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4/18/24

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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Taylor Swift The Tortured Poet
4/19/24

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. "Take the over" seems to be the consensus...


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4/19/24

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.

Your HITS List bracket is here.

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4/19/24

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 studio album.


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4/19/24

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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4/18/24

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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4/19/24

Concord has tendered a bid to purchase Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4b, Reuters has reported. It’s up to Hipgnosis investment adviser HSM to allow the sale to go through.


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4/18/24

Future & Metro Boomin’s WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU will land at #1 and is expected to record around 145k, giving Sony its fourth consecutive chart-topper and the week's top three albums.


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4/18/24

Future and Metro Boomin turn the 93-year-old Los Angeles Theatre into their own personal after-dark playground in the video for "Drink N Dance," directed by Loris Russier.


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4/18/24

Our Q2 batch includes blazing-hot newcomers like Michael Marcagi, Artemas, Tucker Wetmore, Santa Fe Klan, Dasha and Ayra Starr, to name but a few. Which of the fresh talents profiled within will become pop’s next supernovae? We haven’t a clue, but feel free to place your bets.


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TOP 20: JUST TRUST US
A second sonic Boom (4/18a)
ON THE COVER:
AARON BAY-SCHUCK
AND TOM CORSON
Bunny's hoppin' again. (4/17a)
NEAR TRUTHS:
PRIMARY NUMBERS
Hats off to Larry (4/17a)
TAY’S FORTHCOMING DEBUT: WE ARE TORTURED BY SPECULATION
So many questions (4/17a)
THE COUNT: COACHELLA, FROM THE COUCH
The coziest way to experience the fest (4/19a)
THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!