Record Store Day 2025’s Top Sellers: Post Malone, Taylor Swift & More
Record Store Day 2025's top sellers in the U.S. included releases from Post Malone, Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams, according to Luminate.| Billboard
Record Store Day 2025's top sellers in the U.S. included releases from Post Malone, Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams, according to Luminate.| Billboard
On Record Store Day 2025, releases by Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams led to long lines and excitement, but bad weather dampened the day.| Billboard
Luminate is changing how independent record store sales will count on the Billboard charts, implementing a new policy for its data tracking.| Billboard
Luminate has changed its record store sales count method for the Billboard charts via a new partnership with music industry data provider StreetPulse.| Billboard
Keith Caulfield is the Managing Director of Charts & Data Operations at Billboard and plays a significant role in managing the day-to-day operations of the brand’s iconic charts and related editorial analysis. Among the charts he directly manages are the Billboard 200 albums chart, Top Album Sales and Top Streaming Albums. Caulfield also writes and edits an array of editorial content for the brand and has conducted interviews with Madonna, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Stevie Nicks, Dua Lipa and Sti...| Billboard
Joe Lynch (he/him) is the executive digital director, east coast, at Billboard. Since joining the Billboard staff in 2014, he’s provided on-the-ground coverage of live concerts, festivals, industry events and award shows, while also profiling living legends, rising stars, behind-the-scenes players and underappreciated musical pioneers in pop, classic rock, dance, hip-hop, indie, punk and film/TV music. He’s appeared in documentaries about Madonna, Cher, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and Tri...| Billboard
Dan is the director of business news at Billboard, overseeing all coverage of the music business, from record labels to publishers to touring to radio and digital service providers. He has closely covered the music industry for more than a decade, including five years as the lead beat reporter covering the record-label business for Billboard, and has written cover stories on Eminem, Lil Wayne, Pusha T, the Marley family, Lucian Grainge and the estate of Whitney Houston. Dan has also written e...| Billboard
Ed Christman, executive editor-finance, has been covering the music business for Billboard for over three decades, mainly analyzing the financial and commerce aspects of the industry, including private equity’s acquisition of music assets. He also focuses on the economics of music publishing and record labels, especially with regards to royalty payments. Before joining Billboard, he began his journalism career at Pensions & Investment Age magazine, where he covered private equity firms; ind...| Billboard
As a senior writer at Billboard, Kristin covers music publishing and technology, with particular expertise in artificial intelligence. Recently, she launched the Billboard newsletter Machine Learnings, continuing her coverage of AI’s rapid impact on the music industry. In 2023, Kristin was named a finalist for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award for her investigation of a $23 million YouTube royalty fraud case. In 2024, she was a finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club Sout...| Billboard
As Music Biz 2025 hits Atlanta, president Portia Sabin outlines a conference agenda packed with AI innovation, inclusivity and global collaboration.| Billboard
Post Malone (real name Austin Richard Post) was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and moved to Grapevine, Texas, when he was about 10. His height is 6’0”, and his birthday is July 4, 1995. Breaking out on So…| Billboard
Taylor Swift debuted with her self-titled album in October 2006, and first appeared on the Billboard 200 on the Nov. 11, 2006-dated chart. The album's lead single, "Tim McGraw," was her first Hot 1…| Billboard
