YOUR TOP 20:
RODRIGO-A-GO-GO
Olivia Rodrigo’s 11-track debut, SOUR (Geffen), continues to astonish. In the absence of ticket or merchandise bundles, few, if any, other new releases have grown so rapidly during their first weeks. Thanks to a 20% increase Sunday to Monday in audio streams, we can raise the projected activity to 265k. As we reported on 5/24, SOUR will collect the most first-week streams of any debut album by a female artist, beating the 203m of Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy by a wide margin. SOUR is currently projected at 250m+ streams. How high can it go? Look for updates every day this week.
In honor of Olivia's "good 4 u" video, a HITS editor dusted off and squeezed into a cheerleader outfit from 1983 today. And despite the passage of time, he felt he looked damn good.
VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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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
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
