RUMOR MILL
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
NEW RELEASES: NATURAL BORN KILLERS EDITION
Taylor Swift and Pop Smoke may once again battle for #1 on this Friday’s HITS Top 50, while The Killers and Nas look set to duke it out for top debut.
The Killers (Island) 35-40k total activity, 28-32k albums
Nas (Mass Appeal) 35-40k, 10-13k
Tim McGraw (Big Machine/BMLG) 20-25k, 15-18k
Blackbear (Alamo/Geffen/Interscope) 19-22k, 4-6k
In election news, a late addition to the RNC speaker lineup has been announced: the tentacled Lovecraftian space demon Cthulu, which will rank as the fourth most evil entity at the event.
 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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