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THE MAYPOLE
The biz springs into motion. (5/13a)
MALONE, WALLEN APPEAR NOT TO NEED "HELP" ACHIEVING MILESTONE
A genre-obliterating collab (5/13a)
RAJ KAPOOR: STACKING THE STARS, MAKING THE ACMs SHINE
Producer putting the finishing touches on Thursday's show. (5/13a)
WHAT'S NOT TO "LIKE?" HUGE STREAMS FOR KING KENDRICK
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/13a)
NEW RELEASES: "HELP" ARRIVES, SWIFT EXTENDS STREAK
Post, Morgan and the ever-popular POETS (5/13a)
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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HITS LIST: AROUND
THE MAYPOLE
The biz springs into motion. (5/13a)
MALONE, WALLEN APPEAR NOT TO NEED "HELP" ACHIEVING MILESTONE
A genre-obliterating collab (5/13a)
RAJ KAPOOR: STACKING THE STARS, MAKING THE ACMs SHINE
Producer putting the finishing touches on Thursday's show. (5/13a)
WHAT'S NOT TO "LIKE?" HUGE STREAMS FOR KING KENDRICK
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/13a)
NEW RELEASES: "HELP" ARRIVES, SWIFT EXTENDS STREAK
Post, Morgan and the ever-popular POETS (5/13a)
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!
RUMOR MILL
Maypole cats
5/13/24

May 2024 is shaping up as a month to remember, with K. Dot’s rollicking return, new sets from Billie and Dua, fresh inkings by March and Mabe and fresh starts for Merck and, um, Marks.

Dance away with HITS List

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5/13/24

Childish Gambino is helping us fend off a case of the Mondays by dropping a new-ish RCA album while most of us were asleep and announcing his first tour in five years.


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POST GUNNA TAY GIF
5/13/24

Post Malone & Morgan Wallen easily have biggest song debut with "I Had Some Help," which is projecting 600k units it its opening week. Gunna will have the top album bow, while Taylor Swift cruises to a fourth week at #1.


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5/13/24

Post Malone's country era is off to the races—with "I Had Some Help," the Mercury/Republic hitmaker, alongside Morgan Wallen, generated the most streams ever in a single day for a country song on Spotify.


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KENDRICK LAMAR   NOT LIKE US
5/13/24

Kendrick Lamar continues to rack up megastreams amid a high-profile beef with Drake, breaking the Spotify record for the most daily streams for a rap song with "Not Like Us." Check out its weekly stream count.


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kings of leon
5/13/24

Kings of Leon are heading towards #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with Can We Please Have Fun. Post Malone and Morgan Wallen are likewise #1-bound with their debut collaboration.


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5/13/24

You don't have to be Stormy Daniels to be glad this week is over. Even so, we thought we'd ease you into the weekend with a gently curated array of trade photos highlighting some of the moment's biggest movers and shakers.


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5/13/24

Peso Pluma has reunited with Eslabón Armado on "La Durango" f/Junior H as Double P unveils the release date for Éxodo—6/20—with a trailer featuring MMA superstar and actor Conor McGregor.


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PortolaFestival 2024
5/13/24

With a lineup that imagines what Coachella's Sahara tent would be like if it were transported to the Bay Area's largest cargo terminal, Goldenvoice's dance-music-dominated Portola festival will return 9/28-29 to San Francisco's Pier 80.


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DavidSanborn
5/13/24

Reluctant smooth jazz saxophone deity David Sanborn, who played with everyone from David Bowie and the Rolling Stones to James Brown and Stevie Wonder, died yesterday (5/12) at the age of 78.


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5/13/24

Amazon Music has tapped alt-rock trio Wallows for the New York City showcase of City Sessions. The concert will take place at Bowery Ballroom on 5/23 and stream live on Twitch and Prime Video.


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Raj Kapoor (1)
5/13/24

It’s a week before the Academy of Country Music’s annual awards streamcast—for the third year on Amazon Prime and its platforms—and Raj Kapoor, the Emmy-winning producer and showrunner, is raving about this year’s lineup.


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KingsOfLeon
5/13/24

With "Mustang" Top 5 at AAA and its parent album Can We Please Have Fun poised for a #1 debut in the U.K., Kings of Leon are setting the table for extensive worldwide touring this summer and fall.


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Hey 19
5/13/24

All 31 tracks from THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT debuted last week on the Song Revenue Chart, and 19 of them remain in the updated Top 50, ringing up another $1.5m+ for the Swift machine. Tommy Richman’s “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” lands at #1 with $172k, while Kendrick Lamar’s “euphoria” opens in the Top 10 with $108k.

SPHERE DEAD
5/13/24

Sphere Entertainment has acquired the remaining shares it did not previously own of Berlin-based HOLOPLOT GmbH, one of the leading 3D audio technology companies in the world.


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SarahIsmail
5/13/24

ADA Asia has promoted Sarah Ismail to managing director. She'll simultaneously fulfill interim responsibilities as managing director of Warner Music Philippines.


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5/13/24

According to a group of MPs, a voluntary tax on arena and stadium tickets and a cut in VAT are urgently needed to support grassroots music venues across the U.K., which are closing at a rate of two per week.


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5/10/24

Republic's Taylor Swift notches a third consecutive week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with TTPD. Dua Lipa lands the top debut, SEVENTEEN scores a Top 5 bow and Kendrick Lamar's catalog soars.


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ROBERT KYNCL - SM PROFILE PICTURE 2
5/10/24

WMG delivered a largely upbeat earnings report for its fiscal Q2. Happily, the Bunny, unlike the other two members of the Big 3, reports its results in dollars, not euros or yen, so there’s no pesky currency conversion involved in stitching together this post.


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photo credit  Jeremy Cowart
5/13/24

Producer-songwriter-artist-educator Charlie Peacock—whose five-decade career encompasses producing acclaimed folk duo The Civil Wars, developing Christian rock band Switchfoot and co-writing Amy Grant’s pop smash, “Every Heartbeat”—has written a memoir.


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Ice Spice, "Gimmie a Light"
The 10K/Capitol rap phenom returns with a sizzling track that will likely be sparking up action from the clubs to the DSPs. The kinetic video, co-directed by Ice and The Evil Twins (aka George and Frederick Buford) gives the bottom-heavy cut a run for its money. Ice Spice's hotly anticipated new full-length set, Y2K, is due later this year.
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