Phil Spector, the famed Wall of Sound producer who spent the last 11 years in prison for a murder he committed in 2003, died Saturday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has reported. He was 81.
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Morgan Wallen has a very big #1 bow with his 30-track Big Loud/Republic set, Dangerous: The Double Album, which instantly becomes the top-streaming country album in history by a wide margin. Republic owns the Top 3 and half of the Top 10.
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Olivia Rodrigo sits atop our Streaming Songs chart after a historic first week. The Geffen star's "drivers license" racked up 62m on-demand audio streams, the second-most debut-week streams in the streaming era, trailing only Drake's "Gods Plan."
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Longtime INXS manager Christopher “CM” Mark Murphy died Saturday in Sydney, Australia, following a battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. He was 66.
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With the Biden-Harris inauguration serving as the historic backdrop, change is in the air—and on the airwaves, among other popular platforms. Its harbingers include smashes from 17-year-old Olivia Rodrigo and regular dude Morgan Wallen, a brilliant strategy that’s lifting Justin Bieber to new heights, a Mark Pitts post-up move at RCA and a prediction of fans returning to arenas this fall. Bring it on.
Word has it that the Recording Academy and former head Deborah Dugan are close to a settlement in the arbitration surrounding her ouster just 10 days before the 2020 Grammys.
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Alabama-raised, Atlanta-based rapper Flo Milli has been chosen as Spotify's fourth U.S. RADAR artist. Listen to the RCA talent's new single, "Roaring 20s," to find out why "flo milli shit" has entered the cultural lexicon.
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RCA boss Peter Edge is making some changes as the House of Nipper navigates a rapidly evolving marketplace.
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In another peek at our newly published Rainmakers volume, we retrace the transformation of Steve Cooper from turnaround specialist to forward-thinking CEO of Warner Music Group.
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