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5/4/24

Warner's Dua Lipa will have the top debut on next week's HITS Top 50 with her third album, Radical Optimism. Taylor Swift secures a third consecutive week at #1.


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USHER SUPER BOWL CRO
5/4/24

USHER's annual music festival in Las Vegas, Lovers & Friends, has been canceled. Extreme weather is to blame.


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5/4/24

It was a late night for Kendrick Lamar and Drake, who fired off another round of diss tracks 5/3 as their lyrical battle wages on.


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5/4/24

Still shaking the desert dust out of your Louboutins? Perhaps this stimulating selection of industry pics will be just the tonic you require. Who knows? We might even run your picture (if you send it to us).


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5/3/24

I.B. Bad on Billie Eilish's next chapter, the shifting country landscape and more.


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5/3/24

Republic's Taylor Swift repeats at #1 on the HITS Top 50 as THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT moves 445k in week two—which on its own beats any other artist’s debut week in 2024.


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Skylar Simone
5/3/24

Def Jam has inked singer Skylar Simone, who'll be introduced to the world via her new, D'Mile-produced single, “Shiver."


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Kendrick Lamar
5/3/24

Kendrick Lamar has struck again with "6:16 in LA," his second Drake diss in less than a week. His previous sortie, "euphoria," remains #1 at Apple Music and Spotify U.S.


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5/3/24

Sabrina Carpenter has her first U.K. #1 single with “Espresso” (Island). Over on albums, Taylor Swift tallies a second week at the top and may have signed a long lease for that chart penthouse.


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Mick Jagger, Just Chillin 2024
5/3/24

Just another day at the office for Lucian’s Uni gang (TikTok deal, $2.8b), Rapino ($3.8b), Billie and Marshall (new albums), Sabrina (#1), Post and Shaboozey (gone country), millionaire Tommy Richman and a euphoric Kendrick. Ho hum.

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UMG AND TIKTOK
WORK IT OUT
The kerfuffle is in the past. (5/2a)
LUCIAN SOUNDS OFF ON UMG/TIKTOK DEAL
A breakdown from the boss (5/2a)
HITS LIST: HANGIN' OUT
With extra relish (5/3a)
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
A POST-WALLEN AFFAIR
A dynamic duo, y'all (5/3a)
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!