Polo G will score his first #1 next week with Hall of Fame (Columbia), which leads new releases after one day of activity. Migos' Culture III (QC/Motown) is the other top debut as both albums light up DSPs...

The tandem set from hip-hop hitters Lil Baby & Lil Durk, Voice of the Heroes (Alamo/Geffen/Interscope/QC/Motown), opens at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with 158k. It's Durk's first chart-topping album. Olivia Rodrigo spends a second consecutive week at #2 with 141k as SOUR (Geffen) crosses 1m units in activity.

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Olivia Rodrigo holds down #1 on our Streaming Songs chart as "good 4 u" leads for a third consecutive week. Bad Bunny scores the top debut with #2 "Yonaguni," while Lil Baby & Lil Durk land 15 tracks from The Voice of the Heroes in the Top 50.

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The planets have aligned for the following industryites, just as their horoscopes had predicted: Coach K (Virgo) and P (Gemini), Jeff Harleston (Aries), Polo G (Capricorn), Clive Davis (Aries), Mike Chester (Capricorn) and Nick Petropoulos (Aquarius). Astrology’s OK, but we’ve had better luck with fortune cookies.

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The trajectories of the major agencies' music divisions over the last year have formed an unprecedented narrative of struggle and change. As they embark on what looks to be a prosperous new chapter, let’s take a look at what transpired over the last year-plus.

Columbia's Polo G takes the cover of Spotify's NMF behind the release of his album Hall of Fame. Also, new cuts from Lorde, Clairo, Doja Cat, Migos w/Drake, Maroon 5, Saint JHN f/SZA, H.E.R....

Hip-hop A&R hitter Chelsea Blythe has been appointed SVP A&R at Def Jam.

Our latest roundup of Vibe-Raters sees the entry of CMG/4PF’s 42 Dugg at #13 and MCA Nashville’s Parker McCollum at #15. They join buzzing acts poised to break like Republic’s Coi Leray, Warner’s Bella Poarch, Columbia’s The Neighbourhood and more.

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RCA Records has partnered with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot on the label Loud Robot, which will focus on new musical talent. Nnena is the first signing.

If the U.K. delays its reopening date of 6/21, the live-music sector could lose more than £500m due to the cancellation of 5,000 shows and the potential collapse of the summer festival season, according to research from trade body LIVE.

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