By James Cook, Reuters TV and Radio CorrespondentThe music industry is booming, with sales up 15% in the past 12 months, with Apple and Spotify leading the way.
The industry is also expanding beyond the US, with the number of US-based artists making international hits hitting a record high.
“I’m really proud to be the president of the United States,” Trump told a crowd of artists and musicians at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
“We’re the number one country, if you look at the number three country, China, and we’re the most important place to be for artists,” he said.
In the past few weeks, the music world has seen several international events, such as the release of the Billboard 200 chart, which has seen a record number of tracks made by US artists, and the release, in conjunction with the annual Billboard Music Awards, of the US-listed artists.
But the biggest event of the year is not just the music charts.
It’s also the release on Wednesday of the new Billboard Music Award for Outstanding Album, which was created by Billboard staff and is named after the influential radio personality Jimmy Kimmel, a friend of Trump.
The new Billboard 200 Album of the Year is a record that only five albums have ever held, including four by Kanye West, who also serves as president of his own entertainment company.
“This year is a great year for music, the record for the most Billboard 200 albums ever,” Kimmel told reporters.
“It’s also an incredible year for the music business.”
“We’ll see more than 20,000 people on stage, and I’ll see an incredible music festival.
I’ll probably be in it.”
The Grammy Awards, which take place in January, are a time for awards and best-selling albums to be voted on by fans, who have nominated tracks and artists for the award.
“The Grammy award is like a big Christmas tree.
It goes to the artist, and then to the record label,” Kimmel said.”
And you can be a celebrity and be in the mix.
But it’s about being the best.
That’s the beauty of it.”
Trump has been a fan of the award, tweeting in September that he thought “the Grammys are terrible” and calling out the industry for being “a joke”.
“I hate the Grammys.
The Grammys were created by the biggest bullies in music,” Trump wrote.
“They made the Grammy award into a joke, and they hate it.
It doesn’t have a name.
It is just a name for a joke.”