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☆ Only 24 albums in history have sold 1 million copies in a single week — here they all are
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album" by Whitney Houston and various artists"The Bodyguard" soundtrack was released on November 17, 1992. Arista Records"The Bodyguard" soundtrack — co-executive produced by Clive Davis and Whitney Houston, who starred in the film — became the first album verified by Nielsen to move more than 1 million units in the US in a single week. According to Billboard, the album sold 1,061,000 copies in the week ending January 3, 1993, six weeks after its release. It has since sold more than 12 million copies in the US and remains the best-selling soundtrack of all time.

Persons: Whitney Houston, Clive Davis, —, Nielsen Organizations: Arista Records, Billboard

☆ Diddy is one of hip-hop's richest and most powerful businessmen. Take a look at his net worth and web of influence.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Madeline Berg | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewFederal officials raided the Los Angeles and Miami homes of Sean Combs on Monday. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. Mr. Combs is innocent." Within the first two years of the partnership, annual sales grew from 75,000 to 400,000 cases, according to a lawsuit Combs filed against Diageo last year. "She recognized that she was powerless, and that reporting Mr. Combs to the authorities would not alter Mr. Combs's status or influence but would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her."

Persons: —, Sean Combs, Combs, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Cassie, Rodney Jones Jr, Lil Rod, groping, Aaron Dyer, Mr, Diddy, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Mase, B.I.G, Forbes, Sean John, they'd, DeLeon, He'd, Mark Wahlberg, Ciroc, Ethan Miller, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Jay, — he's, he's, Kerry James Marshall, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Joi Dickerson, Neal, Jane Doe, Sean Jean Organizations: Service, Federal Homeland Security, AP, Business, Bad Boy Records, Uptown Records, East, Bad, Arista Records, Global Brands Group, Diageo, of, Hulu, Combs Enterprises Locations: Los Angeles, Miami

☆ How Diddy got to be one of hip-hop's biggest businessmen
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Madeline Berg | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementFederal officials raided the Los Angeles and Miami homes of Sean Combs on Monday. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. Within the first two years of the partnership, annual sales grew from 75,000 to 400,000 cases, according to a lawsuit Combs filed against Diageo last year. "She recognized that she was powerless, and that reporting Mr. Combs to the authorities would not alter Mr. Combs's status or influence but would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her." AdvertisementIn a separate lawsuit filed in November, Joi Dickerson-Neal alleges that Combs drugged and assaulted her in 1991.

Persons: Sean, Diddy, Combs, He's, —, Sean Combs, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Cassie, Rodney Jones Jr, Lil Rod, groping, Aaron Dyer, Mr, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Mase, B.I.G, Forbes, Sean Jean, they'd, DeLeon, He'd, Mark Wahlberg, Ciroc, Ethan Miller, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Jay, — he's, he's, Kerry James Marshall, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Joi Dickerson, Neal, Jane Doe Organizations: Service, Federal, Federal Homeland Security, AP, Business, Bad Boy Records, Uptown Records, East, Bad, Arista Records, Global Brands Group, Diageo, of, Hulu, Combs Enterprises Locations: Los Angeles, Miami

Admittance to Davis' event is notoriously challenging to receive. When it came time to introduce Clive Davis to the stage, actor Tom Hanks did the honors. Clive Davis, Clive Davis, Clive Davis,” he told the cheering crowd. "Clive Davis is the chef, in the kitchen, of the food of love of music, music, music. “We concentrate on the pure celebration of music,” Davis said at the start of the night — and by the end, that was evident.

Persons: Serena Williams, “, Clive Davis, Beverly Hilton, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, ” Wonder, ” Knight, Jon Platt, ”, Platt, —, Usher, Jay, Drake, Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, “ Jon, Harvey Mason, “ He's, ” Davis, Davis, Barry Manilow’s, Mandy, Smokey Robinson, Meryl Streep, Babyface, Jon Bon Jovi, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Gayle King, Ted Danson, Shania Twain, Diane Warren, Cameron Crowe, Sammy Hagar, Cher, Jack Antonoff, Gloria Esteban, Busta, Megan Thee, David Foster, Mark Ronson, Tom Hanks, Isley, ” Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Ken, Lainey Wilson, Ryan Gosling, Noah Kahan's, Josh Groban, Treaty's Michael Trotter, Jelly Roll Organizations: ANGELES, Beverly, Warwick, “, Sony Music Publishing, ” Recording Academy, Sony, Arista Records, Spice Locations: Beverly Hills , California

