HITS LIST: AROUND THE MAYPOLE May 2024 is shaping up as a month to remember, with K. Dot’s rollicking return, new sets from Billie and Dua, fresh inkings by March and Mabe and fresh starts for Merck and, um, Marks. Dance away with HITS List WMG Q2 REVENUE UP NEARLY 7% TO $1.49B WMG delivered a largely upbeat earnings report for its fiscal Q2. Happily, the Bunny, unlike the other two members of the Big 3, reports its results in dollars, not euros or yen, so there’s no pesky currency conversion involved in stitching together this post. …Read moreCONCORD BOWS OUT OF HIPGNOSIS BIDDING Concord has filed notice that it is withdrawing from the bidding for Hipgnosis Songs Fund. …Read moreBEEF BRINGS LAMAR BACK TO SPOTLIGHT With an epic rap beef playing out publicly, Kendrick Lamar is winning on the charts, holding #1 with diss tracks at Spotify and Apple Music globally and in the U.S. Does Lamar have more wild cards to play as going rogue pays off? …Read moreTUCKER WETMORE LANDING AT A MAJOR? Word out of the 615 is that Tucker Wetmore and Rakiyah Marshall’s Back Blocks Music have selected… …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: INCOMPARABLE Taylor Swift's latest album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, has now passed the 3m mark in U.S. ATD and will hold onto the #1 spot on... …Read moreSONG REVENUE: HEY, 19 All 31 tracks from THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT debuted last week on the Song Revenue Chart, and 19 of them remain in the updated Top 50, ringing up another $1.5m+ for the Swift machine. Tommy Richman’s “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” lands at #1 with $172k, while Kendrick Lamar’s “euphoria” opens in the Top 10 with $108k. CRAIG MARKS JOINS HITS, THROWS STELLAR CAREER OUT WINDOW Craig Marks has made the career-ending decision to join HITS in the role of executive editor at large. …Read more |
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TIKTOK BANNED!
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THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
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TOP 50: TAY'S THREE-PEAT, DUA'S OPTIMISM AND MORE
The most popular POETS in history (5/10a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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Post Malone's country era is off to the races—with "I Had Some Help," the Mercury/Republic hitmaker, alongside Morgan Wallen, generated the most streams ever in a single day for a country song on Spotify.
Kendrick Lamar continues to rack up mega streams amid a high-profile beef with Drake, breaking the Spotify record for the most daily streams for a rap song with "Not Like Us." Check out its weekly stream count.
You don't have to be Stormy Daniels to be glad this week is over. Even so, we thought we'd ease you into the weekend with a gently curated array of trade photos highlighting some of the moment's biggest movers and shakers.
Republic's Taylor Swift notches a third consecutive week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with TTPD. Dua Lipa lands the top debut, SEVENTEEN scores a Top 5 bow and Kendrick Lamar's catalog soars.
May 2024 is shaping up as a month to remember, with K. Dot’s rollicking return, new sets from Billie and Dua, fresh inkings by March and Mabe and fresh starts for Merck and, um, Marks.
Dance away with HITS List
WMG delivered a largely upbeat earnings report for its fiscal Q2. Happily, the Bunny, unlike the other two members of the Big 3, reports its results in dollars, not euros or yen, so there’s no pesky currency conversion involved in stitching together this post.
Parisian Taylor Swift diehards were in the right place at the right time yesterday as the artist restarted her box office-busting Eras Tour with the first of four sold-out shows at La Défense Arena.
AEG Presents has promoted Brent Fedrizzi to president, North American Regional Offices, following a run as the concert giant's co-president and COO of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest Regions.
Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism has scored her the biggest opening week for a British woman since Adele’s 30. Over on the singles chart, Sabrina Carpenter tallies a second week on top.
It’s a week before the Academy of Country Music’s annual awards streamcast—for the third year on Amazon Prime and its platforms—and Raj Kapoor, the Emmy-winning producer and showrunner, is raving about this year’s lineup.
All 31 tracks from THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT debuted last week on the Song Revenue Chart, and 19 of them remain in the updated Top 50, ringing up another $1.5m+ for the Swift machine. Tommy Richman’s “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” lands at #1 with $172k, while Kendrick Lamar’s “euphoria” opens in the Top 10 with $108k.
In the biggest crossover since Mothra vs. Godzilla, Morgan Wallen and Post Malone have released their new collaboration, “I Had Some Help,” accompanied by a music video.
Travis Scott is heading back out on the road this summer in Europe and the U.K. as part of his UTOPIA: Circus Maximus Tour, and tickets are moving faster than you can say "telekinesis."
Warner remains atop the T40 chart with Benson Boone's "Beautiful Things," while Epic moves Future & Metro Boomin’s "Like That" to #1 at Rhythm and Warner/Crush enjoy another week atop the Modern Rock chart with Green Day’s “Dilemma.”
With an epic rap beef playing out publicly, Kendrick Lamar is winning on the charts, holding #1 with diss tracks at Spotify and Apple Music globally and in the U.S. Does Lamar have more wild cards to play as going rogue pays off?
Word out of the 615 is that Tucker Wetmore and Rakiyah Marshall’s Back Blocks Music have selected…
Larry Jackson and USHER talked AI and streaming yesterday, a discussion that was part of the Milken Global Conference dubbed "Unleashing Creativity in the 21st Century: Tech's Transformation of Modern Music and Media."
Our own Holly Gleason has been nominated for seven SoCal Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club. Her nominated features on The War & Treaty and Tyler Childers appeared in HITS.
Metro Boomin has become the first producer to perform at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Rumors of a "Let My People Go" remix remain unconfirmed.
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