1 HARRY STYLES: Superstar builds his House at #1 with year’s best bow yet as vinyl sales move the needle bigtime, boffo tour boasts 15 nights each at MSG, Forum. This is a big Harry deal. | |
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2 ZACH BRYAN: Warner breakout gallops through the streams with one of year’s top country sets as TikTok, YouTube saddle up. Greetings from Oologah. | |
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3 TROY CARTER & SUZY RYOO: Venice co-founders distributing disruption with “token-gated” Music Collective for indie creators. Who’s in their gondola already? | |
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4 JEN MALLORY: Columbia GM flexing her killer marketing chops and cutting-edge team on huge Harry set in wake of success for Adele, LNX, Kid, more. Talk about a Big Red machine. | |
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5 ELVIS SOUNDTRACK: The King meets RCA royalty as Luhrmann flick’s star-studded ST rolls out and Team Nipper is TCB. Thankyouverymuch. | |
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6 LAUREN SPENCER-SMITH: Management derby for Island/Republic phenom goes into overdrive, as attorney Doug Mark runs a whole lotta meetings. Every manager in the biz has “Fingers Crossed.” | |
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7 YE/XXXTENTACION: West aims “True” in collab with late Columbia star for Hulu doc. You won’t even need a Stem Player to hear it. | |
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8 MATT PINCUS: Music entrepreneur “positions” himself for role in new ecosystem, raising $200m for holding company MUSIC. Who’ll be his Ron Perry this time? | |
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9 ANDREA VON FOERSTER: Yellowstone music supervisor riding high as thoughtful cues, early buy-in on Zach Bryan grab biz attention. Avon calling. | |
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10 ROUND HILL: Catalog aggregator fishing for buyers, but no one’s biting yet. Time to throw some fresh chum in the water? | |
