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JUNE 25, 2022
VOLUME 134
NO. 8
ON THE COVER
Jimmie Allen photographed
by Eric Ryan Anderson
on May 5 in Nashville.
TO OUR READERS
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EYES ON THE PRIZE
For Jimmie Allen, stardom didn’t
come fast or easy. But with the
laser focus he brings to all his
passions (even bowling), he has
become a one-man industry —
and he’s not slowing down.
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COUNTRY POWER
PLAYERS 2022
Billboard’s eighth annual list
celebrating the executives setting
the bar in every sector of the
genre, led this year by ShopKeeper
Management’s Marion Kraft
— who reflects with longtime
superstar client Miranda Lambert
about their journey together
in the industry.
BILLBOARD.COM
JOEL WHITBURN
1939-2022
Billboard could not have asked for a better
representative to document the history of our charts.
Thank you, Joel
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JUNE 25, 2022 / VOLUME 134 / NO. 8
BILLBOARD CHARTS
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BTS debuts at No. 1 on the
Billboard 200 with Proof, which
scores the biggest week for an
album by a group this year.
THE MARKET
23
As the hits-driven streaming
economy whittles away at
songwriters’ royalties, their
managers are getting creative to
get them paid.
26
Live Nation and AEG are battling
for dominance in Los Angeles and
Las Vegas over niche lineups that
do big ticket sales.
34
How Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra
turned its Eurovision-winning track
into an anti-war anthem.
THE SOUND
39
ODESZA hopes its most ambitious
live show to date will deliver its
hard-to-describe dance tunes to
the masses.
42
Inside dance trio Cheat Codes’
biggest inspirations during the
creation of its country album, which
allows the group to “not be stuck in
one lane.”
THE PLAYERS
85
On the 20th anniversary of her
self-titled debut, Ashanti is
busy rerecording it — and taking
ownership of her future: “I love
what Taylor Swift did.”
FOR THE RECORD
88
As Elvis Presley returns to the
big screen in Baz Luhrmann’s
musical biopic, Billboard looks
back at its decades of coverage
fit for the King.
Marion Kraft (left) and
Miranda Lambert photographed
by Diana King on May 24 at
ShopKeeper Management in Nashville.
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