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Inside Hipgnosis Songs’ Mid-Year Report
Hipgnosis Songs Funds improved its gross revenue for the six months ended Sept. 30 by 35% year-on-year to $85.3 million, primarily due to the revenue from eight catalogs with 1,315 songs acquired in the previous six months, the company announced Thursday (Dec. 16) in its bi-annual report to investors. Net revenue—gross revenue minus royalties paid to songwriters under contract and administered catalogs—grew 31% $74.1 million during the same period. Since its launch in 2017, Hipgnosis has built a catalog of over 65,000 songs with a net asset value of $1.63 billion as of Sept. 30, up from $1.46 billion on March 31. (NAV is the acquisition costs less amortization.) An alternative measure, “operative” NAV, which adds to NAV the increase in the catalog’s fair value...
Kelly Clarkson Kicks ‘the Door Open’ With Soulful Silk Sonic Cover: Watch
Kelly Clarkson tapped into her soulful side in her signature Kellyoke opening segment on the Monday (Dec. 20) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, and performed her powerful take on Silk Sonic’s hit “Leave the Door Open.” Joined by a trio of background singers to assist her, Clarkson peppered the lyrics with smooth vocal runs to make the song her own. “I’ma leave the door open/ I’ma leave the door open/ That you feel the way I feel/ And you want me like I want you tonight, baby/ Tell me that you’re coming through,” Clarkson effortlessly sang. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Leave the Door Open” hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2021; the track serves as Bruno Mars’ eighth No. 1 single, while Anderson .Paak earned his first wi...
Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ Hits Its First Billboard Airplay Chart
Taylor Swift‘s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” has already topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts (dated Nov. 27), and now adds another impressive, if perhaps unlikely, achievement: It reaches its first Billboard radio airplay chart, entering Adult Pop Airplay at No. 38, up 52% in plays in the Dec. 13-19 tracking week, according to MRC Data. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The song has overcome two notable challenges in bowing on the ranking: It’s not being promoted, by Republic Records, as a proper radio single, and it clocks in, in its longest form, at over 10 minutes. It’s even competing for airtime against another Swift song that is receiving a focused promotional campaign at radio: “Message in a Bottle (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),” which ranks a...
Billboard Explains: How Mariah Carey Became the Queen of Christmas
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has returned to the Billboard Hot 100 as the pop star embraces her yearly holiday takeover. But how did Mariah become synonymous with Christmas? And how many records has she broken with the famous track? This is Billboard Explains: How Mariah Carey become the Queen of Christmas.
Michael Jordan & Son Jeffery Jordan Launch Heir Inc.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jean Catuffe / Getty Looks like Michael Jordan and his son Jeffery are going into business together to launch a new company for a new generation of sports fans. According to Variety the father-son duo will be linking up to initiate the beginning of Heir Inc. which will come as an app (Heir.app) and serves as a holding company that will build a new consumer-facing community platform that will enable fans to connect with athletes on a new level. Aside from simply being a way for sports stars and their followers to get familiar, the site will also have features that will allow users to get into the business aspect of things including an entertainment studio and consumer products. Related Stories Heir Inc. is a new company co-founded by Jeffrey Jord...
Fetty Wap Pinched At Newark Airport On Warrant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fetty Wap can’t win for losing. The “Trap Queen” rapper was arrested at Newark Airport on an outstanding warrant. Rolling Stone first reported that Fetty got pinched at Newark Liberty International Airport, after an ankle monitor alert, on Friday afternoon (Dec. 17). The irony is this arrest isn’t even tied to the whole drug trafficking thing Fetty Wap has been accused of by the Feds. “Officers were dispatched to an ankle monitor call for an active warrant out of North Bergen, New Jersey,” said a spokesperson for the Port Authority PD to Rolling Stone. “An active warrant was identified and the suspect was then transported to our [Central Police Desk], which is our main checkpoint for arrest processing.” Fetty found himself in cuffs du...
