MARKETSHARING IS CARING: Rob Stringer's Columbia remains out front this week as Daft Punk's turn on retail's dance floor continues—the mystery twins landed at #2 on this week's chart. But IGA is just a nose behind, boosted by a surging Imagine Dragons (#7) and steady sales on The Great Gatsby (#10). Uni Nashville's stable of ongoing successes (notably #5 Darius Rucker) put Team Dungan a horsehair ahead of Monte Lipman's Republic, which has its own Nashville smash in Florida Georgia Line (#8), and Steve Barnett's Capitol Music Group, touting the latest Now iteration, Alice in Chains and Vanguard releases from Barenaked Ladies and John Fogerty. But look who's competing with the giants: indie powerhouse Beggars Group, which in addition to chart-topping rockers Queens of the Stone Age (on Matador) has XL's PoMo breakout Vampire Weekend and 4AD's The National. (6/12a)
BILL'S PASSAGE COULD RESULT IN U.S. TIKTOK BAN
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill... (4/20a)
BLACKSTONE ASSEMBLING $1.5B BID FOR HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND
A white-knuckle moment (4/20a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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