BillyPorter
5/15/24

In addition to serving as host, Billy Porter will be honored with the Elton John Impact Award at the Fifth Annual Can’t Cancel Pride on 6/12 at L.A.’s iHeartRadio Theater. He will perform, as will...


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JohnLennonMindGames
5/15/24

Mind Games, the 1973 album John Lennon recorded just before his infamous Lost Weekend period of separation from wife Yoko Ono, is being celebrated with a massive Ultimate Collection reissue campaign due 7/12.


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5/15/24

Taylor Swift’s THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT will spend a fourth week at #1, surpassing 3.5m in YTD activity. Meanwhile, Gunna and Kendrick Lamar...


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5/15/24

Sony Music has reported more strong results for the fiscal year ending 3/31, with recorded-music revenue topping $10b for the second year in a row—a feat never accomplished before 2023.


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Raj Kapoor (1)
5/15/24

It’s a week before the Academy of Country Music’s annual awards streamcast—for the third year on Amazon Prime and its platforms—and Raj Kapoor, the Emmy-winning producer and showrunner, is raving about this year’s lineup.


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RIAABurrBass
5/15/24

The Recording Industry Association of America has promoted longtime employees Erin D. D. Burr to SVP, Media Relations, Gold & Platinum Program and Matthew Bass to VP, Research and Gold & Platinum Operation


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5/15/24

Sony Music's Megan Moroney, Nate Smith and Tigirlily Gold have won the three New Artist awards two days before Thursday's ACMs.


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JC and DP
5/15/24

Jonathan Cohen has joined the HITS staff as senior editor. He has not yet broken this heartbreaking news to his family.


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5/15/24

Latin Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Mon Laferte has signed with Sony Music Latin.


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5/14/24

With Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us"—which samples Ray Charles—debuting as the #1 single overall in the wake of the rapper's war of words with Drake, Primary Wave has scored its second chart-topper of the past three weeks.


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SONY MUSIC TOPS $10B FOR SECOND STRAIGHT FISCAL YEAR
Momentum in dollars and yen (5/15a)
TOP 20: TAYLOR'S REIGN CONTINUES
All 31 flavors still available. (5/15a)
RAJ KAPOOR: STACKING THE STARS, MAKING THE ACMs SHINE
Producer putting the finishing touches on Thursday's show. (5/15a)
WHAT'S NOT TO "LIKE?" HUGE STREAMS FOR K. DOT
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/14a)
COHEN TRICKED INTO HITS EDITORIAL ROLE
Another on bites the dust. (5/15a)
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!