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Updated : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:19:11 EST
A "first look" white paper on Future of Music Coalition's Artist Revenue Stream project was prepared and released at MIDEM. The study showed musicians get more income from fans and grants than merchandise and corporate sponsorships. The median gross income of respondents was $55,561 -- higher than U.S. median income -- but with only 42 percent of respondents deriving all of their income from music. 
Author : Glenn Peoples (@billboardglenn), Nashville
Publ.Date : 2012-01-31 14:02:00.0
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away. 
Author : Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Associated Press
Publ.Date : 2012-01-28 13:20:00.0
This Week in Billboard History: In 1960 radio programmers resistant to "raucous" sounds of rock and roll change their formats to "sweeter, swinging sounds." Also, the first album comes out of the closet in 1978; Stevie Wonder releases "Happy Birthday" for Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday in 1982. 
Author : Fred Bronson, Los Angeles
Publ.Date : 2012-01-24 14:30:00.0
In an ongoing effort to reinstate 31 categories that were eliminated from the Grammy Awards, musicians are planning a protest and a musical showcase on the same day as 54th installment of the awards show on Feb. 12, according to a spokesman for the recording artists who filed a lawsuit last year against the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 
Author : Justino Aguila, Los Angeles
Publ.Date : 2012-02-06 19:56:00.0
Adele's "21" becomes the first album by a single artist ever to top the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Hot 100 No. 1s, as "Set Fire to the Rain" takes over at the latter list's summit, following Hot 100 commands of "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You" while "21" was previously in charge of the Billboard 200. 
Author : Gary Trust, New York and Keith Caulfield (@keith_caulfield), Los Angeles
Publ.Date : 2012-01-26 23:02:00.0
The legendary singer died from complications of leukemia at the age of 73 at a hospital in Riverside, Calif. Jan. 20. 
Author : THR Staff
Publ.Date : 2012-01-24 20:00:00.0
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