TAI ONE ON

Arista artist Tai Verdes basks in the glow of not one but two plaques (one platinum, for "A-O-K," and one gold, for "Stuck in the Middle")—not to mention two industry luminaries, label chief David Massey and Work of Art Management's Ryan Chisholm. In a possibly related story, a HITS editor drank two bottles of wine and pretended to accept an award in front of the mirror.