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Billboard’s Power Players’ Choice Award: Vote for Music’s Most Impactful Executive (Semifinalists)
The second round of voting is now open for Billboard‘s first-ever Power Players’ Choice Award, featuring the top 20 nominees voted by their peers. Voting is open to all Billboard Pro members, both existing and new, with one vote per member. Vote below. As previously announced, for the first time ever, Billboard is introducing a peer-voted award to its annual Power 100 ranking of the music industry’s most influential executives. This new Power Players’ Choice Award will honor the executive whose peers believe has the most impact across the music business over the past year, from recording and publishing to touring. The second round of voting featuring the top 20 nominees is now open and will end at 11:59 p.m. EST on Jan. 12. The top five vote-getters will proceed to the third round, beginni...
BMG to Hit 1 Billion Euros in Revenues by 2024
BMG says it will start generating one billion euros in revenue starting in 2024, achieving a financial target the company set for itself a full two years ahead of schedule, according to a corporate presentation made last week. The record label and publisher improved its growth forecast thanks to strategic investments from parent company Bertelsmann and a strong performance from several recently acquired song catalogs, BMG chief executive Hartwig Masuch told a gathering of senior Bertelsmann executives. Meeting its billion-euro goal will make BMG one of the fastest-growing new music companies in the industry, executives said. Founded in 2008, BMG generated 663 million euros ($784.13 million) in revenues in 2021, a 10.1% increase from 2020. In the first half of 2022, the company reported rev...
