Media Profile:Billboard Magazine

New York-based Prometheus Global Media owns Billboard magazine.It also owns The Hollywood Reporter and Ad Week magazines.Billboard is a weekly trade publication aimed at music industry professionals such as artists,record company executives,DJs and music retailers.*
Billboard is best known for its weekly charts that gauge the popularity of recordings,as well as the Billboard Music Awards,which were just given out Sunday night in Las Vegas,and the Billboard Latin Music Awards.There are more than 200 Billboard charts,most of them genre-specific.The two most prominent charts,the Billboard Hot 100(singles) and Billboard 200(albums) are genre-neutral.The charts are based on digital downloads,internet streaming and radio airplay,as determined primarily by the Nielsen SoundScan tracking system.*
The Hollywood Reporter covers the entire entertainment industry,from film to television and music,with a notable expertise in the awards circuit,while Ad Week is a trade publication for the media industry.*
Billboard is published in both print and online forms 51 weeks a year.It is available on newsstands in music industry cities such as Los Angeles,New York and Nashville.There are three Billboard websites:billboard.biz for B2B;billboard.com for consumers;and billboardevents.com.*
The Billboard Music Awards 2014 telecast won the ratings sweep Sunday night,and was the most-watched BBMA broadcast in 13 years,according to Billboard.It generated buzz with its hologram of the late Michael Jackson singing "Slave to the Rhythm" from his new posthumous album "Xscape;" as well as performances by Lorde and Jennifer Lopez of their new songs "Tennis Court" and "First Love," respectively.Lopez also won the first BBMA Icon Award.

Industry Showcase:The 2014 Grammy Awards

The recording industry celebrated its achievements of the past year Sunday night at the 56th annual Grammy Awards,awarding its golden grammaphone statue to the winners.Held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,the ceremony is distinguished by the fact that it isn't just talk,but features substantive live performances of whole compositions,not just clips like other awards ceremonies.
A legion of luminaries not only attended the awards,but participated by presenting awards,performing songs or both.Keith Urban and Gary Clark,Jr. performed a memorable version of "Cop Car" with the two fine guitarists trading and combining riffs.The Magic Dragons and Hendrick Lamar practically blew the stage up with their rendition of "Radioactive,"and Taylor Swift was very animated even while sitting at the piano in "All Too Well,"throwing her head back several times.
Song of the Year went to New Zealand's Lorde(Ellie Yelich O'Connor) for "Royals" and Album of Year to France's Daft Punk,who dressed in robot costumes,for "Random Access Memory."
Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed together in a new song by Paul and Starr sang his solo classic "Photograph."The Beatles were being honoured for the fiftieth anniversary of their arrival in America and an all-star televised gala concert,including another performance by Paul and Ringo,will be broadcast on CBS to mark the occasion on February 9.
Among others performing were Stevie Wonder,Lindsay Buckingham,Carole King,Willie Nelson,Kris Kristofferson,Madonna and Pink.
The recording industry showed a lot of imagination as well as appreciation for the past in an extravaganza full of strobe light and pyrotechnics as well as spirited music.
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