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5/2/24

Taylor Swift will repeat at #1 with more than 400k, pushing THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT past 3m in activity to date. Meanwhile, PARTYNEXTDOOR is...


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HeadCountIAmAVoter
5/2/24

I am a voter will be merged into HeadCount, further amplifying their collective mobilization efforts around youth voters through the use of digital-first tech and proprietary programs.


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5/2/24

Another record quarter is in the books for Michael Rapino's Live Nation, which posted Q1 revenue of $3.8b, up 21% over 2023. The strong start to 2024 presages another massive year...


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ntertain montoya mottolla f1 doc
5/2/24

As part of NEON16's 2024 Miami Grand Prix Big Race Week, Lex Borrero and Tommy Mottola's NTERTAIN has announced the production of a new documentary series on Colombian F1 legend Juan Pablo Montoya.


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5/2/24

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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LiveNationAgentsDinner
5/2/24

WME’s Keith Sarkisian and Kevin Shivers, CAA’s Rick Roskin, Wasserman’s Corrie Martin and UTA’s Cheryl Paglierani gathered for a Live Nation dinner party at Steak 48 in Beverly Hills to discuss who would headline if Depeche Mode, Lil Baby, Eric Clapton, Imagine Dragons and Chance the Rapper were booked to play one of Omar Al-joulani’s upcoming festivals.


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5/2/24

Island's Sabrina Carpenter, who just notched her first global #1 hit with "Espresso," will be the musical guest on the 5/18 episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Jake Gyllenhaal.


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moneybags
5/2/24

UMG's 2024 Q1 results show that revenue increased nearly 8% year over year to $2.77b, driven by double-digit increases in subscription revenue (12.5%) and streaming revenue (10.3%). Publishing revenue grew 18% year over year in constant currency.


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Sheryl Crow
5/2/24

Executives and artists have descended on Capitol Hill this week to lobby on behalf of AI protections, live-ticketing reform and other key issues facing the biz today.


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5/2/24

SoundCloud has launched a new feature, the genre-specific Buzzing Playlists, "curated" via fan engagement.


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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)
JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
London calling (5/2a)
TOP 20: IT’S STILL TAYLOR’S WORLD
Large and in charge (5/2a)
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
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!