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December 21, 2012

PSY's 'Gangnam Style' Hits 1 Billion Views on YouTube

PSYs "Gangnam Style" has just become the first video in the history of the Internet to surpass one billion views.

November 7, 2012

Justin Bieber Nabs Third Hot Tours No. 1

Pop star Justin Bieber makes his third appearance at No. 1 on the weekly Hot Tours recap since launching the North American leg of the Believe Tour in late-September. This week's chart-topping performance is based on $11.8 million in reported box office revenue from 11 sold out concerts at 10 U.S. arenas. Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont hosted the tour for concerts on two consecutive nights, October 23 & 24, with a total attendance count of 27,132 for both shows. With ticket prices ranging from $39.50 to a top price of $89.50, gross sales topped $2.1 million, the third-highest gross for a two-show arena stint by a touring artist in the Windy City this year. Only Madonna and Coldplay grossed more from double-show runs in the Chicago market, both with third quarter appearances at the United Center.

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November 3, 2012

PSY's 'Gangnam Style': The Billboard Cover Story

How the K-Pop Breakout Star Harnessed the Power of YouTube, SNL and More to Become Music's New Global Brand On the afternoon of Aug. 15, Korean rapper PSY and the overseas business manager from his record label, YG Entertainment, arrived in Los Angeles after a 13-hour flight from Seoul. At LAX, they were greeted by a smattering of fans and YG's American rep, who ushered them into a waiting car. PSY was going to Hollywood.

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October 24, 2012

Justin Bieber Breaks 3 Billion Views

Back on October 15 we broke the news that Justin Bieber's "Beauty And A Beat" smashed VEVO's 24-hour record for most views, a whopping 10.6 million. Great job by JB and his partner on the track, Nicki Minaj. That video has been an engine ever since.

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September 3, 2012

TEEN TITAN - The man who made Justin Bieber.

Scooter Braun's job includes developing revenue streams that record labels wouldn't think of. “This isn't a dying business, this is a changing business,” he says.

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August 8, 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen Claims Longest Hot 100 No. 1 Run of 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" maintains its perch atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth week, passing the chart's prior champ, Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (eight) for most frames atop the chart in 2012. With a combined 17 weeks at No. 1, the two most recent No. 1 songs hold the longest stint among back-to-back chart-toppers since The Black Eyed Peas spent a cumulative 26 weeks at No. 1 with "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" in 2009.

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August 2, 2012

40 Under 40: Scooter Braun

With three of his acts claiming No. 1 positions on Billboard charts (Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and the Wanted), manager Scooter Braun, 31, continues to broaden an empire that started six years ago with the signing of Asher Roth. In May, Braun inked a distribution deal with Universal Music Group that made him the first entrepreneur in residence at UMG's Global Creative Investment Program, which invests in music-focused tech ventures.

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