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Friday, August 21, 2020
CHART STORY: SWIFT JOINS CLUB FOUR
Notching her fourth week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with folklore (Republic), Taylor Swift joins Lil Baby and The Weeknd as the only artists in 2020 to own the chart for a month. Swift posts 97k in her fourth week.
Young Dolph lands the top debut at #4, followed by Kane Brown's Mixtape Vol.1 (RCA Nashville/Zone 4) at #15. Columbia's Polo G (#16-12, +14%) and Warner's Dua Lipa (#40-29, +15%) earn the biggest gains this week.
Streeting this week are projects from Island's The Killers, Mass Appeal's Nas, Alamo/Interscope's blackbear, Big Machine's Tim McGraw, Streamcut/RCA's Mulatto and Dead Oceans' Bright Eyes.
 BST HYDE PARK: BIGGER THAN EVER It's the U.K. equivalent of July 4 fireworks. (7/1a)
UMG ACQUIRES ALL THINGS ZAPPA
Who's gonna "Freak Out" over this acquisition? (7/1a)
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SUPERSTAR RELEASES
Who's next?
MUSIC BIZ SPECIAL
It's Comic-Con for numbers geeks.
THE BIG CHEESE
Theories of evolution from 30,000 feet.
THE NEXT GIANT DEAL
A&R in overdrive.
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