Music Business Today

One Direction: This Is Us took estimated $18 million in the US during the Labor Day. Kanye West performed at the wedding reception for the grandson of Kazakhstan's controversial president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has long been accused of corruption and rigging elections. The Beatles' former Apple Records offices in London sold and is being turned into apartments. Police in Oklahoma City discovered two semi-automatic pistols and a 12-gauge pump shotgun along with some prescription painkillers and marijuana residue on a tour bus occupied by rapper 2 Chainz. The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s capital campaign has reached approximately $78 million, the campaign is still seeking the final $20 million needed to complete expansion funding. Former American Idol contestant, Danny Gokey, dresses to match his 7 month old son, Daniel Emanuel.