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MARCH 30, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOLuME 33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISSuE 1290
DENNIS LAVINTHAL
Publisher
LENNY BEER
Editor In Chief ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
KAREN GLAUBER
President, HITS Magazine
TODD HENSLEY
President, HITS Digital Ventures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SIMON GLICKMAN
Vice President/Managing Editor
BUD SCOPPA
Vice President/Senior Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TED VOLK
VP Rock Formats
jAMIE MITCHELL
Charts Editor
jESSE BEER-DIETZ
A&R Editor
MICHAEL DOMINGUEZ
Associate Editor
NICOLE GHAPGHARAN
Associate Editor
jON PIKUS
Associate Editor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROBIN GERBER
Ops Director
j.j. GARCIA
Ops Manager
ROBERT MOORE
Technology
jESSE MACMILLAN
Research Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEISA ST. jOHN
Pop Formats Editor
ANDY ARNOLD
Crossover Editor -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHIL GALLO
Senior Editor
HOLLY GLEASON
Nashville Editor
RHIAN jONES
London Correspondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIM CARNEY
Art Direction
REBECCA BALTUTIS
Creative Director
K MACLEOD
Art Operations
VAN ARNO
Illustration/Animation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TONI PROFERA
DAVID ADELSON Executive Editors Emeritus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GRAPHIC VISIONS
Lithography ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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AFTER MATH
Republic chieftain Monte Lipman is cheering a spectacular bow by The Weeknd, as he and his team once again show what a great record can mean—and do—in the most challenging times. We wish Monte, his staff and his mishpuchah the very best as they, like the rest of the world, attempt to weather this storm. If only he didn’t have to FaceTime with us.
WILDCARD
BENEE f/GUS DAPPERTON
“SUPALONELY”
REPUBLIC
MUSICARING
STEVE BOOM
SPOT ON
DANIEL EK
NETWORKING
LENNY BEER
SECTIONS
VIBE-RATERS 4 CHART STORY 7 TOP 50 ALBUMS 7 MUSICARES LAUNCHES RELIEF FUND 12 INDUSTRY MOBILIZES AMID PANDEMIC 14 HITS LIST 14 LENNY BEER: MAYBE, jUST MAYBE 17 I.B. BAD 20 CONCERT BIZ LOOKS FOR A PLAN B 22 AGENCIES ROCKED BY LAYOFFS 26
POST TOASTED iGEN CROSSOVER POP MART
HITS LIST DUA LIPA
28 30 32 34
12
14
14
17
ON THE COVER
XO/Republic’s The Weeknd scores a blockbuster 445k #1 on our latest chart with After Hours—the biggest debut of 2020. This commercial and creative triumph comes at a crucial juncture, with the biz holding its breath amid the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic. And the image of this inventive superstar on our cover offers a bracing portrait of the entire music community at this moment: bloodied but unbowed. Naturally, The Weeknd will be keeping us at maximum social distance.