RUMOR MILL
Friday, June 26, 2020
CHART STORY: BABY TURNS 4, BOB BOWS
QC/Motown/Capitol's Lil Baby earns his fourth week (three in a row) at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with 69k. My Turn is now tied with The Weeknd's After Hours for the most weeks atop the chart this year.
Bob Dylan arrives at #2 with his critically acclaimed LP Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia) earning 58k. It's Dylan's best debut since 2012.
G.O.O.D./Def Jam's Teyana Taylor follows with the next top bow—The Album enters at #11 with 31k.
The middle of the chart has a handful of debuts: Lamb of God at #15 (Epic), John Legend's Bigger Love (Columbia) at #17, Neil Young's Homegrown at #20 (Reprise), Gabby Barrett's Goldmine (Warner Nashville) at #27 and City Girls' City On Lock (QC/Motown/Capitol) at #30.
KYNCL ANNOUNCES ATLANTIC REORG
Ertegun and Wexler's baby gets an extreme makeover. (9/20a)
 HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALLWe're manning the merch table. (9/13a)
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THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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