RUMOR MILL
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
JUICE, POP SMOKE HELP POWER BIGGEST STREAMING WEEK YET
Posthumous releases from Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke have contributed to the biggest week yet for on-demand audio streaming.
The late hip-hop stars' titles (on Grade A/Interscope and Victor Victor/Republic, respectively), currently ranked at #1 and #2 on the HITS Top 50 chart, added more than 500 million streams to a weekly total of 17.3 billion, the largest number of weekly plays in the streaming era thus far. Year to date on-demand audio streams are up 17% vs. the same period in 2019.
How much more could streaming continue to grow, even in the face of major economic and social challenges? Stay tuned.
PRINCE, FIVE YEARS GONE: SOME PURPLE MUSINGS
His death continues to reverberate. (4/21a)
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RHYTHM, BLUES AND THE FUTURE
The musical tapestry we know as R&B.
WHO'S NEXT?
Predicting the next big catalog deal.
JUST THE VAX, MA'AM
Once we all get vaccinated, how long before we can party?
WORLDWIDE GROOVE
How is globalization bringing far-flung territories into the musical mainstream?
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U.K. LIVE BIZ ASKS FOR CONCERT CONTINGENCY FUNDrumor mail
