PUNDITS SAY POETS WILL DO 2M+ Industry prognosticators are now fearlessly predicting that Taylor Swift's latest Republic rocket, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, will soar into the rarefied air of 2 million+ in first-week activity. …Read moreTORTURED POETS UNITE: TAYLOR IS BACK There’s huge, massive and then there’s Swift-sized. By every metric, Taylor Swift is in a league of her own. The megastar's 11th studio album is here, and it’s a double, with 31 tracks. "Take the over" seems to be the consensus. …Read moreHITS LIST ENTERS PLAYOFF MODE High-flying all-stars including Taylor, Billie, Future-Metro, Eshak-Majid and Chester are ready to light up the scoreboard, and the crowd’s going wild. THE COUNT: COACHELLA, FROM THE COUCH While watching hours of the Weekend 1 Coachella livestream from our sand-, sun- and wind-free couch, it became abundantly clear that there’s still no substitute for true talent and authentic showmanship. …Read moreSONG REVENUE: CALM BEFORE THE STORM Eight tracks from J. Cole’s surprise mixtape bow on the Song Revenue Chart, taking in north of $460k. Future & Metro Boomin collect $340k from four WE DON’T TRUST YOU entries, led by the ubiquitous “Like That,” still locked at #1. Hozier (#2) and Artemas (#12-7) register gains. ON THE COVER: AARON BAY-SCHUCK AND TOM CORSON The co-heads of a red-hot and fully resurgent Warner Records grace the cover of this issue, having also granted us—likely to their eternal regret—an in-depth interview. …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: PRIMARY NUMBERS Though the catalog-acquisition market has shown signs of slowing, Larry Mestel’s Primary Wave continues to grow the major business he's steadfastly built over the course of nearly two decades while... …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: SURF AND TURF I.B. on Nashville and the coasts, the magic bullet of radio, Island's heat wave and Taylor's seismograph. …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: KICKING UP SAND Taylor Swift, with a new album coming, is ready to suck the oxygen out of the universe in a way that no other pop-cultural force since The Beatles has done. Her appearance in the crowd at Coachella... …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: DESERT SONG I.B. on the business landscape and the Coachella crush, co-starring Doja, Tyler, Taylor, O-Rod, Billie, Ice Spice and many more. …Read more |
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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
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THE COUNT: COACHELLA, FROM THE COUCH
The coziest way to experience the fest (4/19a)
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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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There’s huge, massive and then there’s Swift-sized. By every metric, Taylor Swift is in a league of her own. The megastar's 11th studio album is here, and it’s a double, with 31 tracks. "Take the over" seems to be the consensus.
High-flying all-stars including Taylor, Billie, Future-Metro, Eshak-Majid and Chester are ready to light up the scoreboard, and the crowd’s going wild.
According to HITS' Holly Gleason, "On TTPD, Taylor Swift has grown up, is telling the truth and is letting go of the past." Read Holly's review of Swift's 11th album.
While watching hours of the Weekend 1 Coachella livestream from our sand-, sun- and wind-free couch, it became abundantly clear that there’s still no substitute for true talent and authentic showmanship.
Concord has tendered a bid to purchase Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4b, Reuters has reported. It’s up to Hipgnosis investment adviser HSM to allow the sale to go through.
Eight tracks from J. Cole’s surprise mixtape bow on the Song Revenue Chart, taking in north of $460k. Future & Metro Boomin collect $340k from four WE DON’T TRUST YOU entries, led by the ubiquitous “Like That,” still locked at #1. Hozier (#2) and Artemas (#12-7) register gains.
Warner holds the top two spots at Pop with Benson Boone's "Beautiful" moving to #1, while Epic puts 21 Savage's "redrum" atop the Rhythm chart and Warner and Team Crush remain at #1 at Modern Rock with Green Day’s "Dilemma."
TORTURED POETS go to the head of the class at Apple Music and iTunes as the new Taylor Swift set takes over.
James has its first U.K. Official #1 studio album with Yummy (Nothing But Love Music). Over on singles, Hozier spends a second week at the top.
On the heels of signing a label deal with RCA, buzzy roots group the Red Clay Strays has inked a global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music.
Though the catalog-acquisition market has shown signs of slowing, Larry Mestel’s Primary Wave continues to grow the major business he's steadfastly built over the course of nearly two decades while...
The co-heads of a red-hot and fully resurgent Warner Records grace the cover of this issue, having also granted us—likely to their eternal regret—an in-depth interview.
Republic’s Taylor Swift graces the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday upon the release of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Three tracks from the project appear in the Top 15, with “Fortnight” f/Post Malone kicking off the set.
Dickey Betts, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist and singer who penned their biggest hit and was a driving force in the rise of Southern rock, died Thursday. He was 80.
Our Q2 batch includes blazing-hot newcomers like Michael Marcagi, Artemas, Tucker Wetmore, Santa Fe Klan, Dasha and Ayra Starr, to name but a few. Which of the fresh talents profiled within will become pop’s next supernovae? We haven’t a clue, but feel free to place your bets.
I.B. on Nashville and the coasts, the magic bullet of radio, Island's heat wave and Taylor's seismograph.
Future and Metro Boomin turn the 93-year-old Los Angeles Theatre into their own personal after-dark playground in the video for "Drink N Dance," directed by Loris Russier.
Rico Wade, founding member of The Dungeon Family and one-third of Atlanta production team Organized Noize, died 4/12. He was 52.
At a press conference at Miami's Kaseya Center, Miami-Dade County Commission Vice Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Latin Recording Academy CEO Manuel Abud, GMCVB President and CEO David Whitaker and Univision Television President Ignacio Meyer announced that the 25th Latin Grammy Awards will return to Miami in 2024. Other important dates include...
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