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By Andrew Hampp, New York
| 9:10 PM, February 03
The top four publishing companies – EMI Music, Universal Music, Warner/Chappell and Sony/ATV — are reporting a healthy marketplace for synchs and placements at the Super Bowl, with each having at least six placements in ads.
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By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles
| 9:05 PM, February 03
Nicki Minaj is getting super social on the Billboard Social 50 chart, as the hip-hop diva flies from No. 16 to No. 10 -- her visit to the top 10 since the Dec. 24 tally when she ranked at No. 8. She saw a 17% gain in Twitter followers in the tracking week and an 19% rise in YouTube views.
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By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles
| 8:58 PM, February 03
Lana Del Rey's major label full-length debut album, "Born to Die," is off to a fast start. Industry sources say that the set may sell between 60,000 to 70,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Feb. 5. That should easily give the album at No. 2 debut on the Billboard 200 chart next week.
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By Thom Duffy, New York
| 8:41 PM, February 03
Concessions at the 2012 Super Bowl, for the first time, will serve organic food, sourced through Farm Aid, the music-industry-backed group supporting American farmers. Co-founded in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, with Dave Matthew later joining its board, Farm Aid has raised more than $39 million for U.S. farmers
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Latin
By Justino Aguila (@musicscribeLA), Los Angeles
| 8:16 PM, February 03
Chino y Nacho, the Venezuelan urban and tropical act, are partnering with McDonald’s in a campaign that will have the entertainers tied to the popular Happy Meal with their images and a chance to hang with the duo. The campaign began Feb. 2 and ends March 21.
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Dance
By Andy Gensler (@andygensler), New York
| 6:30 PM, February 03
An invitation for an "Exclusive Private Event" to see the Grammy-nominated DJ sensation Skrillex instructed invitees to meet at NYC's WeSC Concept Store and prepare to be "Blindfolded and Driven to A Secret Location." The murky details didn't prevent droves of model-types, mussy-haired indie boys, candy ravers and music bizers like WMG Chairman of Recorded Music Lyor Cohen from checking out Skrillex's highly-danceable set of bombastic beats.
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By Andrew Hampp, New York
| 6:18 PM, February 03
Flo Rida feels a lot like Tom Brady or Eli Manning right about now. The rapper's No. 3-peaking single "Good Feeling" is about to become even more ubiquitous after it's featured in a Super Bowl commercial for Budweiser, titled "Eternal Optimism." The song is juxtaposed against The Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary" and apparently has made Flo Rida one happy rapper.
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By Glenn Peoples, Nashville
| 6:14 PM, February 03
Live Nation's stock jumped 3.4% Friday following reports that tickets for Madonna's 2012 tour would go on sale after Sunday's Super Bowl, where the singer is performing at the halftime show. Elsewhere, Amazon's Kindle Fire is helping get music to Android users but is still far behind the iPad, and Kickstarter's platform just keeps growing.
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By Gary Trust, New York
| 4:52 PM, February 03
With his 11th No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Songs chart in "Make Me Proud" featuring Nicki Minaj, Drake rewrites the mark for most leaders in the list's 23-year history, breaking a tie with Diddy to become the sole owner of the record.
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By Andrew Hampp, New York
| 4:50 PM, February 03
With music synchs on the rise for this year's crop of Super Bowl advertisements, Chevy's new Super Sunday ad features tricks, stunts, and a whole lot of fun.
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By Ed Christman, New York
| 12:30 PM, February 03
Universal Music Publishing Group executive VP of international Andrew Jenkins has been elected as chair of the International Confederation of Music Publishers at the organization’s general assembly annual meeting, held at MIDEM on Jan. 29, serving a two-year term. Elsewhere, Imagem signed two global publishing deals, and Reel Muzik Werks signed up La Toya Jackson and others.
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