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The Long Road to ‘Lana’: Why SZA Took Two Years to Drop the ‘SOS’ Deluxe Album

In most cases, deluxe albums are intended as a chart-focused second wind for their parent albums, and usually have just a handful of extra tracks — remixes, leftovers, maybe a hot...

Quavo’s ‘Huncho Farms’ Event Provides Food to 500 Atlanta Families

On Thursday, Quavo and the team at Quavo Cares hosted their second annual Huncho Farms in partnership with the Atlanta Community Food Bank and the Atlanta City Council. Supporting seniors...

Read Warner Music Chief Robert Kyncl’s Year-End Letter to Staff, Celebrating Success During an ‘Intense’ 2024

It’s been a challenging year for Warner Music, with a major overhaul at its Atlantic division and change throughout its business and the industry overall, but it’s safe to say the...

With Smashes From Post Malone, Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and More, Republic Records Racks Up Another Dominant Year

“Dynasty” is a big word — one thinks of the New York Yankees (well, maybe not this year), MGM Pictures, Motown — and Republic Records is deep into its reign. The company has...

Warner Records Is Iconic Again Under the Leadership of Aaron Bay-Schuck and Tom Corson

“It was pretty dire,” says Warner Records co-chairman-COO Tom Corson of his first few months at the label. A veteran executive who’s held senior roles at A&M, Capitol, Columbia, Arista and...

How Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff Keep Their Songwriting Fresh: ‘It’s Always an Off-the-Cuff Surprise’

Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff have written more than a hundred songs together. So how do they keep things interesting? Especially when Swift is releasing multiple albums every year — not...

How Shaboozey’s Country Spin on a 20-Year-Old Rap Song Became the Year’s Biggest Hit: ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’

In a fractious America, there’s still one thing that people can agree on: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The Virginian’s country flip of an old J-Kwon hit rang out from bars,...

Drake Accuses Universal Music of Defamation in Second Legal Action Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

Just one day after Drake filed a petition accusing Universal Music of conspiring with Spotify to falsely boost the numbers of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” the Canadian rapper...

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