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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.
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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!
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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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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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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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Warner's Benson Boone lands atop the Pop chart once again, while RCA has two tracks going for the #1 spot with SZA's "Saturn" currently in the lead and Warner's Green Day returns to #1 at Modern Rock with "Dilemma."


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With news breaking overnight of a resolution between UMG and TikTok, UMG CEO Sir Lucian Grainge has provided further details on the wide-ranging pact in a letter to staff.


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UMG and TikTok have forged a new licensing agreement that will result in the return of Universal artists, songwriters and labels to the platform following a three-month absence.


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EMPIRE’s Shaboozey is making the most of country music’s hot streak (and the imprimatur of Beyoncé). The Virginia native has the hottest country cut in the U.S. with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” now Top 5 at Apple Music and Spotify.


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