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A MOVING HITS LIST

October 20, 2021

Adele and Kacey—singularly talented 33-year-olds who bare their souls with artful restraint on their fourth albums—are generating deafening chatter, making this a memorable autumn for a delighted Rob Stringer, an indignant Cindy Mabe and a beleaguered Harvey Mason Jr. Even Merck and Steve Cooper briefly took notice before they resumed counting their cash. HITS List is right up ahead