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  1. #1

    CHART PREVIEW: Alamo’s Rod Wave is cresting toward a six-figure splashdown on this week’s HITS Top 50 chart; his Don’t Look Down is poised for a #1 bow driven overwhelmingly by st…

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    CHART PREVIEW: Alamo’s Rod Wave is cresting toward a six-figure splashdown on t…
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    DESERT DEALINGS: The 2027 Coachella lineup drops in the next few weeks, and when it does, sources say to expect Tame Impala (CAA) and Dua Lipa (CAA) topping the poster, with Fred…

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    DESERT DEALINGS: The 2027 Coachella lineup drops in the next few weeks, and whe…
  3. #3

    Miley Cyrus is getting down to business at Atlantic—and, in the process, she appears to have quietly dropped the surname. Following July's news that the global superstar had lande…

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    Miley Cyrus is getting down to business at Atlantic—and, in the process, she ap…
  4. #4

    Dolly Parton was such a beloved figure that a single concert cannot pay her proper tribute — so her estate is giving her two, on two continents. DOLLYFEST, the official celebratio…

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    Dolly Parton was such a beloved figure that a single concert cannot pay her pro…
  5. #5

    Rod Wave’s Don’t Look Down (Alamo) is projected for a first-week total of 115k-125k, buoyed by a massive footprint at Apple Music, where he currently holds 12 of the Top 20 positi…

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    Rod Wave’s Don’t Look Down (Alamo) is projected for a first-week total of 115k-…
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    "This is the best day of my fuckin' life!" Olivia Rodrigo hollered during her closing set—and she could've been speaking for all 45,000 souls at the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields,…

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    "This is the best day of my fuckin' life!" Olivia Rodrigo hollered during her c…
  7. #7

    La Bichota is back at #1. KAROL G scores her second global chart-topper with "BbY WOW" f/Judeline and rusowsky (Bichota/Interscope), which crowns Spotify on Friday — her first wor…

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    La Bichota is back at #1. KAROL G scores her second global chart-topper with "B…
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    Dominic Fike has turned the road into the recording studio. The Columbia act's third album, How To Quit Smoking, is being written and recorded as Fike works his way through a run…

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    Dominic Fike has turned the road into the recording studio. The Columbia act's…
  9. #9

    Team HYBE is cheering back-to-back No. 1s this week as BELIFT LABS/HYBE/Geffen’s K-pop troupe ENHYPEN summits the HITS Top 50 chart with a six-figure bow for THE SIN : BLISS, driv…

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    Team HYBE is cheering back-to-back No. 1s this week as BELIFT LABS/HYBE/Geffen’…
  10. #10

    Dolly Parton's death has sent the late country legend roaring back up the U.K. charts, with three of her signature songs in the Official Singles Top 20 and Diamonds & Rhinesto…

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    Dolly Parton's death has sent the late country legend roaring back up the U.K.…
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    Spotify has promoted Joe Hadley to oversee two of the DSP’s key divisions in his new role as VP of global music content and partnerships. He’ll continue to report to SVP and Globa…

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    Spotify has promoted Joe Hadley to oversee two of the DSP’s key divisions in hi…
  12. #12

    Your weekly cheat sheet of trending industry topics: 1. Dolly Parton 2. Harry Styles 3. HYBE 4. Lillia Parsa 5. Stella Lefty 6. Spider-Man 7. Rod Wave 8. Gabz Landman 9. Stop the…

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    Your weekly cheat sheet of trending industry topics: 1. Dolly Parton 2. Harry S… Your weekly cheat sheet of trending industry topics: 1. Dolly Parton 2. Harry S…
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    When Reading and its sister site in Leeds threw open the gates Aug. 27 to an expected 200k, headliner history quietly got made: for the first time since 2000, every act atop the b…

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    When Reading and its sister site in Leeds threw open the gates Aug. 27 to an ex…
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    Bruno Mars isn't content with merely blockbuster—he's rolling The Romantic tour into 2027 with 26 fresh stadium dates across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, plus a fifth Mexico C…

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    Bruno Mars isn't content with merely blockbuster—he's rolling The Romantic tour…
  15. #15

    Harry Styles kicked off his 30-night Madison Square Garden residency Aug. 26 with a sold-out, disco-charged opening salvo that turned the fabled arena into a 20,000-person dance f…

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    Harry Styles kicked off his 30-night Madison Square Garden residency Aug. 26 wi…
  16. #16

    The outpouring of love for the late Dolly Parton is unfolding everywhere and all at once — social media, TV news, every section of every newspaper — plus heartfelt salutes from th…

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    The outpouring of love for the late Dolly Parton is unfolding everywhere and al…
  17. #17

    SoundCloud is wading into direct-to-fan commerce, launching a beta that lets select Artist Pro creators sell tracks straight off their profiles. The hook: the company takes no com…

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    SoundCloud is wading into direct-to-fan commerce, launching a beta that lets se…
  18. #18

    Should fully AI-generated music compete with human artists on the charts or not? A month after a coalition of music companies proposed global principles for AI eligibility, Billbo…

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    Should fully AI-generated music compete with human artists on the charts or not…
  19. #19

    As fans grieved the loss of Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at 80, they did what fans do — they reached for the music, as solace and as tribute. And the numbers tell the story. Her…

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    As fans grieved the loss of Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at 80, they did what…
  20. #20

    Ten years on, the mixtape that put Post Malone on the map is getting its papers in order. August 26 — Posty's debut, first loosed onto the world May 12, 2016 — finally lands on st…

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    Ten years on, the mixtape that put Post Malone on the map is getting its papers…
  21. #21

    Republic/UMe are dusting off Amy Winehouse's Back to Black for a 20th-anniversary reissue, out just days before the album's original Oct. 27 street date — that'd be 2006, for thos…

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    Republic/UMe are dusting off Amy Winehouse's Back to Black for a 20th-anniversa…
  22. #22

    ENHYPEN will notch its first chart #1 with THE SIN : BLISS, which is tracking at midweek for a bow of around 108k. The stans are enpsychened, or something.

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    ENHYPEN will notch its first chart #1 with THE SIN : BLISS, which is tracking a…