The Causes of Deaths Of The Astroworld Victims Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: THOMAS SHEA / Getty It’s been more than a month since tragedy struck at Astroworld and 10 people lost their lives due to lack of safety protocols and now a medical examiner has confirmed what many believed was the causes of death (not conspiracy theorists though). According to TMZ, the medical examiner overseeing the case has confirmed that the 10 people who died at the November 5th concert passed away due to “compression asphyxia” when a crowd surge took place and caused the victims lungs to be crushed in the process and ultimately suffocated to death. Though many susoected that drugs might’ve played a part in their deaths one one of the 10 people who passed away one had “contributory cause” to his death of the combined toxic effects of cocaine, met...
METALLICA Plays Deep Cuts At Second 40th-Anniversary Show At San Francisco’s Chase Center (Video)
METALLICA played the second of two shows celebrating its 40th anniversary last night (Sunday, December 19) at San Francisco, California’s Chase Center. While in-person tickets were available exclusively to members of the group’s Fifth Member fan club, METALLICA fans across the globe were able to view the performance live from home or on mobile via Amazon Music, Amazon Music‘s Twitch channel, and Prime Video (with or without Prime on-demand viewing membership). The show — along with Friday night’s (December 17) gig at the same venue — are now available exclusively at The Coda Collection/Prime Video channel for subsequent viewing. As of a week ago, limited tickets for Friday night’s show were going for between $757 and $1,457 via Ticketmaster, while tickets for ...
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Shares New Photo Of GLENN TIPTON
JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford has posted a new photo of the band’s ailing guitarist Glenn Tipton. Earlier today, Halford took to his Instagram to share a photo of him with his 74-year-old bandmate, apparently taken at one of their respective homes in the U.K. as they prepare to celebrate the holidays with their families. Rob wrote in an accompanying caption: “‘merry metal motivational’ #heavymetal #ink #metal #music #motivation #life #inspire #legend #guitar #icon #master #today #nofilter #love #family #friends #fans #one #world #peace #respect #all @judaspriest”. Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease seven years ago after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier. Tipton announced in early 2018 he was going to sit out tour...
DEF LEPPARD’s RICK ALLEN Is ‘Really Proud’ Of His CHARLIE WATTS Painting
Jay Conroy of “Rock Hard With Jay Conroy” interviewed Rick Allen at the DEF LEPPARD drummer’s art opening at the end of November at Wentworth Gallery in Short Hills, New Jersey. Rick talked about his artwork, his inspirations and background for his art. Check out the 26-minute video below. Allen recently spoke to New Jersey Stage about his “Legends” series, which consists of lifelike-yet-impressionistic portraits of musicians who have influenced him, from Jimi Hendrix to Freddie Mercury to John Lennon. “We lost another legend in Charlie Watts which obviously has been super devastating to the music community and the world at large, kind of the end of an era,” he said. “That’s my latest piece, a really cool piece of Charlie Watts and I...
INTO ETERNITY’s ‘The Scattering Of Ashes’ Lineup To Perform At HYPERSPACE METAL FESTIVAL
Canadian progressive death titans INTO ETERNITY have been added to the 2022 lineup of the Hyperspace Metal Festival as headliners for the event’s third night on April 17. INTO ETERNITY has stepped in a as the replacement for STRIKER, which is unable to perform due to a scheduling conflict with its upcoming U.S. tour with BEAST IN BLACK and SEVEN KINGDOMS. In addition to the news of INTO ETERNITY being added to Hyperspace Metal Festival, the band will be giving festival-goers a special treat as they will be performing with their 2006 “The Scattering Of Ashes” lineup that sees original members Tim Roth (clean/death vocals and guitar), Troy Bleich (PLANET EATER) (bass and clean/death vocals), Stu Block (ex-ICED EARTH) (clean/death vocals) and Jim Austin (drums) reunite along...
Mac DeMarco Covers “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: Listen
Mac DeMarco has covered the holiday staple “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” the latest instalment in his annual Christmas song series. Check out the video, which stars an inflatable tree looking for a place to call home, below. “I Hope your holiday season is full of love and tree,” DeMarco captioned the video. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was written by Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and first released by Bing Crosby in 1943. Elvis, Josh Groban, and Kelly Clarkson are among those to have recorded popular covers. Last week, DeMarco collaborated with the experimental pop artist Jean Dawson for a new song called “Menthol*.” DeMarco released his last album, Here Comes the Cowboy, in 2019. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
