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SAMANTHA KIRBY YOH The latest in a series of live-exec trading cards (9/27a)
NADEL MOVES FROM ELEKTRA TO WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE
WMG reorg hits Music City. (9/24a)
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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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DICKON STAINER 
Columbia’s 24kGoldn rings the bell at #1 this week with “Mood” f/iann dior as Capitol’s Internet Money climbs to #3 with “Lemonade.” Growing inside the Top 10 are Epic’s Travis Scott with “FRANCHISE” and Republic’s Pop Smoke with “For The Night,” while Def Jam’s Jhene Aiko and Epic’s 21 Savage continue climbing inside the Top 20 with “B.S” and “Mr. Right Now.” Warner’s Saweetie quickly enters the Top 25 with “Back To The Streets” f/Aiko, Republic’s Ariana Grande will be up over 450 spins this week again with “positions” and look for Def Jam’s YG to debut with “Rodeo” this week.
Entercom has entered into an asset exchange agreement with Urban One.
As part of the deal, Entercom has acquired three stations from Urban One: WPHI-FM in Philadelphia, Hot 104.1 (WHHL-FM) in St. Louis and 980 The Team (WTEM-AM) in D.C.
In exchange, Urban One will receive Entercom’s Charlotte stations 107.9 The Link (WLNK-FM), News Talk 1100 & 99.3 WBT (WBT-AM/FM) and WFNZ (WFNZ-AM).
Entercom will also acquire the format, brand and creative assets of Urban One’s WFUN-FM “The Lou” in St. Louis, which will be moved to Entercom’s existing 96.3 FM signal (KNOU-FM).
Urban One and Entercom will begin operating the respective stations on 11/23.
Epic’s Flipp Dinero grabs 23 adds on “No, No, No,” making it Election week’s Most Added record. Warner’s Saweetie has a solid clean up week, adding 15 new stations on “Back to The Streets” f/Jhene Aiko. Interscope’s Shenseea picks up 10 commitments on “Lighter,” while Ariana Grande’s “positions” grabs 8 adds. RCA’s Bryson Tiller picks up 7 new stations on “Outta Time” f/Drake.
It’s going to come down to the wire, but it looks like Columbia’s 24kGoldn will slip into the #1 position this week with “Mood” f/Iann Dior (RECORDS). Capitol’s Internet Money continues to explode with “Lemonade,” which will be up over 600 spins as it enters the Top 5. Epic’s Travis Scott enters the Top 10 with “FRANCHISE.” Republic’s Pop Smoke will be up over 550 spins and enters the Top 15 with “For The Night.” Epic’s 21 Savage will also see a plus 400 gain on “Mr. Right Now.” Looking to debut this week are RCA’s G-Eazy with “Hate the Way” f/blackbear, Warner’s Saweetie with “Back to The Streets” and Republic’s Ariana Grande with “positions.”
