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, 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 moreLAINEY SADDLES UP FOR AUGUST RETURN Lainey Wilson’s fifth album, Whirlwind, will arrive globally 8/23 via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville. The LP, produced by Jay Joyce, follows Wilson’s breakthrough 2022 album, Bell Bottom Country. …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 moreNEAR TRUTHS: CENTERS OF GRAVITY I.B. Bad on Billie Eilish's next chapter, the shifting country landscape and more. …Read moreCRAIG MARKS JOINS HITS, THROWING 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 |
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 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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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, 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 (5/9) as the artist restarted her box office-busting Eras Tour with the first of four sold-out shows at La Défense Arena.
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.
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…
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.
Craig Marks has made the career-ending decision to join HITS in the role of executive editor at large.
U.K. listeners are still looking on the “Mr. Brightside” of life, as The Killers song of that name has overtaken “Wonderwall” by Oasis as the most commercially successful hit to never reach #1.
The story of respected British music exec Darcus Beese, formerly president of UMG U.K.’s Island Records, will be told in his upcoming book, Rebel With a Cause.
Building off the massive success of its debut single, "Home," buzzy U.K. duo Good Neighbours has found a new dwelling within the friendly confines of Capitol and Polydor Records.
Lainey Wilson’s fifth album, Whirlwind, will arrive globally 8/23 via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville. The LP, produced by Jay Joyce, follows Wilson’s breakthrough 2022 album, Bell Bottom Country.
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...
Jody Gerson's Team UMPG is celebrating a Publisher of the Year win at the ASCAP Pop Awards. Pictured pondering the perfect topline to capture the moment are...
Avex USA has made a strategic investment in Brandon Silverstein's artist-management company, S10 Entertainment, expanding a pre-existing partnership with the latter's S10 Publishing.
Arista has jointly promoted Kendell “Sav” Freeman and Khris Riddick-Tynes to SVP, A&R. They previously shared the title co-head/VP of Urban Music.
TikTok is increasing its efforts in AI transparency, using new technology to automatically label AI-generated image and video content made on other platforms.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the annual promotion, starting today and running through 5/14, Live Nation will take Concert Week global to more than 20 territories.
With their just-released collaboration “Miles on It,” Kane Brown and Marshmello become the first male artists to top the Pop and Country add boards simultaneously.
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