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Coachella 2025
11/20/24
Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone will headline the 2025 edition of Coachella. Travis Scott will "design the desert" with his own performance and by curating a Cactus Jack takeover.
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11/20/24
What kind of year has it been in the music biz? Let’s start with some wild stats. Taylor Swift’s individual overall market share stands at 1.7%, with 15.6m album units YTD—more than Mercury, Big Loud and Imperial combined. That’s crazy enough, but even without Taylor, the Republic group would still be #1 in current share. Now that is dynastic dominance times two.
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11/20/24
At midweek, ATEEZ is on track for a #1 opening as five new titles hit the Top 10—three of them K-pop and one Latin. Meanwhile, Linkin Park will debut in the runner-up spot with...
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11/20/24
Lady Gaga continues to spread her “Disease” via alternate versions, the latest of which, “Disease (The Poison Live)," is out now. The artist's next album is pegged for February.
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Tems, "Turn Me Up"
RCA/Since '93's Tems (who recently scored Grammy noms for R&B Song, African Music Performance and Global Music Album) is a freakin' star, and if that wasn't obvious to you before now, we suggest you peep this steamy, slightly unsettling video, in which she rules a (literally) edgy terrain with her commanding presence. "Turn Me Up" appears on the Lagos native's debut album, Born in the Wild.
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11/20/24
Spotify is doing some fine-tuning of its teams and we thought you’d find this breakdown of the changes informative. You’re welcome.
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11/19/24
With six weeks left in 2024, the signs of good cheer are popping up all over. Wicked is shaping up as the holiday movie; upbeat earnings reports bring visions of sugarplums to Live Nation, Sony and Spotify; Grammy noms and Latin Grammys conjure shiny objects; and Linkin Park has just the gift for rock fans. Plug into HITS List.
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11/20/24
Shazam has surpassed more than 100 billion song recognitions since its 2002 launch.
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11/19/24
Taylor Lindsey has been appointed chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville, a position she’ll assume in January.
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11/20/24
Create Music Group has extended its global reach with the acquisition of Manchester's Ostereo Records, which comes with its own pubco.
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11/19/24
I.B. assesses the aftermath of the Grammy noms and how they reflect the biggest biz and music stories of 2024.
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11/20/24
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing will honor producer, engineer, mixer and five-time Grammy winner Jimmy Douglass, aka “The Senator,” at its annual Grammy week celebration.
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11/20/24
Virgin Music Group has forged a global distro pact with Partisan, home to, among others, IDLES, which has earned Grammy nods for Rock Song, Performance and Album.
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11/20/24
Apple TV+ is adding an ace to its deck of music docs: the first fully authorized biography of Fleetwood Mac.
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11/20/24
UMG Greater China has reached a global agreement with Chinese indie Modern Sky, affording the label's roster access to UMG’s distribution network and bringing its catalog under the UMGC umbrella.
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11/20/24
TikTok launched its TikTok for Songwriters initiative 11/19 in London at an event featuring artist-songwriters JADE and Kamille, as well as colleagues from PRS for Music and The Ivors Academy.
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11/20/24
Top Dawg Entertainment will host its 11th annual "TDE Christmas" concert, toy drive and community giveback in Watts next month. Performers include...
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11/19/24
Vocal marvels Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are earning major props for their performances in the long-anticipated movie musical Wicked, and we fully expect the Verve/Republic soundtrack to catapult composer Stephen Schwartz’s beloved songs to the forefront of the zeitgeist.
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Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga
11/20/24
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' "Die With a Smile" will remain Shazam's Biggest Mover for another week.
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11/20/24
Platinum Grammar Publishing has inked Morgan St. Jean, credited as a co-writer on Chappell Roan’s hit “Casual."
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11/19/24
Snoop Dogg, Larry Jackson's gamma. and Metal Alchemist have joined forces for a new line of fine jewelry, Lovechild.
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