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8/31/24

Allow us to add a little something to your holiday-weekend menu: This flame-broiled cornucopia of blazing-hot industry pics, co-starring such luminaries as Travis Scott, Chappell Roan, Jarred Arfa, Sabrina Carpenter, Gillian Zucker, Neil Jacobson, coastal Garys and more. They’ll pair beautifully with a sunny idyll and your favorite intoxicants.


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8/30/24

Island's Sabrina Carpenter holds onto #1 at Top 40 with "Please Please Please," while ICLG takes #1 at Rhythm with GloRilla & Megan Thee Stallion’s "Wanna Be" and Concord remains atop the Modern Rock chart with Offspring’s "Make It All Right."


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8/30/24

We won’t be publishing the HITS Top 50 chart today as the question of who will land at #1 has not yet been settled. Sabrina Carpenter is ahead at present, but all parties are fighting the good fight and we have a long-weekend’s-worth of day drinking, barbecuing and binge-watching to contemplate.


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8/30/24

Stevie Wonder has released a new single called “Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart," his first solo release since 2020.


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Jack White
8/30/24

Desert Daze, which was to have boasted a rare U.S. festival headlining set from Jack White, has canceled its 2024 incarnation. The event paused in 2023 but was scheduled to return to Lake Perris, California, 10/10-13.


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8/30/24

It’s Labor Day weekend at last, and the music biz is cooking thanks to such grill-masters as Sabrina, Travis, Gaga/Bruno, Lainey, BMG’s Celine and Intuit’s Gillian and Becky. Head over to HITS List and get ’em while they’re hot.

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8/30/24

On a bone-chilling late-August afternoon in San Francisco, Chappell Roan was in the middle of what’s become routine for her: headlining a festival on which she wasn’t the headliner.


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8/30/24

Labor Day weekend may signal the end of summer for some, but for festivalgoers, it means an extra day to par-tay! The Count previews Mysteryland, Bumbershoot, Rocklahoma, Fool in Love and more.


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8/30/24

Sabrina Carpenter debuts at #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with Short n’ Sweet, while “Taste” leads a trio of her tracks at the top of the singles tally amid a record-breaking week for the artist.


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8/30/24

Victoria Monét and USHER take the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday with the release of “SOS (Sex on Sight)." Also, new cuts by Jamie xx, Big Sean, Muni Long...


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THE RISE OF CHAPPELL ROAN: BEHIND THE SCENES
Here's how it happened. An oral history by Craig Marks. (8/30a)
A SIZZLING HITS LIST
Hot off the grill. Pairs well with your brewski of choice. (8/30a)
GUY MOOT AND CARIANNE MARSHALL: THE HITS INTERVIEW
Publishing's dynamic duo (8/28a)
THE COUNT: A LABOR (DAY) OF LIVE-MUSIC LOVE
Your other option is staying home and watching college football. (8/30a)
HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALL
Got live if you want it. (8/29a)
THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.