
THIS WEEKEND GALLERY IS UNDULY FESTIVE
"VITAMINA" BOOST: WARNER LATINA SIGNS A TRIO OF URBANO BREAKOUTS
Sleep Token, "Damocles"
It's another stirring rock anthem by the mysterious British band—and another strangely serene, enigmatic video. We're told this will be the last single delivered before the RCA group's hotly anticipated new album, Even in Arcadia, arrives on the ninth of May. Waiting for it is like sitting under a sword, or something.

THE MANAGERS: SILVA LININGS PLAYBOOK
NO "QUIT": NEW HAIM ALBUM DUE 6/20
Benson Boone, "Mystical Magical"
Warner's Boone, whose "Beautiful Things" has earned more than 2 billion global streams on Spotify alone, doesn't do anything by half. So, naturally, he hurls himself into the lyric video for this unabashedly romantic pop ditty with gymnastic abandon. If you're not utterly charmed by his lovely voice and puppyish energy, well, take your grumpy ass somewhere else. His new album, American Heart, is due on June 20.
Debbii Dawson, "You Killed the Music"
If you've been missing the dynamic swoops and percolating poignancy of ABBA and other classic pop, you'll likely find RCA artist and Warner Chappell tunesmith Dawson a tonic. (The Wasserman-repped, Nick Bobetsky/Ruby Anton-managed Minnesotan is featured in our most recent New & Developing Artists special.) Starting in ballad territory, "Music" builds and builds, becoming a glittery, pulsing anthem—and moving from heartbreak to triumph with a defiant "You can't stop me now." Who would dare try?
A NOTE TO PUBLICISTS: TIME FOR SOME ICONOCLASM
VIRGIN UPS THOMPSON-WAITT TO SVP, COMMERCIAL STRATEGY
PUB CRAWLING
ANOTHER FEATHER FOR GEORGE-MIDDLETON'S ASCAP
Nicole George-Middleton promoted to ASCAP's EVP and head of creative membership.
DIPLO INKS WITH WARNER CHAPPELL
Diplo has signed a global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music.
SMPN & MARV GREEN INK RISING STAR CAIDEN WALLACE
SMPN and songwriter Marv Green’s Out Yonder Music have signed Caiden Wallace to a global publishing agreement.
JOAN JETT SELLS CATALOG TO SEEKER MUSIC
Joan Jett and her Blackheart company have sold a "substantial share" of their publishing and recorded music rights to Evan Bogart's Seeker Music.