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- Sep 25, 2026
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How Jhené Aiko Landed the First No. 1 Album of Her Career With ‘Westside Whimsy’ (opens the original)
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It happened almost out of the blue: on Sept. 8, Jhené Aiko announced that her sixth album, titled Westside Whimsy, would be released in just days; on Sept. 11, it was released to the world; and by the following week, the California-born R&B singer had landed her first ever No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as the project debuted with 74,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the week ending Sept. 17. It’s a big moment for Aiko, and a return to the peak of her abilities after six yea
Val Blavatnik Named to Warner Music Group Executive Team, Elliot Grainge Named Chair of ADA, More (opens the original)
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Val Blavatnik, the 28-year-old son of Warner Music Group majority owner and vice chairman Len Blavatnik, has been named managing director of Warner Music North America, U.K. and Corporate Development at the Warner Music Group, the company announced Friday (Sept. 25). In his new role the younger Blavatnik, who has held several roles at the company in recent years, and has been a board member since 2023, expects to “unify and drive business and operational strategy across these markets while guidi
Former UnitedMasters Legal Chief Sasha Safavi Launches New Law Firm Called Syndicate (opens the original)
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Sasha Safavi, who has spent the past five years as head of legal and music licensing at distribution and label services company UnitedMasters, has left to start his own law firm called Syndicate. As part of the move, Safavi launches with UnitedMasters as one of his first clients, alongside Audiomack, Rebellion Records and sports media company Overtime. Safavi has spent much of the past decade in the distribution world, having worked at TuneCore prior to his stint at UnitedMasters working on dire
How Alliance Entertainment Is Helping Drive the Physical Music Boom (opens the original)
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This week, the RIAA released its annual mid-year report on the state of the U.S. recorded music industry, which showed (among many other data points) that in the first half of 2026, revenue from physical music — largely vinyl and CD sales — was up 25.9% over the first half of 2025. That kind of massive growth — in an era where streaming revenue alone makes up 82% of the business — is staggering, and comes with a 20-year growth pattern for vinyl (up 17.7% year over year) and an eye-popping 58.6%
Dolly Parton’s Business Maxims: How She Built & Ran Her Empire, in Her Own Words (opens the original)
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The outpouring of grief following Dolly Parton’s death last week at the age of 80 was universal and apt: The country icon was beloved as few are these days, both for her music and her general Dolly-ness. But just as much attention was paid to her philanthropic work and business acumen, both of which were legendary in their own right. For Parton, her business sense goes back to the very beginning of her career, when she made the decision alongside her uncles in the 1960s to launch her own publish
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