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NEAR TRUTHS: ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
Checkmate (5/31a)
HITS LIST: EYES ON THE PRIZE
Final exams (5/31a)
SONG REVENUE: BILLIE BREAKS THE BANK
10 for 10 (5/31a)
SHADY'S BACK—TELL A FRIEND
When we need him most (5/31a)
WHAT’S HEATING UP AS SUMMER NEARS?
The future's so hot, they gotta wear shades. (5/31a)
THE NEW UMG
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Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
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NEAR TRUTHS: ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
Checkmate (5/31a)
HITS LIST: EYES ON THE PRIZE
Final exams (5/31a)
SONG REVENUE: BILLIE BREAKS THE BANK
10 for 10 (5/31a)
SHADY'S BACK—TELL A FRIEND
When we need him most (5/31a)
WHAT’S HEATING UP AS SUMMER NEARS?
The future's so hot, they gotta wear shades. (5/31a)
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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Eminem's "Houdini" was the top new track at Spotify and Apple Music U.S. on 5/31, arriving in the Top 5 at both platforms. The rap god also scored the biggest global streaming debut of his career on Spotify.


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With Black Music Month upon us, we're prepping our yearly print celebration. The focus? Atlanta. A thriving source of jazz, country, gospel, blues, soul, classical, R&B and hip-hop, the Georgia capital has produced a cornucopia of...


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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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Our forthcoming Pride Month special issue, we're absolutely amazed to share, has been crafted, curated and otherwise cooked up by the brilliant author, activist and mensch David Bender. The issue focuses on advocacy and allyship, the perils and possibilities of the present moment and the personal odysseys of...


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Taylor Swift logs a sixth consecutive week at #1 on the HITS Top 50. Billie Eilish holds firm at #2, followed by twenty one pilots' Clancy. Sexyy Red and Chappell Roan spice up the Top 20.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.”


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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.


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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.


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Ben Platt, "Before I Knew You (The Honeymind Sessions)"
The multifaceted performer and trophy magnet, whose new Interscope set, Honeymind, was produced by Dave Cobb (and who figures prominently in our Pride special), here delivers an achingly beautiful love song that's dedicated to his fiancé, Noah Galvin. Platt is in the midst of a run at NYC's storied Palace Theatre (featuring guests like Kacey Musgraves), after which he'll hit the road.
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