HITS LIST: EYES ON THE PRIZE Ballers on both sides of the chalkboard have their game faces on as the calendar turns to June. Generational talents Zach and Slim Shady are back in play, while Seroussi, Platt and dynamic duo Rukasin & Goodman (Billie’s twin towers) are in full-court-press mode. Get the score at HITS List. NEAR TRUTHS: ALL THE RIGHT MOVES I.B. on the creative and commercial growth of Billie Eilish's latest chapter and the impact of the J Balvin deal. …Read moreSONG REVENUE: BILLIE BREAKS THE BANK Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” remains at #1 on this week's Song Revenue Chart, but all 10 tracks from Interscope labelmate Billie Eilish’s HIT ME HARD AND SOFT bow in the Top 50 as she collects a tidy $862k. STRINGER TALKS STREAMING, AI AT SONY BIZ CONFAB Sony Music ruler Rob Stringer offered a deep dive into the company yesterday as part of its 2024 Business Segment Meeting, weighing in on DSP pricing and the pros and cons of AI. …Read moreTHE COUNT: U.K. FEST SEASON IS HOTTER THAN AFTERNOON TEA Wonderers have wondered if, after humongous comeback years in 2022 and 2023, the U.K. festival market could sustain its unprecedented post-pandemic growth. The Count reads the (English Breakfast) tea leaves. …Read moreWHAT’S HEATING UP AS SUMMER NEARS? As Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” continues to top streaming charts in the U.S., let’s take a look at the latest new songs catching fire right before summer. …Read moreJ BALVIN JOINS INTERSCOPE CAPITOL MIAMI Inside sources confirm that reggaeton legend J Balvin has signed with Interscope Capitol Miami. Nir Seroussi and his Interscope Miami team will run point, in collaboration with Tom March's Capitol. …Read more |
WHAT’S HEATING UP AS SUMMER NEARS?
The future's so hot, they gotta wear shades. (5/31a)
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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!
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WHAT’S HEATING UP AS SUMMER NEARS?
The future's so hot, they gotta wear shades. (5/31a)
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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!
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Ballers on both sides of the chalkboard have their game faces on as the calendar turns to June. Generational talents Zach and Slim Shady are back in play, while Seroussi, Platt and dynamic duo Rukasin & Goodman (Billie’s twin towers) are in full-court-press mode. Get the score at HITS List.
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Dead and Company honored decades-long Deadhead and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton last night during their performance at Sphere in Las Vegas, following his cancer-related death earlier this week.
As expected, Sabrina Carpenter is at the top of the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart for a fifth week with “Espresso," while over on the albums tally, Taylor Swift has denied Twenty One Pilots their first #1.
Tucker Wetmore’s got a new label home. The rising country star has inked a deal with UMG Nashville in partnership with Back Blocks Music.
RCA moves SZA's "Saturn" to #1 at Top 40, while ICLG takes Kendrick Lamar’s "Not Like Us" to #3 at Rhythm and the Warner and Crush team hold atop the Modern Rock chart with Green Day’s “Dilemma.”
HITS' roving political correspondent, the brilliant David Bender, who oversaw our forthcoming Pride special, weighs in on the Trump verdict—and then turns up the volume on some of 45's other transgressions.
Inside sources confirm that reggaeton legend J Balvin has signed with Interscope Capitol Miami. Nir Seroussi and his Interscope Miami team will run point, in collaboration with Tom March's Capitol.
Sony Music ruler Rob Stringer offered a deep dive into the company yesterday as part of its 2024 Business Segment Meeting, weighing in on DSP pricing and the pros and cons of AI.
As Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” continues to top streaming charts in the U.S., let’s take a look at the latest new songs catching fire right before summer.
Eminem dropped his new single, "Houdini," on 5/31, the first taste of his forthcoming album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). The accompanying video features an array of familiar faces (and some dopplegängers).
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope’s Eminem appears on the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday with his latest act, “Houdini.” Also, new cuts by Shaboozey, Noah Cyrus, The Marías, Normani...
Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony on Thursday, when he was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying records in a sex scandal cover-up.
Ahead of this year's A2IM Indie Week in New York, the organization has named Alex Machurov its head of biz dev and announced a new partnership with Czech talent and execs through SoundCzech.
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