Lady Gaga looks eccentric as usual on the latest cover of Billboard Magazine. Check her out below.
Adele has been doing heavy promo for her upcoming album 21. Check her out on the latest cover of Billboard Magazine where she discusses the motivation behind her most recent project. Within the cover story she states the following….
“As much as I love ’19′ — and I do — this is a giant leap forward for her,” says Tedder, the OneRepublic frontman who’s written and produced hits for Beyoncé (“Halo”) and Leona Lewis (“Bleeding Love”), among others. “With a couple of exceptions, “19″ was very subdued,” Tedder continues. ” ’21′ isn’t.”
Adele’s album has already went UK Platinum selling over 200,000 copies in the first week it was released. You can purchase the album in the US on February 22nd.
Check out the entire cover story here.
Trey Songz graces the latest cover of Billboard Magazine. Within the interview he discusses his past albums in addition to what we can expect on his upcoming project Passion, Pain and Pleasure.
Within the interview he states, “I’m having a very special moment — I’m at the best point of my career now and it’s only going to get better,” Songz says. “I have people’s attention now. This is the fun part for me.”
Click here to read the entire cover story.
Beautiful acoustic version done by Keri Hilson of “Knock You Down.” This is from an intimate performance with Billboard magazine.
Check out the beautiful Corrine Bailey Rae on the current issue of Billboard Magazine. Rae’s album, The Sea is slated to be released at the end of this month. “I really didn’t want to make the same record twice,”is what the songstress says about her new album.
Billboard released their list of hottest producers of the decade and some of your favorites made the list. I do agree with some of the picks but I have to ask where is Rodney Jerkins??? He has worked with some of the hottest artists of the decade and have produced several hits. Come on now Billboard, he definitely deserved a spot on this list.
What you do think? Who do you think Billboard over looked? Or who could have been left out?
1. The Neptunes
2. Timbaland
3. Kanye West
4. Scott Storch
5. Will.i.Am
6. Lil’ Jon
7. Stargate
8. Bryan-Michael Cox
9. Jermaine Dupri
10. Dr. Luke
Jay-Z covers the upcoming issue of Billboard. In a open interview, he discusses his deal with Live Nation, leaving Def Jam and his upcoming album, The Blueprint 3.
“I’ve always prided myself on being a principled person. It was more so the principle than the amount of money. It was about owning my own masters and owning my own companies, but you have to pay for the privilege, and that comes at a premium.”
Check out the 2008 list of top money makers in music below from Billboard.com. The list is quite interesting as a lot of these artists did not perform as well on the charts. However, THEY ALL WENT ON TOUR. With that being said for you artists out there if your album is getting leaked or even if you don’t make the top ten or get much radio play if you have a following you can still make bread in this ruthless industry. Let MMIM know your thoughts.
1. Madonna: $242,176,466
2. Bon Jovi: $157,177,766
3. Bruce Springsteen: $156,327,964
4. The Police: $109,976,894
5. Celine Dion: $99,171,237
6. Kenny Chesney: $90,823,990
7. Neil Diamond: $82,174,000
8. Rascall Flatts: $63,522,160
9. Jonas Brothers: $62,638,814
10. Coldplay: $62,175,555
11. The Eagles: $61,132,213
12. Lil Wayne: $57,441,334
13. AC/DC: $56,505,296
14. Michael Buble: $50,257,364
15. Miley Cyrus: $48,920,806
16. Taylor Swift: $45,588,730
17. Journey: $44,787,328
18. Billy Joel: $44,581,010
19. Mary J. Blige: $43,472,850
20. Kanye West: $42,552,402