HITS' HIGH FIVE: MEMORIAL DAZE

After a week of difficult news, we press rewind and take a look at the music industry’s positive news from the last seven days. Wishing all our HITS’ High Five readers a pleasant and safe Memorial Day weekend.

I.B. Bad takes a look at the current situation at Sony and sees challenges but no disaster looming.

Marketshare rankings reveal that labels committed to focusing their A&R resources on hip-hop and younger-skewing, R&B-flavored pop have a virtual stranglehold on the streaming business.

Irving Azoff sums up the benefit of YouTube to artists in one word. None.

Publication of The History of the Music Biz 2, our forthcoming set of profiles of industry greats, gathered by the brilliant Michael Sigman, is fast approaching.

The City of Hope honored its 2017 Spirit of Life recipient, Red Light chief Coran Capshaw, at a WeHo breakfast Tuesday.

TOP 20: IT’S STILL TAYLOR’S WORLD
What did you expect? (5/1a)
KENDRICK TAKES AIM AT DRAKE WITH "EUPHORIA"
K. Dot is back in a big way. (5/1a)
JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
London calling (5/1a)
BILLIE'S BACK WITH BIG WORLD TOUR
Promises to be a Hard ticket to score. (4/30a)
HIPGNOSIS BOARD APPROVES UPPED BLACKSTONE BID
But it ain't over till it's over. (4/29a)
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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