02.15.2014 billboard.com billboard.biz ; Country's Ii Woman Woes What's behind Kacey Musgraves' radio struggle 8 New Hot Acts Of 2014 PLUS Spring's most wanted albums From left: Tonight's booker Jonathan Cohen, Fallon and Questlove How Fallon & Co. became the hottest stop in music: as the host reveals his ASCAPCONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WorldMags.netWorldMags.net WorldMags.net valuing music since 1939. Photo by Danny Clinch WorldMags.net THIS WEEK 15 Volume 126 FEB No. 5 2014 FEATURES CONTENTSPhotographer 24 Jimmy Fallon Andrew 30 New Artists Hetherington 36 Giorgio Moroder at Billboard’s Feb. 4 photo 38 Spring Preview shoot with Jonathan SPECIAL FEATURE Cohen, Jimmy Fallon and 43 ASCAP Questlove. Below: Giorgio TOPLINE Moroder 6 Country radio’s photographed by David Black girl problem. on Dec. 20 in 14 Questions Los Angeles. Answered Iñigo Zabala, Warner Music Latin America & Iberia 16 The Deal Romeo Santos partners with Dr Pepper. 18 Think Tank With the Brand, Latin Notas 19 My Day Sarah Trahern, Country Music Assn. BACKBEAT 20 Parties Super Bowl XLVIII, Howard Stern’s FEATURE 60th birthday 23 New York Fall Fashion Week FEATURE P.24 “No one at NBC tells MUSIC me to do anything—they JIMMY 67 Happening Now GIORGIO Beyoncé, Pete see what we’ve done with Seeger MORODER our show.” FALLON CHARTS 69 Over the Counter P.36 “Until Grammy glows on COUNTRY the Billboard 200. recently I was 70 Charts 92 Coda Elton John’s mostly playing P.6 “Kacey Musgraves is a challenge for “Your Song” gets MIKE a revival by Aloe a lot of golf— DUNGAN country radio, but new music should be Blacc. but now I’m too challenging. That’s what moves the needle UNIVERSAL MUSIC ON THE COVER GROUP NASHVILLE Jonathan Cohen, Jimmy Fallon busy for that.” and shapes the culture. We’re up for it.” and Questlove photographed by Andrew Hetherington on Feb. 4 at Jack Studios in New York. FEATURE SET DESIGN BY ROB STRAUSS STUDIO FALLON: HAIR BY COURTNEY BENEDETTI. GROOMING BY CYNDI LOU BOEHM. STYLING BY STEPHANIE BIEAR. QUESTLOVE: HAIR BY MAISHA TEACHER. GROOMING BY MARIA SCALI. STYLING P.30 “I wake up one morning and want to sound like Joni BY BRITTANY JONES-PUGH. COHEN: GROOMING BY SYLVESTER CASTELLANO SAM FOR BERNSTEIN & ANDRIULLI USING DIOR COSTMETICS. STYING BY DON SUMADA Mitchell. Then I want to sound like Beyoncé. 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Danielle Smith, who On the heels of two Grammy wins—including best country album—Kacey worked A&R for Atlantic’s urban division, turned herself BEATS Musgraves is the hottest thing in twang, so why are PDs tuning out? in to the New York County BUDDIES District Attorney’s office, UP TO By Chris Willman having resigned from the INDIES company in 2011 following an Dr. Dre internal investigation. Smith and Jimmy allegedly used her company Iovine made nice with credit card for vacations and digital rights group Merlin to luxury goods. license songs from 20,000 independent labels and artists to Beats Music, the recently launched digital streaming service. The deal gives Beats SIRIUS* I (OxA4))) Music access to the catalogs SATELLITE II AD 0 of Kobalt, Epitaph Records, Beggars Group and Merge, among others. Indies have SIRIUSXM applauded Beats, and its CEO REVENUE Ian Rogers, for offering fair ROCKETS terms that are equal to those SiriusXM granted to the majors. revenue went celestial in the fourth quarter, WRATH OF jumping 12%, from $892 THE TIGER million to $1 billion, as the Sony Music satellite radio giant added is being 411,000 subscribers during sued by the the period. Yearly revenue authors of for 2013 was also up 12%, to ’80s hit “Eye of the Tiger” $3.8 billion. SiriusXM added over allegedly withholding 1.7 million subscribers in royalties. Frank Sullivan and 2013, bringing its total base James Peterick of rock band Kacey to 25.6 million. Yearly overall Survivor, which rose to fame Musgraves earnings at the company, after the song soundtracked performing controlled by investor John a classic scene in “Rocky at the Malone’s Liberty Media, were III,” say they’re owed 50% Grammy down, however, as expenses of royalties generated from Awards on increased and the