She initially sued Trump only for defamation because the allegations dated back to the mid-90s and the deadline for filing a legal claim had long since passed. But the Adult Survivors Act cleared the way for a suit claiming sexual assault. The woman accused Brand of exposing himself and assaulting her in a bathroom. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 after being accused of sexual misconduct, was sued by his former executive assistant. His accuser, a musician who wasn't named in the suit, accused Portnow of drugging her in a hotel room and assaulting her.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, Trump, Carroll, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Cassie, Combs, Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein, Julia Ormond, Weinstein, “, ”, Jamie Foxx, Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Tyler, Bill Cosby Bill Cosby, Joan Tarshis, Cosby, ” Russell Brand, Arthur ”, Brand, ” L.A, Reid Antonio “ L.A, ” Reid, Drew Dixon, Reid, hasn't, Axl Rose, Sheila Kennedy, Rose, Mike Tyson Boxer Mike Tyson, Tyson, Andrew Cuomo, Brittany Commisso, Cuomo, ” Cuomo, Neil Portnow, wasn't, Portnow, ” Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani, Noelle Dunphy, Giuliani, Dunphy, Commisso, Kennedy, Dixon, Ormond, Tarshis Organizations: Arista Records, Andrew Cuomo Former New York Gov, Portnow, Trump, Associated Press Locations: New York, Los Angeles, New York City, Manhattan, British, Albany , New York, Carroll

The large majority, though, have been filed against the state, New York City and local counties and involve allegations of abuse at state prisons and local jail systems. Like, who was I?” said Alexandria Johnson, who says she was raped multiple times while incarcerated in state prison and a New York City jail. The act was modeled after a previous New York law offering people abused as children a temporary window to file claims. Brand was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a film extra during the making of “Arthur” in 2010. His firm said it made more than 1,200 filings alleging abuse in state prisons and more than 470 alleging abuse at New York City's Rikers Island complex.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Russell Brand, ”, Alexandria Johnson, “, Liz Roberts, Kathy Hochul, Jean Carroll, Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Julia Ormond, Weinstein, Antonio “ L.A, ” Reid, Drew Dixon, Reid, Combs, Cassie, Brand, “ Arthur ”, Bill Cosby, Joan Tarshis, Cosby, Tarshis, Adam Slater, Anna Kull, Johnson, ” Kull, Mallory Allen, Darius Paduch, Paduch, James O'Connell, glimpsing, ” O'Connell Organizations: Adult Survivor, Roman Catholic Church, Gov, Trump, Arista Records, Associated Press, New Locations: ALBANY, N.Y, York, New York City, New York, California, British, Carroll, Ormond, Dixon

NEW YORK (AP) — Antonio “L.A.” Reid, the Grammy-winning music executive who influenced the career of artists including Pink, Usher and Mariah Carey, was sued by a former music executive who says he sexually assaulted her and derailed her career. Dixon, who worked for Reid when he was chief executive of Arista Records, alleges that Reid sexually assaulted her twice in 2001 and later cut her budget and sidelined artists when she rebuffed his continuing advances. Dixon left Arista in 2002 and contends that her “meteoric trajectory” in the music business was cut short by Reid's harassment. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesThe Associated Press does not typically name people who say they were sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly. In 2017, Reid left his position as CEO of Epic Records after a former female assistant accused him of sexual harassment.

Persons: — Antonio “ L.A, ” Reid, Pink, Usher, Mariah Carey, Drew Dixon, Dixon, Reid, Joel Katz, weren't, Associated Press wasn't, Reid didn't, “, ” Organizations: Arista Records, Arista, Press, Associated Press, The New York Times, New York, Epic Records Locations: New York

☆ Music Executive L.A. Reid Is Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Melena Ryzik | More About Melena Ryzik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Grammy-winning music executive Antonio Reid, who is known as L.A. and rose in the industry working with artists including Usher and TLC, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment in a lawsuit by Drew Dixon, who worked for Mr. Reid at Arista Records. The suit, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, says that Mr. Reid, who was Ms. Dixon’s boss starting in mid-2000, assaulted her twice. She left the company in 2002, and though she made forays into the industry again, she never fully recovered her promising trajectory as a music tastemaker. Stepping back from a music career “was devastating,” Ms. Dixon, who facilitated the recording of a platinum soundtrack and several hit singles, said in an interview. And that’s really what I’m trying to do.”Mr. Reid did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Wednesday.

Persons: Antonio Reid, Usher, Drew Dixon, Reid, Mr, Dixon’s, John Legend, “, Ms, Dixon, Reid’s, Joel Katz Organizations: Mr, Arista Records, Court, HarperCollins Locations: Manhattan

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