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Roughly 4,625 years ago, Egyptian laborers constructed the Pyramids of Giza. The people who forged these sacred sites housing the tombs of pharaohs were visionary in their designs, but there’s no way they could have foreseen that thousands of years later, the place they created would host 15,000 people arriving to see a musical genre that wouldn’t be invented for millennia. This bridging of ancient history and cutting-edge future happened on Oct. 10, when Anyma performed what his team says was the biggest electronic music show to ever happen at the Pyramids, and possibly the biggest electronic music performance ever in Egypt. The feat was more than enough to earn Anyma’s agent, Ferry Rais-Shaghaghi of Creative Artists Agency, the title of Billboard‘s Executive of the Week. Here's how they pulled it off: https://lnkd.in/eH8C37sR

Big money. Bigger shifts. The music business is changing fast, and investor Matt Pincus is here to explain what’s really going on. 🎶 In the latest episode of Billboard’s On the Record podcast, top music business investor and founder of MUSIC and SONGS, Matt Pincus, talks to host Kristin Robinson about why Wall Street is now interested in the music business, how labels and publishers are changing to meet the digital age and how Taylor Swift shifted fans' view on what it means to sell catalogs. He also weighs in on AI and whether the industry is truly recession-proof. Watch or listen here: https://lnkd.in/g2DgsNdm

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These are boom times in comedy. ⁠ ⁠ Stand-up comics have sold 4.9 million tickets to 2,078 live performances reported to Billboard Boxscore, for a total gross of $359.7 million and counting. The major streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu and HBO, regularly release new comedy specials, and on-demand audio and video streams of comedy content have topped $1.32 billion.⁠ ⁠ Given these outsized numbers, many in the business say its time that stand-up specials and albums got more shine from the organizations that give out Grammy and Emmy awards.⁠ ⁠ Comics Iliza Shlesinger, Lewis Black & Bert Kreischer say it's time stand-up got more shine. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gFsVGjnK

Rauw Alejandro has become one of the most in-demand Latin touring acts – and on his Cosa Nuestra World Tour this year, he took his high-concept stage production to another level. 💫 Don't miss him and Live Nation Entertainment SVP of global touring Hans Schafer at the #BillboardLiveMusicSummit, where they'll discuss Alejandro's emergence as one of the live sector's most sought-after stars. Get details + tickets for the Nov. 3 event in Los Angeles: https://lnkd.in/eWtqdF2p

In a crowded pop landscape, three of today's top pop stars are all in the thick of buzzy tours — and they're each finding their own way to break through the noise.⁠ ⁠ Dua Lipa is wrapping the U.S. leg of her Radical Optimism Tour this week, before continuing in South America; Chappell Roan played the last U.S. date of her six-concert Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things tour over the weekend before heading to Mexico City; and Sabrina Carpenter has brought her year-plus Short n' Sweet Tour back around to the U.S. after taking it across the globe. ⁠ ⁠ On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Billboard staff are diving into the three tours and what's special about each one. Listen: https://lnkd.in/gc-Fna-X

Ever feel like pop music moves too fast to keep up? In the latest episode of Billboard’s On the Record video podcast, Grammy-nominated songwriter Amy Allen shares why she stopped listening to pop radio and how stepping away helped her find her voice again. From burnout to breakthrough, Allen explains how reconnecting with music from her childhood unlocked a whole new creative lane and why chasing what’s not trending is how you become a trendsetter. Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/g4KbesS8

USHER will take center stage as the 2025 Legend of Live honoree at Billboard’s Live Music Summit 🏆 The ultimate R&B showman will be honored following his blockbuster Past Present Future Tour, which launched in August 2024 in Washington, D.C., and concluded this past spring in London, running for 83 international concerts. Before that, USHER took over Las Vegas, headlining the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show at Allegiant Stadium and performing two residencies in Sin City between 2021 and 2023, playing 120 concerts across his Colosseum and Park MGM stints. Get tickets to the #BillboardLiveMusicSummit, taking place Nov. 3 in Los Angeles: https://lnkd.in/eWtqdF2p

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' debuts at No. 1 on the #Billboard200 with unprecedented modern-era album sales and album consumption units. 🏆⁠ ⁠ Her 15th No. 1 album scores 4.002 million equivalent album units (which include pure album sales and streaming activity) earned in the United States, according to Luminate, in its first week following its Oct. 3 release. Of that sum, pure album sales total 3,479,500.⁠ ⁠ Previously, the modern-era records for single-week equivalent album units, and pure album sales, for an album were set by the opening frame of Adele’s '25,' with 3.482 million units, of which 3.378 million were pure album sales, in November 2015.⁠ ⁠ More details: https://lnkd.in/g-kspD9p

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