HITS LIST RISES TO
THE OCCASION

On the week of the summer solstice, people in the know are talking about Len Blavatnik, who becomes the second Big Three chieftain to be knighted; Epic, on the rise since Sylvia Rhone took over the day-to-day; the upwardly mobile David Dorn of Apple Music and Steve Boom of Amazon Music; Jay Z, who’s putting up his dukes with a new album and a much-needed hook for Tidal; and Lorde, whose #1 bow has a grin on the face of SONGS’ Matt Pincus. No Mabes about it, this is an uplifting top 10.

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