Billboard Magazine - 27 April 2013

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THIS WEEK
Volume 125
No. 16
FEATURES
22 Carlos Vives
26 Intelligence
Report: The new
QUESTIONS ANSWERED Latin consumer
32 Pistol Annies
"My favorite type
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SPECIAL FEATURES
of people to learn LM1 Billboard
Latin Music
from are financiers- Conference &
Awards
they are the masters LM29 Latin
Songwriters
of spotting trends, Hall of Fame
deducting complexity TOPLINE
6 Twitter's music app
to basics and leaving all 11 My Day Brandon
Martinez, INDmusic
emotion aside." 12 The Deal Songza
14 Think Tank Sound
& Vision, On the
Road, With the Brand
ROBERT 17 Questions
Answered Robert
Kyncl, Google/
YouTube
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RobertKyncl BACKBEAT
photographed 18 Parties "Motown:
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Coachella
FEATURE HAPPENING NOW 20 Places Brooklyn,
Tribeca Film
"Latinos are no longer an P.42 "Lindsey Stirling is Festival
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isolated, niche segment. They MUSIC
37 Lady Antebellum
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38 The -Dream,
are a fundamental part of
Little Mix, Hunter
able to get from radio or
Hunted
America and a key to the future performing on TV." 40 Reviews Robin
Thicke, Youngblood
Hawke, Wavves,
growth of American business." TROY Vevo TV
42 Happening Now
Lindsey Stirling,
CARTER Stone Sour, Eric
CHIQUI CARTAGENA
Church
CHARTS
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Paramore is No. 1.
MIRANDA P.32 "I asked my dad why he gets Redbook 4686 CCohdaart sBiggest Hot
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delivered every month, and he said, 'I want
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Viacom
DIGITAL music
brands MTV,
VH1 and
A Musical Tweet CMT continue a push to return
to their music -first roots with
an "artist hub" that'll provide
acts opportunities on their
respective Viacom platforms
Twitter finally rolls out its expected music service and additional opportunities
THE HIVES' with partners and brands.
and partners with the music business, moving toward BAD BREAK The hub is an extension of the
Swedish artist websites MTV launched
becoming a major media platform 41111 rock band last year followed by similar
the Hives sites on the VH1 and CMT
By Alex Pham and William Gruger is the first domains. The hub takes these
victim in a breaking accounting properties 'back to our roots'
scandal involving the country's of connecting artists with
Tambourine Studios.The fans, Viacom Music Group
group has been ordered by a president Van Toffler said in
district courttofork over 18.5 a statement. The artist sites
million kronor ($2.9 million) are powered by direct -to -
after a judge ruled the money consumer company Topspin
had been unlawfully siphoned Media and will soon allow
from fellow Swedish rockers acts to sell merchandise and
the Cardigans.Tambourine, tickets and collecttips.
which handled f inancesfor
both bands, says it regularly
transferred funds between c,rret-,F
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Prescription Songs has inked a Animation SKG
joint venture with the country has nominated
music heavyweight to form a Universal Music Group
publishing group. The 30-40 chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge
The home songwriters in Prescription's to join its board of directors.
page of stable will work with 10 Big &eine, who recently closed
Twitter's Machine writers to craft hits for UMG's acquisition of EMI Music,
new music the likes of Katy Perry and Taylor also sits on the board of Activision
app. Swift. Both companies said Blizzard, which like UMG is a
new artists will benefitfrom the sister company under Vivendi.
deal as well, including recent He'll be joined on the board by
When Ryan Seacrest tweeted about "lovin" the new Twitter Big Machine signee and 'The former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar,
Voice" contestant RaeLynn, who stepped down in January
#music app, he was playing a small but critical role in who begins recording her debut after leading the company from
album next week. its inception in 2008.
Twitter's grand ambitions to position itself as a next -
generation media platform-and it's looking to the music
business and its artists as a major building block. ¶ The
app, released April 18 to the broader public after a prerelease for Seacrest and
a handful of music influencers, is the latest attempt by Twitter to branch out
beyond the confines of its self-imposed 140 -character limit and delve into the
world of richer media where bigger business opportunities like advertising
exist. ¶ In January, Twitter jumped into video when it released Vine, an app
Big
that lets users capture and post videos lasting up to six seconds, and is already Machine s
Scott
being used creatively by bands like Daft Punk. Last year, Twitter bought Borchetta
(left) with
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TOPLINE
Twitter continued from p. 6 BRANDING
for photo blogging. It's also reportedly Pepsi Emerges
negotiating deals to distribute video from
Viacom and Comcast's NBC, offering to
split ad revenue for a Twitter TV -like ex- With Latin
perience, according to Bloomberg.
"I find it promising the Twitter music
app provides a way for fans to both dis-
cover and transact with an artist via a Beverage maker adds up-and-
very visible and mainstream platform," coming acts to its roster with
Epitaph Records VP of digital strategy
UMLE partnership
Jason Feinberg says. 'There are a lot of
niche or gated services out there that By Andrew Hampp
help a fan discover music, then give
them multiple options on how to buy,
stream or share. But few have the reach
and critical mass of Twitter."
