions,” Peer said of Knyt. “The opportunity to bring Harry on board to continue our legacy of artist/writer development a perfect fit for our creative culture at Peermusic U.K.”
Condé Nast has hired Antonious Porch away from SoundCloud, where he’s been general counsel for the last six and a half years, as well as chief diversity officer for part of that time. He is set to join the publishing giant as general counsel in February — there he will manage all legal, business affairs, policy and compliance matters, and serve as corporate secretary. (Condé hired a new DEI chief in November.) Before joining Soundcloud in early 2018, he was general counsel at Shazam, aiding in its transformation and eventual sale to Apple. Porch also held leadership roles at Viacom and began his career at Latham & Watkins. Replacing Porch as SoundCloud’s top legal advisor will be Ama Walton, who joined the company in early 2021 after several years handling legal affairs at BMG and EMI.
BOARD SHORTS: A2IM appointed Steven Hill, head of North American & global marketing at Warp Records, as chair of the indie label trade org’s 2024-2025 board of directors. Hill joins treasurer Tony Alexander, co-founder of Made in Memphis Entertainment, and secretary Nabil Ayers, president of Beggars Group, on the rxecutive committee. Hill supports a diverse range of artists at Warp Records, including Aphex Twin and Brian Eno. The new board also features industry leaders like Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group, and Louis Posen, founder and president of Hopeless Records … The AIMP released its ’25-’26 election results. In Atlanta, Tony D. Alexander was re-elected as chapter president, with Crystal Morris and Tye Huntley as co-veeps. David Alexander will serve as treasurer, and Cheryl Potts remains secretary. In Los Angeles, Frank Handy will succeed Marc Caruso as chapter president, with Eric Polin as vp, Yvonne Drazan as secretary, and David Quan as treasurer. In Nashville, Ree Guyer steps down as president but remains on the board, while Duane Hobson and Dave Pacula join as new members. In New York, Debbie Rose takes over as chapter president, with Jeff Pachman as vp, Art Levy as secretary, and outgoing prez Michael Lau as treasurer. A national chair will be selected in January.
Sun Label Group, encompassing Sun Records, Gaither Music Group, Green Hill Productions, and emeraldwave by Green Hill, announced key promotions and hires to support its continued growth. Promotions include Chad Smith as senior creative director, overseeing all creative output, and Bryce Egan as marketing manager for Sun Records, Green Hill Productions and emeraldwave. Olivia DeMasters assumes the new role of senior manager of catalog development, focusing on expanding the group’s catalog. Hayley Tolley is now social media and marketing manager for Gaither Music Group, managing engagement with Gaither’s extensive social media following. New hires include Mary Clark Webb as social media and community coordinator and Jeremy Maier as digital streaming coordinator for Green Hill, along with Maggie Hairston as marketing coordinator for Gaither Music Group.
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Good Play Music, a new Los Angeles-based firm specializing in career management, publishing and development for songwriters, producers, artists, and creative directors, has launched. Founded by Amanda Samii, a veteran A&R pro known for her work with artists like Rogét Chahayed, ASHE and Jon Bellion, the company’s mission is to “elevate our clients’ talents, break down barriers, and spark meaningful conversations that inspire change in the entertainment industry.” Samii brings experience from Capitol Records and Kobalt Music Publishing. Joining Samii is Sam Schulman, a notable talent in management and A&R who has worked with stars such as ASHE and FINNEAS. Good Play’s roster already features acclaimed songwriters and visionary photographers with over 1 billion streams collectively, including Annie Schindel, CASHÆ, Matt Hall, David OD, Renee Cox, Elizabeth Miranda, Bradley Rittmann and Hunter Moreno. You can contact Samii at amanda@goodplaymusic.com.
Slipstream Music named Jonathan Lane as vice president of sync and partnerships at the music licensing platform. With over 15 years in music licensing and supervision, Lane will spearhead sync and partnership strategies, collaborating with networks, streaming platforms, production companies and ad agencies to deliver music-related solutions for global content creators. Lane previously served as vp and head of TV and film at Audio Network, where he oversaw U.S. operations, and as senior director of sync and licensing at 5 Alarm Music, which was recently acquired by Slipstream alongside Jingle Punks and Cavendish Music. This appointment supports Slipstream’s mission to redefine music licensing through strategic acquisitions and partnerships, including collaborations with Kobalt, to provide creator-safe music for digital and traditional media clients. CEO Dan Demole lauded Lane’s expertise and “deep industry connections,” saying they’ll “help us unlock new opportunities and strengthen our position as the best possible partner for creators, brands, and studios.”
River House Artists promoted Kayla Adkins to senior director of creative/A&R, where she will continue developing and managing the publishing roster of new and established songwriters. Adkins joined River House in 2018 and has worked with artists and writers including Pillbox Patti, Austin Snell and Hudson Westbrook. Lauren Lieu has joined the publishing team as director of creative, helping to support River House’s roster. Lieu’s career has included time at ole Music (now Anthem Entertainment) and Play It Again Music. –J.N.
Integrity Music tapped Stone Meyer as vice president of music publishing. Meyer previously worked at Capitol Christian Music Group and The Bridge Church, where he was executive pastor of worship and creative. At Integrity, Meyer will lead the creative publishing team and expand the song catalog. In addition, Taylor Agan was promoted to creative director and will report to Meyer. Agan, a Dove- and Grammy-nominated songwriter, joined Integrity in 2022 as A&R manager. Finally, Taylor Brady, who also joined Integrity in 2022, transitioned from business development director to A&R director. Both Brady and Meyer will report to Blaine Barcus, president of Integrity Music. These appointments aim to provide artists and songwriters with the necessary resources and support to succeed in the evolving music industry.
Deborah Mannis-Gardner and Pär Almqvist launched AYO Music Group, a copyright administration company specializing in global management of publishing, neighboring rights and recordings. AYO focuses on organizing and protecting music copyrights while educating rightsholders on maximizing licensing opportunities. Mannis-Gardner, owner and president of DMG Clearances, and Almqvist, co-founder and ex-CEO of Tracklib, collaborated with SyncLodge chief legal officer Stacey Haber to launch AYO. Since its soft launch, AYO has built a catalog exceeding one billion streams, featuring tracks from A$AP Ant, MC Lyte, and numerous estates. The company also offers free webinars on music copyright and will collaborate with IAFAR on Jan. 21 for a session on neighboring rights and producer payments. AYO aims to empower rightsholders with knowledge and tools to optimize their revenue potential.
Stephen Stallings is the new senior director of creative sync and advertising at Silver Side Productions. Based in New York, Stallings will report to head of music licensing Craig O’Neill and oversee ad pitching for the company’s diverse catalog, featuring 1950s-1970s recordings and independent artists. This appointment aligns with Silver Side’s efforts to expand in advertising and diversify its roster. With over a decade of experience, Stallings previously served as an in-house music supervisor at Dentsu, managing music licensing and production for major brands like American Express, Verizon, and United Airlines. Stallings expressed enthusiasm for the role, highlighting the opportunity to reconnect audiences with classic tracks while exploring innovative sync opportunities for Silver Side’s catalog. Silver Side Productions owner and co-founder Mike Locke added, “His knack for pitching and deep knowledge of both the music and ad industries perfectly aligns with Silver Side’s sync-driven business ethos and is integral to our next phase of growth.”
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CD Baby, one of the biggest do-it-yourself distribution services in the industry, laid off members of its creator services team last week … plus Oak View Group chairman and CEO Tim Leiweke sat down with our friends in Canada to talk up the company’s strategy there, his dream of a national stadium and being “dragged into” the DOJ’s lawsuit back in the U.S.
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