Kings of Leon are heading towards #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with Can We Please Have Fun (Polydor). Over on singles, Post Malone and Morgan Wallen are headed for the top with their debut country collaboration.
Sphere Entertainment has acquired the remaining shares it did not previously own of Berlin-based HOLOPLOT GmbH, one of the leading 3D audio technology companies in the world.
ADA Asia has promoted Sarah Ismail to Managing Director, while she simultaneously fulfills interim responsibilities as Managing Director of Warner Music Philippines.
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 and fresh starts for Merck and, um, Marks.
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Childish Gambino is helping us fend off a case of the Mondays by dropping a new-ish RCA album while most of us were asleep and announcing his first tour in five years.
Post Malone & Morgan Wallen easily have biggest song debut with "I Had Some Help," which is projecting 600k units it its opening week. Gunna will have the top album bow, while Taylor Swift cruises to a fourth week at #1.
Post Malone's country era is off to the races—with "I Had Some Help," the Mercury/Republic hitmaker, alongside Morgan Wallen, generated the most streams ever in a single day for a country song on Spotify.
Kendrick Lamar continues to rack up megastreams amid a high-profile beef with Drake, breaking the Spotify record for the most daily streams for a rap song with "Not Like Us." Check out its weekly stream count.
It’s a week before the Academy of Country Music’s annual awards streamcast—for the third year on Amazon Prime and its platforms—and Raj Kapoor, the Emmy-winning producer and showrunner, is raving about this year’s lineup.
You don't have to be Stormy Daniels to be glad this week is over. Even so, we thought we'd ease you into the weekend with a gently curated array of trade photos highlighting some of the moment's biggest movers and shakers.
MALONE, WALLEN APPEAR NOT TO NEED "HELP" ACHIEVING MILESTONE
A genre-obliterating collab (5/13a)
RAJ KAPOOR: STACKING THE STARS, MAKING THE ACMs SHINE
Producer putting the finishing touches on Thursday's show. (5/13a)
WHAT'S NOT TO "LIKE?" HUGE STREAMS FOR KING KENDRICK
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/13a)
NEW RELEASES: "HELP" ARRIVES, SWIFT EXTENDS STREAK
Post, Morgan and the ever-popular POETS (5/13a)
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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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