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CARTI ALL RED
9/14/24
AWGE/Interscope’s Playboi Carti surprised fans on Thursday evening with the announcement of his next album, MUSIC, and release of its first song, “ALL RED.” The new cut soared to #1...
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9/14/24
Atlantic Music Group CEO Elliot Grainge, Amazon Music Head of Music Industry & Culture Collaborations Phylicia Fant and Rothenberg, Mohr & Binder Founding Partner Josh Binder will be among the entertainment-business figures honored as “Ambassadors of Peace” by the Creative Community for Peace at a Beverly Hills gala on 9/24.
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ABC
9/14/24
DIRECTV has immediately reinstalled Disney's family of channels, including ESPN and ABC, to their customers following a 13-day blackout. The resolution arrives just in time for college football fans and ahead of Sunday's Emmys telecast.
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glass of white wine
9/14/24
The dreadful heat has finally broken in L.A., so throw those windows open and join us for a cool-breezy gallery of refreshing music-biz photos, co-starring Tay, Tunji, Top Dawg, Linkin Park, Rakiyah, Marty, Lipmans and more. They pair nicely with a Gewürztraminer or a crisp Sauv Blanc, we’re told.
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SabrinaCarpenter
9/13/24
Island’s Sabrina Carpenter spends a third consecutive week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with Short n’ Sweet. House Lipman once again holds the Top 5 titles.
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fall foliage
9/13/24
We’ve been baked and quaked since Labor Day, but the autumn equinox is just ahead, and the stars who’ll serenade us for the rest of 2024—including Chappell, Kendrick, Tate, JENNIE and Linkin—are beckoning. Head to HITS List and you’ll feel a nip in the air. And keep in mind: It ain’t over till the cat lady sings.
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9/13/24
After successful A&R stints at Interscope and RCA, 41-year-old Tunji Balogun has been tasked with honoring the legacy of Def Jam Recordings, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year.
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island imran chappell roan justin eshak
9/13/24
A detailed oral history of Chappell Roan’s remarkable ascent recounted by members of her team to Craig Marks.
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Jane
9/14/24
It’s not uncommon to go to a rock concert in Boston and witness a fight breaking out, but it sure is rare for that fight to happen onstage between members of a legendary band such as Jane's Addiction.
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Bruce Gillmer
9/13/24
Bruce Gillmer and team can pop the bubbly beverage of their choice, as their MTV Video Music Awards scored the biggest audience in four years with 4.08m viewers across the live telecast and two encore presentations.
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SEVEN
9/13/24
Sabrina Carpenter repeats at #1 on this week's Song Revenue Chart with “Taste” as nine of Short n’ Sweet’s 12 tracks hold serve in the Top 50. She’s one of the seven acts who’ve charted multiple tracks, collectively making up nearly 60% of the 50 entries while accounting for more than $1.7m of the chart’s $2.9m total.
weezer crush
9/13/24
Backstage at the sold-out MSG stop of Weezer's hugely successful Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour (with support from Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr.), Crush Music's alternative astronauts experienced the atmosphere of a zero-gravity green room, where the deli tray hovered in midair. Later, Crush co-founder Bob McLynn opened the pod bay doors. Seen wishing we'd drift off into space are (l-r) manager Dustin Addis, the band's Brian Bell, Pat Wilson, Rivers Cuomo and Scott Shriner, and McLynn.
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9/13/24
Amazon Music Live will be back for a third season on 10/17 with a performance from Jelly Roll, the streamer announced tonight prior to the start of Thursday Night Football.
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Frankie Beverly (cropped)
9/13/24
Maze frontman Frankie Beverly passed away earlier this week at the age of 77, two months after he wrapped a farewell tour in his Philadelphia hometown.
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Dua Lipa
9/12/24
After a summer of high-profile international festival appearances, Dua Lipa has shared details for her 2025 tour in support of Radical Optimism. Meanwhile, Billy Joel has made plans for the last night of 2024.
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David Gilmour
9/13/24
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has his third solo U.K. Official Albums #1 with Luck and Strange (Sony Music CG), while on the singles chart, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste” (Island) spends a third week at the top.
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Musicians For Kamala
9/13/24
More than 30 artists have signed on to perform during Musicians for Kamala, a free, livestreamed fundraiser on behalf of the Democratic presidential nominee set for 9/17.
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9/13/24
SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton is very much in the process of transforming the highly influential DSP, which was a key factor in music discovery during the dawning days of the streaming revolution, for the present ecosystem.
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PARTYNEXTDOOR
9/13/24
PARTYNEXTDOOR and Mustard have plenty to celebrate after leading the National Music Publishers’ Association’s second-quarter certs list of artist and songwriters.
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