As previously reported, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis log a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Can’t Hold Us,” featuring Ray Dalton, and Daft Punk scores its first top 10 with “Get Lucky,” featuring Pharrell Williams. Who else makes news on the Hot 100 and other song charts this week? —…

As expected, Daft Punk will debut at #1 with their biggest-ever first week. Five debuts land in next week’s Top 10, including the first Top 5 debut for Thirty Seconds To Mars. Here’s how it looks headed into the weekend: *Daft Punk (Columbia) 300-325k *The National (4AD) 70-75k *Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville) 60-65k *Thirty Seconds…

Muse, whose music is being used in Paramount’s “World War Z,” will perform for 15,000 fans after the premiere of the film on June 2 in London. In an unprecedented marriage of a full-scale concert and a film premiere, Muse will perform at Horse Guards Parade Ground, St. James’s Park, after the film screens in…

On June 1, former Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) director Ann Tausis will join Kobalt Neighbouring Rights Limited (KNRL) as managing director. KNRL focuses on neighboring rights within the industry, offering services to clients through the use of secondary data to check accuracy of collecting societies. Tausis was previously director of European regional administration at…