HITS LIST GETS LIT UP With six weeks left in 2024, the signs of good cheer are popping up all over. Wicked is shaping up as the holiday movie; upbeat earnings reports bring visions of sugarplums to Live Nation, Sony and Spotify; Grammy noms and Latin Grammys conjure shiny objects; and Linkin Park has just the gift for rock fans. Plug into HITS List. NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM I.B. Bad addresses the outcome of the election and its possible implications for the biz and beyond. …Read moreGRAMMY CHEW: RUMINATING ON THE BIG 4 NOMS This time out, Grammy accomplished its most important task: It rewarded some of the most essential artists and recordings of the last year in the top categories. By our reckoning, they were about 80% on the money. …Read moreJUAN LUIS GUERRA LEADS LATIN GRAMMY WINNERS Rimas' Juan Luis Guerra was the big winner at the 25th annual Latin Grammys, taking home four trophies, including Album and Record of the Year. Sony's Edgar Barrera and Nathy Peluso each claimed three. …Read more LIVE NATION ROCKS WITH HUGE Q3 RESULTS Business was booming at Live Nation in Q3, with the concert-promotion behemoth enjoying a 39% jump in profitability to $474m and overall revenue of $7.7b. Michael Rapino said it was the company's "most active summer concert season ever." …Read moreCHAPPELL ROAN TELLS HER STORY AT GRAMMY MUSEUM Craig Marks takes a front-row seat for the six-time Grammy nominee’s intimate performance and chat with collaborator Dan Nigro and interviewer Brandi Carlile in DTLA. …Read moreSPOTIFY EYEING FIRST FULL YEAR OF PROFITABILITY Spotify had plenty to celebrate amid its Q3 earnings report, which showed monthly active users up 11% YOY to 640m and total revenue rising 19% to $4.25b. The streamer is on track for its first full year of profitability. …Read moreBEY LEADS ARRAY OF FEMALE STARS IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS Three of the era’s most successful and decorated artists, our own Craig Marks notes, will face off against a trio of insurgent pop stars at the 67th Grammy Awards. …Read moreCHART FINAL: TYLER’S TREY AND A DISTANT FA-LA-LA Tyler, the Creator notches a third week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with CHROMAKOPIA, adding nearly 104k to his total. K-pop collective TOMORROW X TOGETHER bows at #2 with 94k. …Read more |
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
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COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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It's been an exhausting couple of weeks, and before long we'll all be caught up in the whirl of holiday planning and avoiding uncomfortable conversations with our relatives. So why not take a load off, crack a cold one and enjoy these mostly cheerful photos of industry personages doing industry-personage stuff? You'll see Chappell Roan, Daniel Nigro, Kirk Sommer, Benson Boone, Jesús López, Sulinna Ong and many more.
Tyler, the Creator notches a third week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with CHROMAKOPIA, adding nearly 104k to his total. K-pop collective TOMORROW X TOGETHER bows at #2 with 94k.
With six weeks left in 2024, the signs of good cheer are popping up all over. Wicked is shaping up as the holiday movie; upbeat earnings reports bring visions of sugarplums to Live Nation, Sony and Spotify; Grammy noms and Latin Grammys conjure shiny objects; and Linkin Park has just the gift for rock fans. Plug into HITS List.
I.B. Bad addresses the outcome of the election and its possible implications for the biz and beyond.
This time out, Grammy accomplished its most important task: It rewarded some of the most essential artists and recordings of the last year in the top categories. By our reckoning, they were about 80% on the money.
Rimas' Juan Luis Guerra was the big winner at the 25th annual Latin Grammys, taking home four trophies, including Album and Record of the Year. Sony's Edgar Barrera and Nathy Peluso each claimed three.
Elton John and Brandi Carlile extend their musical partnership with the 11/15 release of “Never Too Late,” a collaboration that came to be the theme and title track to the Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late.
As their Warner Music comeback album, From Zero, arrives worldwide, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong sat with Amazon Music's Zach Sang to discuss the band's unlikely but already hugely successful reunion.
Producer Shel Talmy, who helped shape the sound of the British Invasion through his work with bands like The Who, The Kinks and The Easybeats, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke. He was 87 years old.
Spotify had plenty to celebrate amid its Q3 earnings report, which showed monthly active users up 11% YOY to 640m and total revenue rising 19% to $4.25b. The streamer is on track for its first full year of profitability.
Business was booming at Live Nation in Q3, with the concert-promotion behemoth enjoying a 39% jump in profitability to $474m and overall revenue of $7.7b. Michael Rapino said it was the company's "most active summer concert season ever."
Hold onto your mistletoe! Universal Music Group has announced the launch of its 2024 “FAN-sational Holiday" campaign. Whaddya mean you haven't even picked out a Thanksgiving turkey yet?
Interscope's Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars hit #1 at Pop with "Die With a Smile," while Republic's The Weeknd tops the Rhythm chart with "Timeless" f/Playboi Carti and BMG's Sum 41 takes the top spot at Modern Rock with “Dopamine.”
The Linkin Park comeback trail will lead through a huge 2025 stadium and arena tour, beginning 1/31 in Mexico City and wending its way to Porto Alegre, Brazil, where it will come to rest on 11/15.
iHeartRadio has announced its annual holiday flip across broadcast stations nationwide as well as the return of the "iHeartRadio Holiday Special" starring Jimmy Fallon, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and more.
TikTok has launched the #HappyProject campaign with BTS singer JIN to coincide with the release of the K-pop star's debut solo EP, Happy.
Ringo Starr returns to Music City for the first time in decades with the 11/15 release of “Thankful,” the first single from his country-steeped UMG Nashville debut, Look Up.
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe have their fourth #1 as a duo on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with Together at Home. On the singles chart, Gracie Abrams holds onto the top spot for a second week.
Liberty Media is spinning off its sizable share of Live Nation and stakes in other media assets into a new publicly traded company, Liberty Live, as part of a deal expected to close in the second half of 2025.
Latin Grammy week got even hotter on Wednesday when some of the biggest names in Latin music gathered to honor Carlos Vives as the Latin Recording Academy’s Person of the Year.
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