This, the first HITS List of 2019, features music-biz luminaries so iconic that their first names will suffice, in industry circles and beyond: Lucian, Sylvia, Doug, Ariana, Gaga (OK, maybe that’s not her first name, but you get the idea). The Top 10 also includes a pair of dynamic duos, one familiar the other newly minted, as well as a veteran manager with an enviable new client and a veteran executive in an exotic new locale.
And yes, there’s entry #10, a disturbingly timely manifestation of these increasingly disturbing times.
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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