
Today, Billboard unveiled its Power 100, a ranking of the most powerful people in the music business.
The list consists executives from record labels, television and film, radio, and music-publishing industries, digital service providers, music branding companies, and six artists, each of whom cracked the business ranking for specific reasons.
Among the artists who made the list are Jay-Z and Beyoncé as a power couple, Taylor Swift, U2, Jon Bon Jovi and Lady Gaga.
Sitting at the top of the list is Irving Azoff, the executive chairman of Live Nation, who ranks number one due to his command of the biggest concert-promotion company, the largest ticketing company and the largest artist-management firm in the world.
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