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5/8/24

Word out of the 615 is that Tucker Wetmore and Rakiyah Marshall’s Back Blocks Music have selected…


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SteveAlbini
5/8/24

Producer, engineer and musician Steve Albini, one of the most prominent and outspoken figures in the American underground rock scene of the last 40 years, has died.


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TAYLOR FORTNIGHT PROMO RESIZED
5/8/24

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed a new law that is meant to increase protections for online ticket buyers. The state’s residents will be...


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kristal
5/8/24

Kristal McKanders Dube is joining BMG as SVP of global corporate communications. She comes aboard after about six years leading comms at Warner Chappell Music. The L.A.-based McKanders Dube will report to BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld.


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RepublicCorps
5/8/24

REPUBLIC CORPS has overtaken every spot in the list of Top 10 albums with the most single-week on-demand audio streams. Drake has four entries, including three of the Top 5. Taylor Swift leads the list with nearly 900m plays for the first week of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, which bookends the list as the album holds down #10 with 429m streams in week 2. Morgan Wallen, Lil Wayne and Post Malone have one entry apiece.


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Taylor
5/8/24

Taylor Swift's latest album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, has now passed the 3m mark in U.S. ATD and will hold onto the #1 spot on...


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5/8/24

Taylor Swift collects another week at #1 as THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is pushed past the 3.3m mark in total U.S. activity, while Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism is on track for a first-week finish in the Top 3 and SEVENTEEN...


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LiveNationConcertWeek
5/8/24

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the annual promotion, starting today and running through 5/14, Live Nation will take Concert Week global to more than 20 territories.


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Mick Jagger, Just Chillin 2024
5/8/24

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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5/8/24

With an epic rap beef playing out publicly, Kendrick Lamar is winning on the charts, holding #1 with diss tracks at Spotify and Apple Music globally and in the U.S. Does Lamar have more wild cards to play as going rogue pays off?


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NEAR TRUTHS: INCOMPARABLE
Taylor world is an ecosystem. (5/8a)
JENNIFER KNOEPFLE: THE HITS INTERVIEW
A publishing all-star tells her story. (5/8a)
HITS LIST: HANGIN' OUT
With extra relish (5/8a)
BEEF BRINGS LAMAR BACK TO SPOTLIGHT
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/8a)
REPUBLIC GOES 10 FOR 10
Holy mackerel, Monte! (5/8a)
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!