company licenses of the master of Jan. 26. paid down debt. Adjusted the song, according to their operating cash flow, the 1978 contract with the label. s there anywhere Kacey Musgraves’ arrow isn’t pointing nowadays? The profitability metric that Sirius The dispute is over digital primarily focuses on, rose downloads, which Sony is country singer is the only artist you’ll see on tour with both Katy Perry 41% in the fourth quarter to counting as record sales and a quarterly record of $326 therefore subject to a less and Willie Nelson this summer. Her debut, Same Trailer Different Park, a million. favorable sharing agreement. Icritics’ darling and two-time Grammy Award winner, returned to the top of Billboard’s country albums chart following her neon cactus-lit SURVIVOR"EYE OF THE TIGER" performance of “Follow Your Arrow” on the Jan. 26 Grammys broadcast. hs-Erz,, FROM Watched by 28.5 million, according to Nielsen, the performance boosted KYIII album sales by 177%, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and it has sold 343,000 copies so far. She has earned five nominations for the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards, and beauty endorsement inquiries are said to be flying in since she wowed on multiple Grammy Week red carpets. Constituencies left to win over? A little one by the name of country radio, as “Follow Your Arrow” ran out of gas at No. 50 on the Country Airplay chart. Can this fledgling marriage be saved? Or is Musgraves proving it’s possible to gain star status for the life of me fgure out MUSGRAVES: KEVORK DEJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAGES; DRE & LOVINE: KEVIN MAZUR/WIREIMAGE; SMITH: JOE KOHEN/WIREIMAGE FOR FULL PICTURE with or without radio’s imprimatur? “I cannot WorldMags.net 6 BILLBOARD | FEBRUARY 15, 2014 WorldMags.netA time of love, A time of hate, A time of peace, I swear it’s not too late. Legacy Recordings joins the music community and fans around the world in celebrating the life andWorldMags.net music of the legendary Pete Seeger. TOPLINE WorldMags.net Musgraves continued from p. 6 why every station is not playing this girl,” KRTY San Jose, Calif., PD Julie Stephens says. “I’m completely bafed.” Not to worry, Universal Music Group Nashville Warner Music Group chairman/CEO Mike Dungan says: “When Randy narrowed Travis hit, radio was not playing traditional country. its losses to That career exploded and paved the way for a glorious $37 million and grew return to basics. Kacey is a challenge, but new music revenue to should be challenging—that’s what moves the needle $815 million and shapes the culture. We are all up for it.” in its fiscal first quarter, Theories about Musgraves’ radio struggles abound, ended Dec. one of them is that she’s too arty. “Her music leans 31, from eclectic compared to mainstream country, and while $769 million a year ago. that ofers the diversity programmers look for, it also However, its can mean slower adds and slower conversions,” WKLB operating Boston PD Mike Brophey says. Or maybe she’s too . profit fell to $15 million female? “It’s no secret that there’s a shortage of wom- from $51 en in the country format,” he adds. “Other than Taylor million. [Swift], Carrie [Underwood] and Miranda [Lambert], we’re not seeing superstar female acts.” That issue was raised in a recent interview with Un- derwood on Billboard.com, where she said of her fe- male peers, “There seems to only be room for a few . All the women [on the radio] are outselling the men . at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Factory was done dur- Elliott LEGACY so I don’t know why more aren’t played.” ing the sessions for Soul Coughing’s 1998 album, El Smith, shown here Label chief Dungan insists the sexism theory is “not Oso. “I am angry because it’s shitty music,” former in 2000, died relevant” in Musgraves’ case. But programmers don’t Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg tells Bill- in October dismiss it so quickly. “Carrie is right, but I don’t think board, “and Elliott trusted us not to make shitty mu- 2003. it’s radio’s fault—it’s just where the audience is,” KEEY Elliott Smith: sic with what he recorded with us.