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To enhance the learning process (John Hill), he invited more than a dozen visiting performers from Africa and Asia and began a world music concert series. [10] [11] The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry. [12] There are several conflicting definitions for world music.
The following is a list of concert tours that have generated the most gross income. The data and rankings come largely from reports by trade publications Billboard and Pollstar . Billboard , which launched the boxscore ranking in 1975 through its spin-off magazine Amusement Business , has featured the ranking in its own magazine since the issue ...
To enhance the learning process (John Hill), he invited more than a dozen visiting performers from Africa and Asia and began a world music concert series. [1] [2] The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry. [3] There are several conflicting definitions for world music.
As the coronavirus pandemic has proliferated and social distancing guidelines prevented large gatherings across the country — and the world — the live music industry crumbled with one fell swoop.
Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist of all time, collecting $3 billion according to Pollstar. The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music group of all time, collecting over $2.9 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. U2, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John also passed
Although the attendance numbers of free concerts are known to be exaggerations, [1] media outlets have registered several concerts with a million people or more. Both Jean-Michel Jarre's concert in Moscow 1997 and Rod Stewart's concert in Copacabana 1994 were reported to attract audiences of more than 3.5 million people. Jarre is the only act ...
Music Reports has compiled and maintains Songdex, the world's largest database and registry of music rights, with information on over 120 million sound recordings and related musical compositions, publishers, and composers. Recently, Songdex.com was launched, which allows registered users access to its data.
Formed out of the male-dominated music scenes of jam music (in the case of Bonnaroo), late-’90s indie rock (Coachella), and early ’90s alternative and grunge (Lollapalooza), these festivals tend to celebrate diversity while dismissing the most popular pop acts — the ones who tend to dominate the charts and who tend so often to be female ...