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THIS CHART STORY BELONGS TO EVERYBODY
On the SPS chart, if not on the world stage. (5/12a)
GIVING DUNGAN
THE BIZ
There's something fishy about this post. (5/12a)
KHALED, KENDRICK & BIEBER RULE REVENUE CHART
Check out the moneymakers. (5/12a)
HARRY STYLES
ROCKS ON
The little girls understand...or do they? (5/12a)
A&R IN THE AGE OF STREAMING
You know you were wondering.
LORDE'S NEXT LEVEL
How Melodrama took shape.
NASHVILLE BIG CAT
His last album made him a star. Will this one explode?
APPLE'S NEXT MOVE
The plan for domination.
RUMOR MILL
HarrySNL
5/13/17

Based on early reads, Columbia's Harry Styles looks set for a chart bow in the neighborhood of 250-275k SPS. Meanwhlie, Zac Brown...


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LOGIC
5/12/17

Def Jam's Logic has emerged as the clear winner in this week's Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart race, taking the #1 prize with a total north of 251k for third album Everybody. For much of the week, it was a real squeaker of a race, and Mercury Nashville’s Chris Stapleton battled admirably through the final inning. The bearded troubadour’s From a Room: Volume 1 wrapped things up at #2 with a strong 222k.


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HS phone booth
5/12/17

Two HITS editors from two different generations discuss Harry Styles' self-titled Columbia solo debut.


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Daniel Ek Twitter foto
5/12/17

Spotify is now valued at $13 billion, sources tell CBC. According to the same source, the service, which had reportedly been considering a direct listing, will indeed take that unconventional route in its IPO.


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Harry Styles album cover
5/12/17

Columbia's Harry Styles has unveiled his widely anticipated debut album, which has zoomed to #1 at iTunes. See within for an update an bunch of links to all things Harry.


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LyorGoogle1 (002)
5/12/17

When Lyor Cohen claimed YouTube's dazzling technology could prevent the unauthorized uploads of full albums, was he stupid or lying? Do we have to choose?


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kendrick-album-done
5/12/17

At T40, Bruno Mars clocks his third week at #1, while Kendrick Lamar closes in on Drake's reign at Rhythm and at Modern Rock, Imagine Dragons re-take the top spot for a seventh week...


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High5
5/12/17

While the network TV world parses fall line-ups and gives the good word to some rookie hopefuls, the top stories from the week in music are full of hits…and people taking hits. It’s pretty easy to figure out which is which in this week’s HITS’ High Five.


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Mike Dungan LUKE FISH IMAGE PQ
5/12/17

Heavy-hitting, extremely quotable UMG Nashville topper Mike Dungan, who will receive the Presidential Award at this year’s Music Biz confab, shares his thoughts about the honor and today's morphing business.


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5/12/17

Troy Hanson steps up to VP Ops at Cumulus' Chicago group while remaining PD at WKQX and Corporate VP, Programming, Rock Formats. Read more about that in iGen, where you can also check out items on The National, Phoenix, The Lumineers, Gorillaz, HAIM, Bleachers, LCD Soundsystem and more. As if you needed an excuse to hang out with the ever-lovin' Ted Volk.


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Featured Video
Harry Styles, "Sign of the Times"
How do you provide an adequate visual for a song that soars like this? You let your Columbia heartthrob actually fly (in this case over the Isle of Skye). The visuals are killer, and the song just knocks us out.
Based on initial reads, @Harry_Styles' first-week numbers: https://t.co/w6uJKoVJyC https://t.co/kKPNkWj0B9
He has @LukeBryanOnline @SamHuntMusic @ericchurch @littlebigtown @KeithUrban @ChrisStapleton & more; we've got him.… https://t.co/HyU9Oiz2Xf
2 HITS editors from 2 different generations discuss @Harry_Styles' @ColumbiaRecords solo debut:… https://t.co/hmldCczFxS
.@DefJamRecords' @Logic301 has emerged as the clear winner in this week's SPS chart race: https://t.co/tWaxU965tq… https://t.co/7BWUbi8kyX
.@djkhaled's #ImTheOne raked in over $300k in its first week, broke @kendricklamar's @AppleMusic record & wont quit… https://t.co/wC8NHPulrg
.@Harry_Styles had quite a week, a 4-star review from @robsheff, an interview on @R1Breakfast AND his release party… https://t.co/ZXxRS6MQxy
Re-experience the evolution of @MileyCyrus and be reminded of why we all need her: https://t.co/dAMhkdP35i #Malibu… https://t.co/iMAsCj8Z1P
RT @DefJamRecords: .@amirobe featured on @HITSDD check it out! https://t.co/wey6pBKeen https://t.co/CgR61nvT32
.@diddy remains hip-hop's wealthiest artist according to @Forbes, but @S_C_ is not far behind:… https://t.co/5looueL9Qi
.@irvingazoff weighs in on the renewal of @warnermusic's deal with @YouTube: https://t.co/xhztDTU5xy https://t.co/azcM5sXnpj
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