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HITS'  HIGH FIVE: SMOKIN' AT THE BALLOT BOX

HITS isn’t about to start getting into political endorsements, but if we did, the five states with marijuana initiatives on their ballots Tuesday would be a good place to start. Three of them—California, Arizona and Nevada—ask voters to OK recreational use, to which we say yes; Maine wants to classify pot as an agricultural product and allow marijuana social clubs; and Massachusetts’ bill would allow you carry around a lid. While you put that in your pipe and smoke it, here are the HITS High Five music stories of the week.

UMPG’s Jody Gerson starts her purple reign as the keeper of Prince’s music publishing.

Nashville was dressed to the nines for the CMA Awards, and as we have seen before, the CMAs drive sales like few other TV shows.

HITSLenny Beer asks Grammy voters to listen to The Lumineers, Leslie Odom Jr., Justin Bieber and others before marking their round one ballots.

Max Lousada’s Warner Music showed a 0.7% rise in marketshare from 2015 to this year while the gap between Jason Iley’s Sony Music and David Joseph’s Universal is shrinking.

Capitol Records will celebrate its 75th birthday this month with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, a TASCHEN and a 75-album vinyl collection that we can’t wait to get our hands on.

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Sir Lucian and Daniel are in harmony. (3/28a)
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
YTD MARKET SHARE
Zeroing in on the elite teams (3/28a)
TRUST IN THE TOP 20
Hip-hop is no longer hibernating. (3/28a)
SONG REVENUE:
A STYLISTIC STEW
MC, divas and singer-songwriters rub elbows. (3/28a)
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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