Billie Eilish is packing her bags for a massive world tour in support of her upcoming album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.

Taylor and her DEPARTMENT are off the launchpad and generating out-of-this-world numbers. Her supernova is emblematic of a remarkable year in the music biz, as Hozier rockets to #1, country stars—and Nickelback—shine in the desert night, Myke Towers prepares to add his name to the Latin-music galaxy and Roppo is manning mission control.

Houston, we have a HITS List

Even with Taylor Swift sucking most of the oxygen out of the marketplace, TDE/RCA's SZA remains in orbit with "Saturn." The cut is Top 20 at Spotify U.S. and just outside the Top 20 on the global chart; it's also Top 30 at Apple Music (just behind another big SZA cut, "Snooze").

The partnership of Pulse Records and Brent Faiyaz’s ISO Supremacy appears to be bearing fruit. The JV’s first signing, Tommy Richman, has sailed to #1 at Apple Music and #22 at Spotify U.S. with his “Million Dollar Baby” after churning up big activity on TikTok.

Anthony Ramos, Lynette Coll, Leslie Grace, Jairo Alvarado and Santiago Zapata have joined the committee for NTERTAIN's NVISION Latino Film & Music Festival.

Whether you're scribbling blank verse in your garret in honor of Taylor's massive chart bow, squeezing into your cowboy boots as Stagecoach begins or simply collapsing on the couch while you wait for the refreshments to kick in, we salute you—and we bring you this minimally taxing anthology of hot music-biz photos.

Surely against his better judgment, Clive Davis allowed HITS into his home for a genial chat on a rainy spring morning in New York, just hours before his 92nd birthday.

You can check out Taylor Swift's seven-figure debut on the HITS Top 50 here. House Lipman also scores a Top 5 opening with Pearl Jam's Dark Matter. Future & Metro's WE DON'T TRUST YOU rises to #2.