Opening up the avenues for addition- Pepsi, known for its tradition of brand
al advertising channels is key for Twit- partnerships with the biggest artists of
ter if the company moves forward with the day, is prepping a spate of new pro-
an initial public offering. Last year, it grams that will give lesser -known acts
generated $188.3 million in ad revenue, Universal the same kind of exposure as some of the
according to eMarketer estimates. This Music has legends who've graced its campaigns.
year, that figure is expected to double teamed with Leading Pepsi's emerging artists pro-
Swedish
to $582.8 million, eMarketer says. Com- digital music gram is a new partnership with Univer-
pared with Google's annual revenue of company X5 sal Music Latin Entertainment in which
$46 billion in 2012, however, Twitter's to form a new the companies will select two rising, as -
label focused
barely getting started. on digital yet -unsigned acts to introduce during a
For Twitter to have a chance at compilations. year -long period. The deal will involve a
grabbing a slice of this much larger The new 50/5o split of everything from front-end
company, U5,
pie, it needs compelling content like will release as costs to back -end profits.
music but also star power-the kind many as 50 "Pepsi will fund a portion of the mar- entertainment experiences to our con- its zon campaign with Warner Bros.'
that Se acrest, Jason Mraz, Moby and compilations keting and in exchange we will share sumers, and Latin -inspired music is Outasight, whose song "Tonight's the
per month,
other major artists wield. Half of Twit- pulling from on all revenue derived from artists one genre that is a major part of pop Night" was featured in a long-term TV
ter's zoo million active users follow at Universal's signed," says Gustavo Lopez, execu- music now," Pepsi senior director of campaign that helped the song reach the
least one musician. Artists also drive Decca, tive VP of brand partnerships, business cultural branding Javier Farfan says. top 4o of the Billboard Hot too. "Our
Deutsche
much of the conversation on Twitter. Grammophon, development and digital at UMLE. "More than anything else, we view this brand is always thrilled when we can
The top five most -followed accounts Verve and Pepsi will promote the acts through as a focus on music fans and the pro- provide an emerging artist with the plat-
in wiz were musicians-Lady Gaga, Blue Note branded initiatives like its summer con- motion of emerging talent that we feel form to get noticed and reach consum-
labels.
Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rihanna and cert series, Pepsi Pulse and, potentially, deserves an amplified platform." ers in ways theywouldn't have otherwise
Britney Spears. The music service is a "fifth quarter" program after the Su- UMLE's Lopez also notes that the been able to," Farfan says.
designed to help Twitter users receive per Bowl. Pepsi will also feature another acts it signs with Pepsi as part of the Pepsi will maintain campaigns this
suggestions of established and emerg- UMLE act, 3BallMTY, in a multiplatform new deal will be Latin -inspired, "mean- year featuring country acts Hunter
ing artists based on which artists a user ad campaign set to debut later this month. ing that artists signed may be native Hayes and Tate Stevens, each of whom
follows and what tracks a user tweets. The partnership represents a renewed English speakers yet have tremendous debuted new Pepsi commercials dur-
According to music analytics pro- focus for PepsiCo on marketing to Latin Latin appeal. We are currently talking ing the Grammy Awards in February.
vider Next Big Sound, on a per -artist consumers. The company championed to a few artists and will soon announce Other acts are still being booked for
basis, acts are now adding an average of the segment in the early z000s with our first signing and label name." Pepsi's upcoming concert series, which
3,200 new followers on the platform per general -market endorsement deals with Another emerging -artist partnership in 2012 featured shows with Katy Perry,
month, versus 1,800 per month in zon, Shakira and Ricky Martin and enough for Pepsi is a weekly series, Pepsi Pulse, Gloriana and a Michael Jackson tribute
an increase of 80%. dedicated spending to rank No. 6 on created with Complex Media Group. with Ne-Yo and Melanie Fiona. Pepsi
Premium content will help build Advertising Age's Top 5o Advertisers in The program features new artists, videos is also on the road with Beyond as a
Twitter's audience to a size that could Hispanic Media in 2004. However, in and songs on Complex media properties sponsor of her Mrs. Carter World Tour.
