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AN OCEANIC HITS LIST
Changes coming in waves (9/20a)
KYNCL ANNOUNCES ATLANTIC REORG
Ertegun and Wexler's baby gets an extreme makeover. (9/20a)
SNL ROLLS OUT 50TH SEASON OPENING LINEUP
They're all ready for prime time. (9/19a)
MARVIN SCHLACHTER,
1934-2024
Indie-label great walks on by. (9/20a)
HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALL
We're manning the merch table. (9/13a)
THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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AN OCEANIC HITS LIST
Changes coming in waves (9/20a)
KYNCL ANNOUNCES ATLANTIC REORG
Ertegun and Wexler's baby gets an extreme makeover. (9/20a)
SNL ROLLS OUT 50TH SEASON OPENING LINEUP
They're all ready for prime time. (9/19a)
MARVIN SCHLACHTER,
1934-2024
Indie-label great walks on by. (9/20a)
HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALL
We're manning the merch table. (9/13a)
THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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9/20/24

Cactus Jack/Epic's Travis Scott gets his #1 on the HITS Top 50 with the 10-year anniversary release of Days Before Rodeo. Shipped physical sales of DBR lift the project to 156k this week. Sabrina Carpenter slides to #2 and Eminem rises to #5.


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9/20/24

As summer turns to fall, the record business undergoes a sea change with the transformation of iconic Atlantic under the next-gen leadership of Elliot Grainge. Meanwhile, Irving Azoff makes a big-bucks deal for his Global Music Rights, Sony closes in on the coveted Pink Floyd catalog and Randy Goodman sets sail. Dip your toe into HITS List.

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9/20/24

In an internal memo obtained by HITS, WMG boss Robert Kyncl noted further changes at Atlantic Music Group. “WMG is transforming swiftly this year, in a fast-paced, fiercely competitive industry,” Kyncl’s message underscored.


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9/20/24

At its Capital Markets Day presentation in London on 9/17, UMG's top execs presented investors with a new vision for growth through 2028 that includes enhanced subscriptions, superfans and strategic partnerships.


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9/19/24

RAINMAKERS, our compendium of interviews with top industry players, will be landing on desks and doorsteps with a resounding thump in the near future. The latest iteration, like its predecessors, includes revealing conversations with...


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9/20/24

HITS presents a brand-new feature on the agents who work behind the scenes to help get your favorite tours up and running. Our latest victim: CAA's resident Anglophile, Carole Kinzel.


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Marvin Schlacter
9/20/24

Marvin Schlachter, a trailblazing indie executive and label head best known for his success at Scepter/Wand in the 1960s with now-classic records by Dionne Warwick, The Shirelles, B.J. Thomas, Tammi Terrell, Chuck Jackson and The Kingsmen, has died at the age of 90.


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9/20/24

Powered by splendid weather and even more splendid lineups, a host of high-profile festivals get down to business this weekend, including Bourbon & Beyond in Louisville, Kentucky, Riot Fest in Chicago, HFStival in Washington, D.C., and the iHeart Radio Festival in Las Vegas.


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9/20/24

Darkroom/Interscope's Billie Eilish moves to #1 at Top 40 with "BIRDS OF A FEATHER," while Republic's Ariana Grande hits #3 at Rhythm with "the boy is mine" and Warner's Linkin Park lands atop the Modern Rock chart with "The Emptiness Machine."


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9/20/24

Weasels are converging on Sin City for the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival, presented by Capital One. The two-day fest, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, kicks off tonight at the T-Mobile Arena with performances by...


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Red Clay Strays
9/20/24

RCA's The Red Clay Strays added to growing Grammy buzz in multiple categories by taking home Emerging Act of the Year at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville.


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Shohei 50-50
9/20/24

No, this isn’t a sports site, but when sports history is made in such breathtaking fashion, we have to celebrate it. On Thursday, Dodgers unicorn Shohei Ohtani became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season. And then he kept going.


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9/20/24

The Black Music Action Coalition held its annual gala Thursday. LL COOL J, USHER and Live Nation were among those honored.


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9/20/24

Epic’s Future orbits the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday upon the release of MIXTAPE PLUTO; “TOO FAST” leads the set. Also, new cuts by Bad Bunny, Bon Iver, Katy Perry...


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9/20/24

GloRilla will drop her debut album, Glorious, on 10/11. Listen to lead single "Hollon" now.


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George Harrison
9/20/24

BMG is commemorating the 50th anniversary of George Harrison’s Living in the Material World with an expansive archival campaign highlighted by a super-deluxe boxed set.


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Snow Patrol
9/20/24

With The Forest Is the Path, Snow Patrol has its first U.K. Official Albums #1 since 2006’s Eyes Open. And Sabrina Carpenter sets a new record for total weeks atop the singles tally.


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Global Music Rights GMR
9/19/24

Irving Azoff's Global Music Rights PRO has a new primary investor in the form of private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which has valued the company at $3.3b, per a report by Music Business Worldwide.


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9/19/24

Sony Music Publishing's hot streak continued at the 2024 SESAC Music Awards, where the company was named Publisher of the Year for a third straight year and Jack Harlow won Songwriter of the Year for a fourth.


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Kendrick Lamar
9/20/24

Kendrick Lamar quietly delivered the tentatively titled single "Watch the Party Die" via Instagram on 9/11, smack dab in the middle of the MTV VMAs. Even with more than 3 million likes, the song has yet to see an official release.


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Sam Hunt, "Country House"
MCA Nashville's Hunt enlists family members to help evoke the simple joys of domestic life on this moving, Tim Mattia-directed clip. "House," which is making itself at home on Country radio, appears on Sam's EP LOCKED UP. For details on his tour (now in progress), go here.
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