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BIG CHANGES AT RCA: EDGE UPS PITTS TO PREZ, FLECK TO COO; RICCITELLI TO EXIT
Recalibrating for changing tastes. (1/15a)
DANGEROUS TIMES: A CONVERSATION WITH MORGAN WALLEN
As his song says, "Livin' the Dream." (1/14a)
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RAINMAKERS
Bring your umbrella.
GRAMMYS: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
After the snubs, the show.
HOW TO FIND 11,780 VOTES
It's the way all the biggest mob bosses did it.
MOVING THE NEEDLE
When vaccination schedules and touring schedules meet.
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BIG CHANGES AT RCA: EDGE UPS PITTS TO PREZ, FLECK TO COO; RICCITELLI TO EXIT
Recalibrating for changing tastes. (1/15a)
DANGEROUS TIMES: A CONVERSATION WITH MORGAN WALLEN
As his song says, "Livin' the Dream." (1/14a)
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RAINMAKERS
Bring your umbrella.
GRAMMYS: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
After the snubs, the show.
HOW TO FIND 11,780 VOTES
It's the way all the biggest mob bosses did it.
MOVING THE NEEDLE
When vaccination schedules and touring schedules meet.
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Trump is leaving. But white supremacists aren't going anywhere. If we truly want to honor Dr. King's legacy, we have some difficult work ahead of us.
The Recording Academy is working with partners across the country for a National Day of Service to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The new National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) officially opened its doors with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on MLK Day.
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Olivia Rodrigo sits atop our Streaming Songs chart after a historic first week. The Geffen star's "drivers license" racked up 62m on-demand audio streams, the second-most debut-week streams in the streaming era, trailing only Drake's "Gods Plan."
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Alabama-raised, Atlanta-based rapper Flo Milli has been chosen as Spotify's fourth U.S. RADAR artist. Listen to the RCA talent's new single, "Roaring 20s," to find out why "flo milli shit" has entered the cultural lexicon.
RCA boss Peter Edge is making some changes as the House of Nipper navigates a rapidly evolving marketplace.
In another peek at our newly published Rainmakers volume, we retrace the transformation of Steve Cooper from turnaround specialist to forward-thinking CEO of Warner Music Group.
In our new feature, Power Hitters, we shine a spotlight on the brilliant songwriters and producers behind the biggest smashes in the biz. These are the players who regularly step up to the plate and deliver a hit—and frequently drive it clear out of the park.
Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” (Polydor) set an Official Charts record this week, racking up 2.407m streams in a 24-hour period on its way to #1. On the album chart, Barry Gibb claims his first U.K. #1 as a solo artist with Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 (EMI).
In one of his final acts as the Department of Justice’s top antitrust official, Makan Delrahim has determined that it’s best to leave unchanged the consent decrees that have long governed ASCAP and BMI, despite the urging of the two PROs for modifications to the legislation.
Zayn Malik is the lone artist landing in the Top 20 at iTunes and Apple Music on a Flipover Friday sparsely populated by new arrivals. Selena Gomez cracks the iTunes Top 10 with her new single, “De Una Vez."
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