The music biz has jammed the pedal to the metal with the arrival of Billie’s latest longplayer, a supercharged Post-Morgan collab, a surprise 180 from Childish and a high-octane ACM Awards. On the other hand, newly hired HITS loser Jonathan Cohen finds himself stuck in reverse.
DEAD & COMPANY DAZZLE AT SPHERE KICKOFFThe longest and strangest trip in rock kept on rolling last night (5/16), as Dead & Company began their Dead Forever residency at Sphere in Las Vegas. Our brains are still tingling.
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If you visit a Live Nation festival in the coming weeks, you’ll see a lot of Tyler, the Creator, The Killers, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion and blink-182 atop the lineups.
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Carin León has remained steadfastly independent throughout his career, but the buzz about a major-label deal for the Mexican phenom is getting louder.
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Kendrick Lamar’s three Top 10 Song Revenue Chart entries total 125m streams and $600k as #1 “Not Like Us” makes $260k. Tommy Richman’s “MILLION DOLLAR BABY,” last week's leader, slips to #2 but jumps 49% to $250k on 56m streams. Taylor Swift’s 12 TTPD entries tally 171m streams and $780k.
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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Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson combined for seven trophies at the 59th ACM Awards. Post Malone, Dua Lipa and Noah Kahan were among the special guests of the evening.
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Republic's Taylor Swift has unveiled three digital "First Draft Phone Memo" iterations of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, each including new artwork.
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Billie Eilish and SoundCloud teamed up to celebrate the release of her third album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Darkroom/Interscope), for the inaugural “SoundCloud takeover.”
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Drake, who leads the artist nominees with seven, will go up against current rival Kendrick Lamar in the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist category. Def Jam, meanwhile, scored nine nods.
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