Luminate and Meta agree on a deal to purchase the rights to Billboard’s charts, Luminate reports.
All Billboard charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, will be made exclusive to paid members, starting at $1,000/mo for U.S. chart access, and $5,000/mo for global charts.
Taylor Swift announces “Opalite” EP, featuring 8 versions of the single, out tonight.
Opalite
Opalite (Instrumental)
Opalite (Life is a Song Acoustic)
Opalite (Valentines Remix)
Opalite (Opacapella)
Opalite (Chainsmokers Remix)
Opalite (w/ Lewis Capaldi)
Opalite (90s Remix)
Kid Rock’s “Til You Can’t” is challenging for a #1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 following Turning Point USA Halftime Show.
Aiming for up to 500K in pure sales this week.
Harry Styles’ “Aperture” is expected to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with just a single partial day of tracking.
28.9M streams
20K sales
4.5M airplay
332 points
PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson’s “Stateside” opens as the favorite to win Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2027 #GRAMMYs, Gold Derby reports.
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ could still be eligible for Album of the Year at the 2026 #GRAMMYs despite being released after the submission deadline, @HITSDD reports.
“…when it’s between KPop Demon Hunters and AI, sometimes an exception must be made.”
Record labels across the music industry are considering dropping their entire rosters to own a 0.1% share of Taylor Swift’s music revenue, according to Music Business Worldwide.
Netflix has been offered to have HUNTR/X of ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ perform at the 2026 #Superbowl halftime show in the form of a hologram.
Apple Music has offered $500 million.