Bulletin YOUR DAILY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE MAY 18, 2021 Page 1 of 20 INSIDE Publishers Quarterly: • Vivendi Considers Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘License’ Sale of 10% Stake in Universal Music to Drives Sony to No. 1 U.S. Investor BY ED CHRISTMAN • Tencent Music Reports Steady Q1 as China’s Streaming Sony Music Publishing came in at No. 1. on the Hot Crazy” (No. 2). Market Grows 100 Songs publishers ranking for the period from UMPG’s Top Radio Airplay lead reflects its in- January 1 to April 1, but the company was dethroned creased market share (22.59%, up from 20.56%) • Mental Health On by Universal Music Publishing Group on Top Radio with 55 songs (from 58), including ’s Tour: As Live Events Ariana Grande Resume, Some Airplay after a 13-consecutive-quarter reign. “34+35,” (at No. 5). On Hot 100 Songs, where the pub- Artists Fear Return of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” dominated lisher ranked second, it earned a 22.64% market share ‘Old Habits’ Hot 100 Songs, and she and co-writer Daniel “Dan” with 58 songs (up from 20.29% and 50 songs), includ- Leonard Nigro tied atop the list’s songwriters rank- ing ’s “Blinding Lights” (No. 2). • Lollapalooza Is The Weeknd Set to Return at Full ing. On Top Radio Airplay, 24kGoldn’s “Mood” Market-share calculations on both charts could Capacity in July (featuring iann dior) remained at No 1. (UMPG and change — but not enough to alter the rankings — be- Kobalt control stakes in the song.) Kobalt’s Finneas cause both Sony and UMPG are disputing the shares • Sony Music Baird O’Connell (better known as ) was the that the Harry Fox Agency assigned for Brown and Diversifies Digital FINNEAS Distribution in No. 1 writer on Top Radio Airplay, with stakes in two Young Thug’s “Go Crazy.” Publishers of writers on China With Tencent, songs: his sister Billie Eilish’s “Therefore I Am” (No. that song have claimed over 100% of it, and when that NetEase Deals 4) and Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco’s “Lonely” happens, HFA assigns a pro rata share to each pub- (No. 12). lisher until the matter is resolved. If Sony and UMPG • T.I. and Wife Tiny Respond to Fresh Sony has led Hot 100 Songs in seven quarters out have the stakes in the songs that they claim, as Allegations of Sexual of the chart’s nine-quarter history, and had a stake opposed to what HFA assigned, their shares could in- Assault in 59 songs with a 23.56% market share (up from 54 crease by 40 to 70 basis points, although it’s not clear songs but down from 24.13% last quarter). It ranked which publishers would lose share. second with 20.69% on Top Radio Airplay with 55 On both Hot 100 Songs and Top Radio Airplay, songs, including Chris Brown and Young Thug’s “Go (continued) TOTAL IMMERSION ESSENTIAL ANALYSIS of the latest business topics and trends formulated to give industry players the competitive advantage in a rapidly changing market. EXCLUSIVE QUARTERLY REPORTS that deliver in-depth, holistic reporting; case studies; and custom data designed to serve the industry. 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ISSUE DATE 6/5 | AD CLOSE 5/26 | MATERIALS DUE 5/27 BB House_Pride_06_042421.indd 1 4/21/21 10:00 AM Page 3 of 20 IN BRIEF rankings three to five remained the same as Machine Music ninth with 1.11% mar- the previous quarter: Kobalt, Warner Chap- ket share and four songs, including Luke Vivendi Considers pell Music and BMG. Combs’s “Better Together” (No. 22); Kobalt’s market share rebounded on both and Downtown Music Publishing — which Sale of 10% Stake rankings, growing to a 18.26% market share sold the song copyrights it owned to Con- on Top Radio Airplay, with 48 songs (from cord on April 26 — 10th with 0.92% market in Universal Music 16.79% with 44 songs) and to 16,99% market share and seven songs, including Ava Max’s share on Hot 100 Songs, with 42 (from “Kings & Queens” (No. 16). to U.S. Investor 15.27% with 39 songs). On Hot 100 Songs, Round Hill Mu- Warner Chappell also grew its market sic ranked sixth with 2.54% market BY GEORG SZALAI share on both charts (for the second straight share and 10 songs, including “What’s Your quarter), reaching 16.05% market. share and Country Song” (No. 39); Reservoir sev- ivendi announced on Tuesday it 55 songs on Top Radio Airplay (from 15.15% enth with 1.08% market share and seven is considering the sale of an ad- and 49 songs), including “Go Crazy.” On Hot songs, including “34+35”; the Hipgnosis- ditional 10% stake in Universal 100 Songs, the publisher reached 16.97% owned Big Deal/Words & Music eighth Music Group to a U.S. investor. market share with 53 songs (from 14.82% with 1.05% market share and three songs, VVivendi, which is planning an initial pub- and 40 songs), including “Blinding Lights.” including Erica Banks’ “Buss It” (No. lic offering of the world’s biggest label group Warner Chappell led the Country Airplay 56); and Big Machine Music ninth in Amsterdam by late September, previously chart for the 17th consecutive quarter, with with 1.01% market share and three songs, sold a 20% stake in it to a consortium led by a 26.12% market share. including Luke Combs’ “Better To- Chinese online giant Tencent. In the IPO, it BMG stumbled on both rankings, drop- gether” (No. 20). ST Music, also known will distribute 60%. ping to a 7.74% market share with 25 songs as Songtrust, made its publisher rank- “The group is analyzing the opportunity on Top Radio Airplay (from 8.22% and 30) ing debut at tenth with a 0.71% market of selling 10 percent of UMG shares to an and to a 6.46% market share with 21 songs share and five songs, including Pop Smoke’s American investor or initiating a public of- on Hot 100 Songs from 7.61% and 27). “For the Night” (featuring Lil Baby and Da- fering (IPO) of at least 5 percent and up to On Top Radio Airplay, Round Hill Music Baby), the chart’s No. 9 song. 10 percent of UMG shares,” Vivendi said on came in sixth with 2.41% market share and A version of this article originally appeared Tuesday. “Furthermore, Vivendi will retain eight songs, including Thomas Rhett’s in the May 15, 2020 issue of Billboard. 10 percent of the UMG share capital for a “What’s Your Country Song” (No. 26); Res- minimum period of two years in order to ervoir seventh with 1.55% market share and remain associated with the development of nine songs, including “Go Crazy”; Pulse Mu- its subsidiary” while also “benefiting from sic Group eighth with 1.50% market share the protection of EU legislation applicable and seven songs, including Pop Smoke’s to parent companies and subsidiaries from “What You Know Bout Love” ( No. 13); Big different member states.” AUTHORITATIVE INTELLIGENCE. 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ISSUE DATE 6/5 | AD CLOSE 5/26 | MATERIALS DUE 5/27 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE APRIL 13, 2020 | PAGE Page 4 5 OF of 1920 ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected] IN BRIEF SamHunt’s Southside Rules Top Country IfA Vivendilbu successms; in selling Brett off an ad -Young ‘Catch’-es Fifth9.9% Airplay of monthly music users in Q1 2021, ditional 10% of UMG, Tencent would be the Tencent Music up from 8.0% and 9.0% in the previous two label’s biggestLea shareholderder; at the Travis end of the Denning Makes Historyquarters.