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TAY GETS POSTMODERN
WITH "FORTNIGHT" VIDEO

4/19/24

Taylor Swift's first TORTURED POETS video is here: "Fortnight," co-starring Post Malone. It's a wild visual odyssey of steampunk tropes, period attire and—oh, just watch it. And stick around for the Fortnight Challenge.
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TAYLOR'S CUSTOM TIKTOK HUB

4/19/24

TikTok has rolled out the red carpet for Taylor Swift, creating an in-app experience for release of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Many of the interactive features for Swift's hub are firsts for the platform.
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GREEN DAY'S L.A. "UNDERPLAY" OVERPERFORMS

4/19/24

Seeing a stadium-level band in a club is a rare opportunity. Seeing said band performing two of their most beloved albums in their entirety in such an environment is a unicorn-level rarity.
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STILL BOOMIN: FUTURE & METRO RECLAIM #1

4/19/24

Future & Metro Boomin return to #1 on the HITS Top 50 with their sequel, WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU. Sony logs a fourth straight week at #1, holding the top three spots, with Beyoncé at #2 and TRUST's predecessor at #3.
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CAN TAY DO THE IMPOSSIBLE?

4/19/24

Can Taylor Swift's latest Republic rocket, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, soar into the rarefied air of 2 million+ in first-week activity?
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DICKEY BETTS,
1943-2024

4/18/24

Dickey Betts, the Allman Brothers Band guitarist and singer who penned their biggest hit and was a driving force in the rise of Southern rock, died Thursday. He was 80.
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TORTURED POETS UNITE: TAYLOR IS BACK

4/19/24

There’s huge, massive and then there’s Swift-sized. By every metric, Taylor Swift is in a league of her own. The megastar's 11th studio album is here, and it’s a double, with 31 tracks. "Take the over" seems to be the consensus.
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SHE'S A BIG GIRL NOW

4/19/24

According to HITS' Holly Gleason, "On TTPD, Taylor Swift has grown up, is telling the truth and is letting go of the past." Read Holly's review of Swift's 11th album.
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THE COUNT: COACHELLA, FROM THE COUCH

4/19/24

While watching hours of the Weekend 1 Coachella livestream from our sand-, sun- and wind-free couch, it became abundantly clear that there’s still no substitute for true talent and authentic showmanship.
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A PREVIEW OF RADIO CHART PREVIEWS

4/19/24

Warner holds the top two spots at Pop with Benson Boone's "Beautiful" moving to #1, while Epic puts 21 Savage's "redrum" atop the Rhythm chart and Warner and Team Crush remain at #1 at Modern Rock with Green Day’s "Dilemma."
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COLUMBIA’S SALEKA SHYAMALAN TO STAR IN TRAP

4/19/24

Columbia’s Saleka Shyamalan is hitting the big screen for a father/ daughter collaboration on M. Night Shyamalan's newest film, Trap.
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SONG REVENUE: CALM BEFORE THE STORM

4/19/24

Eight tracks from J. Cole’s surprise mixtape bow on the Song Revenue Chart, taking in north of $460k. Future & Metro Boomin collect $340k from four WE DON’T TRUST YOU entries, led by the ubiquitous “Like That,” still locked at #1. Hozier (#2) and Artemas (#12-7) register gains.

FLIPOVER FRIDAY:
TAY DAY

4/19/24

TORTURED POETS go to the head of the class at Apple Music and iTunes as the new Taylor Swift set takes over.
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WARNER CHAPPELL ROPES IN RED CLAY STRAYS

4/18/24

On the heels of signing a label deal with RCA, buzzy roots group the Red Clay Strays has inked a global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music.
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STORY HEADLINE

4/19/24

Concord has tendered a bid to purchase Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4b, Reuters has reported. It’s up to Hipgnosis investment adviser HSM to allow the sale to go through.
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U.K. CHARTS: JAMES LANDS FIRST STUDIO #1

4/19/24

James has its first U.K. Official #1 studio album with Yummy (Nothing But Love Music). Over on singles, Hozier spends a second week at the top.
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SPOTTED ON NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

4/19/24

Republic’s Taylor Swift graces the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday upon the release of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Three tracks from the project appear in the Top 15, with “Fortnight” f/Post Malone kicking off the set.
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COMBS SETS ATTENDANCE RECORD AT MILWAUKEE BALLPARK SHOWS

4/19/24

Beer and cheese-curd sales were likely through the roof at American Family Field in Milwaukee 4/12-13 as Luke Combs broke the ballpark's concert-attendance record by drawing a combined 86,000 fans to two shows.
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CONCORD OFFERS $1.4B FOR HIPGNOSIS

4/19/24

Concord has tendered a bid to purchase Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4b, Reuters has reported. It’s up to Hipgnosis investment adviser HSM to allow the sale to go through.
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TOP 20: JUST TRUST US

4/18/24

Future & Metro Boomin’s WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU will land at #1 and is expected to record around 145k, giving Sony its fourth consecutive chart-topper and the week's top three albums.
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