HITS HIGH FIVE: LABORIOUS READING

The closed sign is ready to be hung for the Labor Day weekend, but before we enter a labored daze, check out the HITS High 5...

I.B. Bad predicts Taylor Swift has Adele’s seemingly unbeatable first-week U.S. record of 3.4m on her mind as she launches her next album. And to clarify a recent column on players rumored to be considering new career choices, we dig a little deeper.

Taylor Swift kept making news with the release of "Look What You Made Me Do" (Big Machine) as it became the most-added song at radio EVER and the video set a new viewership record at YouTube.

While everyone has heralded streaming as the industry’s savior, new numbers were bandied about during the week. Goldman Sachs Research predicts the industry will grow to $104b by 2030; Vivendi reports that 112m people pay for a streaming subscription and that, based on our math, the biz as a whole is taking in more than $5 billion per annum from streaming alone

Our specialists weigh in on Arcade Fire and the next generation of EDM superstars.

The music community continues to mobilize in different ways to help hurricane victims in Texas. Here is how you can help.

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!
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