command the attention of large advertis- the ensuing years, PepsiCo's spending as well as Pepsi.com, and has already "We can guarantee that our fans
ers. And it needs many different products dropped considerably, enough for the shined a spotlight on acts like Solange, will be treated to a variety of both es-
for those advertisers besides sponsored beverage brand to fall off the chart alto- the Suzan, Toro y Moi, Ashley Monroe tablished as well as emerging artists
tweets and promoted accounts. That's gether after 2008. and Lucy Rose. Farfan hopes that Pepsi across all genres of music [this sum-
where Spotify, Rdio and, eventually, Vevo "We strive to provide unforgettable can eventually re-create the success of mer]," Farfan says. 0
come in. Through Spotify and Rdio, Twit-
ter serves up songs without having to pay
for music licenses, thereby serving as an
even more seamless and efficient music
Pepsi spokespeople. Brenda ee labels. Pepsi's Latin marketing. Pepsi is re-
discovery service than it has been so far- Emerging acts aren't the sister brand Mountain Dew doubling its efforts to target
something the music biz values highly. only new faces of Pepsi. The launched singles imprint Hispanics after keeping a low
Once Twitter finalizes a deal with Vevo, company choose Nicki Minaj Green Label Sound in 2008, spending profile in recent
as the face of its f irst global and since then Red Bull years. Expectthe UMLE
it'll be able to add music videos as well. campaign last spring, "Live for (Red Bull Records), Yamaha partnership with acts like
In return, Spotify and Rdio have ad- Now," and renewed a 10 -year (Yamaha Entertainment 3BallMTY and two to -be -
ditional opportunities to acquire new relationship with Beyonee Group) and Hard Rock determined artists to drive
in 2012. The latter debuted a International (Hard Rock a renewed Pepsi push to the
customers, and Vevo will get additional new song, "Grown Woman," in Records) have entered the Latin market.
distribution. 0 a TV ad earlier this month. label biz.
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still riding the monthly audience was 120million people age 12
high as the and older, according to Arbitron's "Infinite Dial 2013" 1
leading seller
of digital report. That works out to 45% of people surveyed, up
musi6 The from 39% a year earlier and more than double the 21%
Apple - of total listeners five years earlier. There were 86 mil- Per Week
owned
media store lion people, or 33% of those surveyed, that listened to What Weekly Online
held 63% of Internet radio in the previous week.
the digital Time spent listening has consistently risen, too. In Radio Users Listened
mmuasrkicet early 2013 the average person listened to nearly 12 to Last Week 2
in fourth- hours of Internet radio each week, up from nine hours 0
quarter and 46 minutes a year earlier and six hours and 13 min-
2012,
according to utes in 2008. A large number of them listened only to
arch firm Internet radio. Of people who listened in just the last
NPD Group. week, 18% shunned AM/FM radio and listened exclu-
sively to Internet radio. (hour:minutes)
Apple will find a growing audience in the automo- Source: Arbitran infinite Dial 2013" report
bile, too. Arbitron has found that 21% of mobile phone
owners have streamed music from a device connected Internet radio business. Pandora, which has more than But Apple will enter an increasingly crowded mar-
to a car stereo. That's up 250% from the 6% who did zoo million registered users and 7o million monthly ketplace filled with specialists. Aside from Pandora,
so in 2010. Apple already has a number of automobile active users, has already proved Internet radio's main- Clear Channel's iHeartRadio, Tunein, Slacker and
partners, from BMW to Toyota, that have integrated stream appeal. Arbitron found that 27% of people sur- Spotify are among the many services that offer non -
or plan to integrate Apple's Siri voice -control technol- veyed had listened to Pandora in the previous month, interactive radio. SiriusXM Satellite Radio, which
ogy to allow drivers to stream music and perform other up from 22% a year earlier. There's revenue potential, just launched a personalization feature for its online
hands -free functions. too. Pandora generated revenue of $427 million, most- service called MySXM (see story, page 13), has 24
These trends help explain why Apple would enter the ly from advertising sales, in its fiscal year ended Jan. 31. million subscribers.0
Old Category,
In a climate where album sales are scraping the bottom of the receives a customized monthly care package that includes nostalgia -
revenue mix, Mike Frankel had a novel idea: Why not put mer- inducing merch and two exclusive CDs by indie artists. Past Merch-
New Tricks chandise first? Last December, the 27 -year -old Columbia business boxes have featured cassette -shaped wallets, T-shirts and lollipops
school grad and longtime music blogger put his money where his as well as music by such bands as the Last Royals and Beat Radio.
mouth was with a new company called Merchbox. A subscrip- Since launch, the company has grown to 1,500 subscribers and is
tion delivery service in the vein of hit cosmetics startup Birch - serving places as far as Dubai, Australia and Guam.
Merchbox, a subscription box, Merchbox is based on the daringly simple premise that even Frankel, who also helps run actor Adrian Grenier's record label
delivery service, lures customers digital music lovers will still flip for physical goods-provided that and online concert series, both under the name Wreckroom, has
they're fun and well-curated. so far acquired the music used in Merchboxes by donation. That's
with a mix of merchandise and "I had been in a friend's college dorm room and I realized that ev- a tough sell for more established artists, but it works for up-and-
music discovery erything was digital: his music, his books, his movies. There was no coming acts eager to engage with passionate music fans. The non -
'stuff,'" Frankel says. "I thought there might be a way to bring back a music goods inside the average Merchbox-typically procured from
By Reggie Ugwu more intimate experience with media." toy conventions and other wholesalers-add up to between $5 and
Each Merchbox customer pays $10 per month, plus shipping, and $6 in expenses per box. 0
0 BILLBOARD I APRIL 27, 2013 INFOGRAPHIC BY ERIN SCHELL