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Friday, July 20, 2018

HITS HIGH FIVE: NO CLARIFICATION NECESSARY

Welcome to this week’s HITS High 5 where you can be confident we have never confused the word “would” with “wouldn’t.” Now, wouldn’t it be nice to see the highlights of the week? We think it would.

The story of the first six months of 2018 is the take-no-prisoners offensive of Sir Lucian Grainge’s UMG, which has ridden the streaming wave aggressively and with impressive precision.

Valuations of music properties are at an all-time high, rising higher than at any time since Edgar Bronfman Jr., bought Polygram for $10.4 billion in 1998.

The future of branding in Nashville has never been brighter.

Evoking the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” with its sweep and swoop, Eric Church’s “Desperate Man” (EMI Nashville) is a song for the moment.

The latest, needle-moving trailer for forthcoming 20th Century Fox biopic Bohemian Rhapsody pushed seven Queen songs into the iTunes Rock Top 50.

 
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TOP 20: JUST TRUST US
A second sonic Boom (4/18a)
Check It Out Now
ON THE COVER:
AARON BAY-SCHUCK
AND TOM CORSON
Bunny's hoppin' again. (4/17a)
Check It Out Now
NEAR TRUTHS:
PRIMARY NUMBERS
Hats off to Larry (4/17a)
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TAY’S FORTHCOMING DEBUT: WE ARE TORTURED BY SPECULATION
So many questions (4/18a)
Check It Out Now
THE COUNT: COACHELLA, FROM THE COUCH
The coziest way to experience the fest (4/18a)
Check It Out Now
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
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