HITS LIST: ’TIS THE SEASON As the calendar turns to December, Burl is smokin’, Brenda Lee is comin’ on strong, SZA and 21 Savage are bein' gift-wrapped and Cecilia Winter and the radio shows are in season. GRAMMY CHEW: (SORT OF) HANDICAPPING THE BIG 4 This year’s round of top-tier noms is, as ever, a combination of on-target choices, insider favorites and a few unaccountable snubs. How will it all shake out on Music’s Biggest Night? …Read moreKAHAN STICKS SNL DEBUT Mercury/Republic’s Noah Kahan made his Saturday Night Live debut on 12/2, blazing through “Dial Drunk” and “Stick Season.” …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: DUA, GRAMMY, NASHVILLE, BMI, MORE In which I.B. spills the pop tea (and the Tennessee whiskey), dishes the nominations and the telecast, offers a PRO tip and more. …Read morePHYLICIA FANT: THE HITS INTERVIEW As head of music industry & culture collaborations at Amazon Music, Phylicia Fant has played an instrumental role in expanding not only the tech giant’s standing in the music world but also its leadership with respect to culture and representation. Her approach to this is informed by... …Read moreNEAR TRUTHS: CLIQUE BAIT This year’s Grammy nominations were an improvement over recent years—particularly in their foregrounding of the women who’ve been running the table in the pop world. That said... …Read moreDOLLIMORE IS BUZZING (AND NOT JUST FROM THE COFFEE) Considerable buzz surrounds hot free agent David Dollimore, who most recently served as president of RCA U.K. and Ministry of Sound. Is he about to begin a splashy new chapter? …Read moreYEAR-END: TAY WRAPS IT UP AT SPOTIFY Taylor Swift received more than 26.1b streams on Spotify worldwide this year, which makes her the DSP’s top global artist of 2023. Bad Bunny was right behind her. Morgan Wallen posted some impressive stats in the U.S. …Read more |
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GRAMMY CHEW: (SORT OF) HANDICAPPING THE BIG 4
Your guess is as good as ours. (12/4a)
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AI: RISKS AND REWARDS
How the biz might use this powerful new tech—and the threats it could pose.
HOW LONG WILL TRUMP'S PRISON SENTENCE BE?
Oh, sorry... we were just daydreaming.
RAINMAKERS 2023
The stories behind the biggest industry careers.
IS IT CHRISTMAS YET?
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KQ/RCA’s ATEEZ is headed for #1 on this week’s HITS Top 50. While Taylor Swift falls to #2, Republic will once again dominate the Top 10, with potentially seven entries. Six Christmas titles are projected to land in the Top 20.
As the calendar turns to December, Burl is smokin’, Brenda Lee is comin’ on strong, SZA and 21 Savage are bein' gift-wrapped and Cecilia Winter and the radio shows are in season.
They wrote the songs that made the whole world sing in 2023. Get to know their bodies of work in our handy Grammy guide to the Songwriter of the Year field.
Elliot Grainge’s 10K Projects has promoted Blake Brown-Grakal to general counsel and Samuel Cohen to general manager while welcoming Max Gore as CFO.
“So how long do we have to stand like this?” asks songwriter-producer extraordinaire and Grammy nominee Dan Wilson during this photo op with Team PULSE to commemorate their new joint pub venture, Supermoon Songs. PULSE co-CEO Scott Cutler, who was instrumental in the deal, informed Dan that he could move as soon as the tableau created 47 more TikTok creations. Seen just before executing some…
Denny Laine, who fronted The Moody Blues and had a fruitful 12-year association with Paul McCartney, died Tuesday. He was 79.
Spotify is laying off 17% of its staff in a move CEO Daniel Ek calls “a strategic reorientation.” An estimated 1,500 jobs will be cut.
On the heels of its U.S. beta launch last year, the partnership between TikTok and Ticketmaster has grown to include 20 new markets.
Barry Weiss has rechristened his TwentySeven Music Publishing venture "Bossy Songs" and is launching it anew in partnership with Sony Music Publishing.
NTERTAIN and NEON16 will delve into “The Art of Being Latin” with two days of curated programming this weekend as part of Miami Art Week.
AWAL President Paul Hitchman has been promoted to COO. Based in London, he will continue to report to CEO Lonny Olinick.
Why were these particular producers nominated? What, exactly, did they produce during the eligibility period that has earned them this recognition? How can you keep it all straight while you're weighing their relative merits? Herein, a handy list.
P!nk will return to stadiums across North America next summer and fall, starting a 17-city run 8/10 in St. Louis.
KAROL G now has three songs in Spotify's Billions Club as her 2022 hit "Provenza" joins previous smashes "Tusa" f/Nicki Minaj and all-star collab "China."
CAA has launched CAA Latino, an initiative to create and maximize new revenue and business opportunities for the agency's Latino and Hispanic clients.
Marc Anthony is the latest artist to receive the SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award for being one of the most-streamed artists in the company’s 20-year history.
Bon Jovi downed some eggnog and got into the holiday spirit to deliver its latest video, "Christmas Isn't Christmas."
Reneé Rapp has been added to the lineup of TikTok's concert event, TikTok in the Mix, which will take place Sunday at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona.
This year’s round of top-tier noms is, as ever, a combination of on-target choices, insider favorites and a few unaccountable snubs. How will it all shake out on Music’s Biggest Night?
U2 will conclude its U2:UV Live residency at MSG's Sphere with four shows 2/23-24 and 3-1/2.
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