1 & 2 FUTURE: Hip-hop luminary’s TRUST exercise with Metro looks huge as House Rhone celebrates year’s biggest bow. Sylvia, Zeke and team like it “Like That.” | |
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3 OLIVIA RODRIGO: Geffen phenom’s tour is on fire as her deluxe album racks up stunning numbers and fans remain “obsessed.” Next up for Team Janick: New Camila. | |
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4 JAY MARCIANO: AEG supremo is City of Hope’s 2024 Spirit of Life honoree. That gala’s gonna be one hot ticket. | |
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5 DASHA: Viral country disruptor inks with red-hot Warner after multiple majors make a mad Dasha to bid. Aaron and Tom are entitled to be “Austin”-tatious. | |
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6 HOZIER: Smash from Columbia troubadour’s new EP hits the “Sweet” spot—and his initial hit “Take Me to Church” nears 2.5b streams on the Spot. Jen Mallory’s got her Irish up. | |
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7 THE RED CLAY STRAYS: In case you were “Wondering,” RCA has snapped up hotly pursued roots-rock band as coastal majors flock to feast on buzzing country comers. Edge, Fleck and Chertoff say they’re here to Stray. | |
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8 HYBE: K-pop leader expands its partnership with UMG with new 10-year pact. This is a sector the importance of which Sir Lucian implicitly under-stans. | |
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9 RAKIYAH MARSHALL: With majors in hot pursuit, rep of free agent Tucker Wetmore—currently distribbed by Stem—is hearing a lot of loud knocks on her Back Blocks door. Who’ll manage to Marshall this deal? | |
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10 JONATHAN STRAUSS: Create Music Group honcho turned YouTube UGC scraping biz into a real thing. What will he waltz into next? | |