HITS HIGH 5: BOTTOMLESS VODKA SODAS

Tux pressed? Check. Tickets to Clive’s party? Check. Photo cheat sheet to identify Best New Artist nominees? Check. OK, buddy, you’re all set and ready to hit rewind with the HITS High 5.

How many Grammy Awards subplots can there be? We’ve got predictions with the caveat that eight races are mighty tight. In our humble opinion, Lady Gaga has already won. And we told you days ago that Drake wouldn’t be at the event.

OK, so Ariana Grande isn’t performing at the Grammys. But she is ruling the charts.

I.B. Bad weighs in on multiple subjects, among them American music and the demise of Q4 plus the unstoppable Ariana.

Columbia's Ron Perry got the week of parties started with a birthday jam at the Troubadour. Here’s a list of Grammy-related events where the hooch is pouring freely.

One day European rights holders are losing their minds about the Copyright Directive and the way YouTube is let off the hook. The next day, a coalition of bodies repping songwriters, artists, managers, producers and musicians urged negotiators to proceed with the text. Will this affect how Lyor is treated at Grammy parties?

HITS LIST: AROUND
THE MAYPOLE
The biz springs into motion. (5/13a)
MALONE, WALLEN APPEAR NOT TO NEED "HELP" ACHIEVING MILESTONE
A genre-obliterating collab (5/13a)
RAJ KAPOOR: STACKING THE STARS, MAKING THE ACMs SHINE
Producer putting the finishing touches on Thursday's show. (5/13a)
WHAT'S NOT TO "LIKE?" HUGE STREAMS FOR KING KENDRICK
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/13a)
NEW RELEASES: "HELP" ARRIVES, SWIFT EXTENDS STREAK
Post, Morgan and the ever-popular POETS (5/13a)
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.
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