HITS HIGH FIVE: IT'S UP FOR DEBATE

Stories about groping, flip-flopping Republicans and Ken Bone’s red sweater have you on edge? Relax, it’s 4:20 somewhere. Here’s the HITS High Five review of the week in the music biz.

I.B. Bad: Could things get any crazier in the music business? Lyor, Sonny, Bruno and more.

The Top 5 on the HITS revenue chart has two new entries.

Drake, Beyonce and Adele lead the way three-quarters of the way through the year.

Is that a Grammy ballot or are you just happy to see me?

The Swiss Academy figures out Bob Dylan is a poet.

WMG Q2 REVENUE UP
NEARLY 7% TO $1.49B
Call it Kyncl culture. (5/10a)
NEAR TRUTHS: INCOMPARABLE
Taylor world is an ecosystem. (5/9a)
HITS LIST: AROUND
THE MAYPOLE
The biz springs into motion. (5/10a)
BEEF BRINGS LAMAR BACK TO SPOTLIGHT
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/10a)
TOP 50: TAY'S THREE-PEAT, DUA'S OPTIMISM AND MORE
The most popular POETS in history (5/10a)
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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