Industry prognosticators are now fearlessly predicting that Taylor Swift's latest Republic rocket, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, will soar into the rarefied air of 2 million+ in first-week activity.
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Dickey Betts, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist and singer who penned their biggest hit and was a driving force in the rise of Southern rock, died Thursday. He was 80.
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There’s huge, massive and then there’s Swift-sized. By every metric, Taylor Swift is in a league of her own. The megastar's 11th studio album is here, and it’s a double, with 31 tracks. "Take the over" seems to be the consensus.
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High-flying all-stars including Taylor, Billie, Future-Metro, Eshak-Majid and Chester are ready to light up the scoreboard, and the crowd’s going wild.
According to HITS' Holly Gleason, "On TTPD, Taylor Swift has grown up, is telling the truth and is letting go of the past." Read Holly's review of Swift's 11th album.
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While watching hours of the Weekend 1 Coachella livestream from our sand-, sun- and wind-free couch, it became abundantly clear that there’s still no substitute for true talent and authentic showmanship.
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Warner holds the top two spots at Pop with Benson Boone's "Beautiful" moving to #1, while Epic puts 21 Savage's "redrum" atop the Rhythm chart and Warner and Team Crush remain at #1 at Modern Rock with Green Day’s "Dilemma."
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Eight tracks from J. Cole’s surprise mixtape bow on the Song Revenue Chart, taking in north of $460k. Future & Metro Boomin collect $340k from four WE DON’T TRUST YOU entries, led by the ubiquitous “Like That,” still locked at #1. Hozier (#2) and Artemas (#12-7) register gains.
TORTURED POETS go to the head of the class at Apple Music and iTunes as the new Taylor Swift set takes over.
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On the heels of signing a label deal with RCA, buzzy roots group the Red Clay Strays has inked a global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music.
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