From Thanksgiving into December, the holidays and “Auld Lang Syne”—another year is flying by. Among the players who deserve some downtime are Monte Lipman, Afo Verde, Jay Marciano, Jonathan Dickins, Ryan Press and Gabz Landman, while Steve Cooper will have all the time in the world to indulge himself.

Feast on HITS List

Charles Koppelman, the trailblazing music-publishing and label exec whose lengthy string of successes stretched from The Lovin’ Spoonful to Tracy Chapman to Wilson Phillips, died Friday. He was 82.

Warner’s 72-song cornucopia of live recordings from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1997 residency at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium leads a small list of new arrivals at iTunes this Flipover Friday.

Two Republic releases gobble up nearly half of the HITS Song Revenue Chart as 14 of the 16 tracks from Drake & 21 Savage’s Her Loss (OVO/Republic) and half of the 20 songs from Taylor Swift’s Midnights–3am Edition remain in the Top 50, for a collective tally of $1.72m.

Dermot Kennedy claims his second U.K. #1 on the Official Albums chart, while Taylor Swift nabs a fifth consecutive week atop the singles chart.

The contenders for the U.K. race for Official Christmas #1 are in the starting gate; among those vying for the coveted title are…

The NFL, in partnership with Lex Borrero and Tainy's NEON16, has released a Latino culture compilation, Por la Cultura Mixtape, Vol. 1. Featured artists include will.i.am, Anthony Ramos, El Alfa, Snow tha Product...

In his final conference call with investors, outgoing Warner Music Group CEO Steve Cooper shared his thoughts on the growth of Warner Music Group over his 11+ year run, noting a few standout moments.

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles were the two most Googled musicians in the U.S. this year based on research conducted by Celeb Tattler.

Winning Record, Song and Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys was part of Sony's big week in Las Vegas, which ended with rave reviews for the launch of Adele's residency.