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STREAMING HITS ITS STRIDE
Is the new marketplace reaching maturity?
30 YEARS OF HITS
With the incriminating photos to prove it.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATALOG IN THE WORLD
Purple prose on a pricey panoply of Prince.
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U.K. CHARTS: MAJOR LAZER STILL POURING AT #1
Happy Birthday, Monte Lipman! This commemorative cake, engineered by Chopper Charlie Walk and Team Republic and delivered by whirlybird, celebrates the Ethos in the sweetest way possible. Of course, we knew him when...
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The soundtrack to Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad remains at #1 on both charts this week, earning approximately 90k on the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with 48K of that being pure album sales. The biggest bow, however, belongs to OVO/Warner Bros.’ PARTYNEXTDOOR (pictured), who earned 50k on the SPS Chart to land at #3 with PARTYNEXTDOOR 3.
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Yeah, bitches, that IS Madonna, seen here on the Who's That Girl? promo junket with Z100's Magic Matt Alan. This tantalizing two-shot, from back when we were all shiny and new (or at least felt that way), is brought to you by the HITS 30th Anniversary Issue, soon to be landing on your desks—very much unlike a virgin.
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What do Steve Bartels, Paul McCartney, Pandora's Lars Murray, Shawn Mendes and the Copyright Royalty Board have in common? Well, yes, they were all horrified yet fascinated by those naked Donald Trump statues. But they also appear in this week's HITS List, our weekly cheat sheet of industry doings. Read it, learn it, love it.
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It's the freakin' weekend, buddy! And you know what that means. No, we're not talking about body shots and incriminating photos, but if you have any, please send them our way. Spotify's New Music Friday Playlist is out, and it includes Shawn Mendes' "Mercy" (Island), Ellie Goulding's "Still Falling For You" (Interscope), Britney Spears' "Do You Wanna Come Over?" (RCA)...
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You may have seen the Wall Street Journal story about the pending launch of Pandora’s on-demand streaming service, which suggested said service (built on the bones of acquisition Rdio) has closed the labels and might see the light of day by next month. Sources close to the talks, however...
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Frank Ocean dropped new music! Yay! Everyone's really excited and it sounds super-cool! Woo-hoo! What exactly is it, and how does it count on the charts? Uhhh...
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Major Lazer, Justin Bieber and MO have remained on top for a fourth week in Blighty, as new band Blossoms score a second week at #1 on the albums chart.
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Radio legend Scott Shannon brought a fellow broadcasting luminary, longtime associate and friend Don Benson, onto his WCBS morning drive show in celebration of Shannon's two-year anniversary there. Benson will be feted with the National Radio Award at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Awards on 9/22 in Nashville, which Shannon will host. As with other key figures in our industry, Scott figures prominently in our photo archive...
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After four long years, a mysterious streaming art piece that masqueraded as the countdown to an actual release—but only after a New York Times leak, which ended up being an elegant swerve by Apple Music—new music from Frank Ocean's is finally here. Though this longform video is apparently not the Def Jam album...
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