VARIETY: DEAL PENDING FOR HALF OF MJ CATALOG Variety is reporting that the Michael Jackson estate is near to closing a deal to sell 50% of its interest in the late superstar's catalog to Sony and an undisclosed financial partner. …Read moreGRAMMY SOCIAL BUZZ From #OMG to #wtf, the socials were alive with hot takes on Grammy wins, losses, performances, outfits and more. Quick question: How many syllables in WHATTTTTTTT? …Read moreGRAMMY RATINGS SOAR CBS' broadcast of the Grammy Awards was up 30% in viewership over last year, with 12.4m viewers tuned in on Sunday (2/5) for the Recording Academy's 65th annual ceremony. The Grammys reached its biggest audience in three years. …Read moreA TASTE OF RAINMAKERS: JIM ROPPO By the time he finished high school, Republic Records Co-President Jim Roppo was already a citizen of the world. Growing up in disparate international locales no doubt helped prepare him for his extraordinary career versatility. …Read moreNEW & DEVELOPING ARTISTS: Q1 The Q1 class of 2023 features such attention-getting newcomers as RAYE, NewJeans, Lola Brooke, Little Simz and Luke Grimes, to name but a few. Which of these exciting new arrivals will be competing for Grammys in 2024 or beyond? Darned if we know, but we look forward to finding out. …Read moreGRAMMY AWARDS PLAY-BY-PLAY What happened on the Grammys? Let's ask the superfans. Then again, let's not. …Read moreCHART FINAL: TXT's FIRST #1 BIGHIT/Imperial/Republic's TOMORROW X TOGETHER earns its first #1 on the HITS Top 50 with The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION. The EP debuts with 159k, ending SZA's seven-week run atop the chart. …Read more |
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OUR POST-GRAMMY CHEW TAKES LESS THAN FOUR HOURS TO READ
We'll let you get back to your day ASAP. (2/7a)
HITS LIST WINNERS
Here's who's lighting up the scoreboard before and after the Grammys. (2/3a)
GRAMMY-WEEK ALBUM: PICS TO CLICK
Including shots of several luminaries entrapped by a HITS nerd. (2/5a)
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HIP-HOP AT 50
The astonishing first half-century of a world-rocking genre.
THE NEXT BIG PLAYER
in the catalog game is...
INDIE BREAKOUTS
More independent music rises at the DSPs.
THE GOP CONGRESS
At last, America can focus 24/7 on Hunter Biden's laptop.
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OUR POST-GRAMMY CHEW TAKES LESS THAN FOUR HOURS TO READ
We'll let you get back to your day ASAP. (2/7a)
HITS LIST WINNERS
Here's who's lighting up the scoreboard before and after the Grammys. (2/3a)
GRAMMY-WEEK ALBUM: PICS TO CLICK
Including shots of several luminaries entrapped by a HITS nerd. (2/5a)
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HIP-HOP AT 50
The astonishing first half-century of a world-rocking genre.
THE NEXT BIG PLAYER
in the catalog game is...
INDIE BREAKOUTS
More independent music rises at the DSPs.
THE GOP CONGRESS
At last, America can focus 24/7 on Hunter Biden's laptop.
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SZA's SOS is on track to return to #1 as last week's leader, TOMORROW X TOGETHER's The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION, is projected to drop to #3. Meanwhile, Republic could have as many as seven entries in this week's Top 10.
Concord has announced big changes to its executive leadership: CEO Scott Pascucci will step down effective 6/30 and President Bob Valentine will take over as CEO. Tom Whalley will vacate his post as chief label officer.
Spotify Latin editors created a clever new playlist Monday following the iconic meeting between Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift at the Grammys. It appears Tay is now invited to the carne asada.
CBS' broadcast of the Grammy Awards was up 30% in viewership over last year, with 12.4m viewers tuned in on Sunday (2/5) for the Recording Academy's 65th annual ceremony. The Grammys reached its biggest audience in three years.
By the time he finished high school, Republic Records Co-President Jim Roppo was already a citizen of the world. Growing up in disparate international locales no doubt helped prepare him for his extraordinary career versatility.
New Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl has made his first big hire, tapping Ariel Bardin as president of Technology, a newly created position.
Super-attorney and Michael Jackson estate co-executor John Branca offers some moonwalking tips to Myles Frost, the gifted young star of MJ: The Musical on Broadway (most recently seen providing the finale at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy gala). Observed strongly wishing we'd beat it are (l-r) Frost, Branca and Jamaican supermodel Kamini Chinloy.
The Q1 class of 2023 features such attention-getting newcomers as RAYE, NewJeans, Lola Brooke, Little Simz and Luke Grimes, to name but a few. Which of these exciting new arrivals will be competing for Grammys in 2024 or beyond? Darned if we know, but we look forward to finding out.
Columbia's The Kid LAROI takes #1 on the Top 40 add board with "Love Again." Drake & 21 Savage’s “Spin Bout U” takes the honor at Rhythm, while Wet Leg’s “Angelica” (Domino) shares Most Added honors at Modern Rock with Young the Giant’s “The Walk Home” (AWAL).
Team Sony celebrated a fab Grammy night by extending their time without sleep just a few more hours and posing for these sexy photos.
After this relentless week, we don't really know how Sir Lucian Grainge and the other UMG folk pictured here are still upright, let alone posing in their finery in the hours AFTER the Grammys ended, but that's what makes them professionals. Don't try this at home, kids.
The Best New Artist is currently the biggest new artist on the sales charts; in the early hours of Monday morning, Samara Joy’s Linger Awhile is #1 at iTunes and Amazon’s digital-music and CD-sales charts.
Bey has done it, adding four statuettes to her trophy case and setting the all-time record for Grammy wins with 32. Meanwhile, K.Dot, Bonnie Raitt (SOTY) and Brandi Carlile win three, Harry Styles (AOTY), Samara Joy (BNA), Wet Leg and Ozzy each score two and Adele, Lizzo (ROTY) and Bad Bunny are on the board with one.
See the full list of winners of the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
From #OMG to #wtf, the socials were alive with hot takes on Grammy wins, losses, performances, outfits and more. Quick question: How many syllables in WHATTTTTTTT?
Shania Twain and RAYE are battling it out for this week’s Official U.K. Albums #1. Over on singles, Miley Cyrus is set for a fourth week at the top.
BIGHIT/Imperial/Republic's TOMORROW X TOGETHER earns its first #1 on the HITS Top 50 with The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION. The EP debuts with 159k, ending SZA's seven-week run atop the chart.
On behalf of GLAAD, the activist organization's Anthony Allen Ramos issued the following statement praising the recognition of LGBTQ+ creators by the Grammys.
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