In this week’s The Contenders, the Philly rapper looks to finally get rap on the board for the year with the new Pink Tape.
Lost deposits, travel expenses and other costs could add up to millions of dollars — but the tour should still earn big money when it eventually hits the road.
"We've had the signal for years that the removal of terrestrial-radio boxes in cars is inevitable,” says one broadcast analyst.
In this week’s The Contenders, the Atlanta rapper looks to score his fourth No. 1 album in a row on the Billboard 200.
"This is not going to change anything — yet. But it's the first crack in a wall that eventually is going to fall."
In this week's Legal Beat, Twitter faces a music business showdown, Bad Bunny aims to end a massive lawsuit over reggaeton's favorite rhythm, and much more.
Chapman, who is credited as the song's sole writer of "Fast Car," also owns its publishing rights.
While TV/film continues to struggle with piracy, for music it's hardly the problem it once was thanks to the industry's approach to streaming.
Consumption for the genre is up 42.1% so far this year, topping all but K-pop.
The album topped the Billboard 200 this week with a variety of deluxe editions and physical variants.
