Most Vital: Above & Beyond Breaks, Taylor Swift Beats, and Calvin Harris Banks

Will 2015 be the year of the trance revival?

Above & Beyond

's

We Are All We Need

tops the Billboard Dance/Electronic Album charts while bowing at a respectable No. 34 on the Billboard 200 and an impressive No. 12 on the Official Album Charts in the UK. It's the strongest opening week for the trio, breaking previous benchmarks handily, thanks to their deep and devoted fanbase. Their fifth LP happens to drop in advance of their own tour and a first-ever tour for their house imprint, Anjunadeep.

Elsewhere on the charts, the tech-house

influenced sound of Majestic and Jungle 70's "Creeping in the Dark" entered the UK Dance Singles chart at a snug No. 21 while Kygo's "Firestone" goes to No. 4 on Spotify's global streaming charts, even as it rests at No. 13 on the US Dance/Electronic Songs and No. 17 in the UK.

A resident since its inception, Calvin Harris has committed to a longterm relationship with Hakkasan, the megaclub of megaclubs inside the MGM Grand Las Vegas and the club's affiliates including Omnia, the club taking the place of the now-closed Pure inside Caesar's Palace later in the year. In addition to becoming neighbors with Caesar's star Celine Dion, the three year deal also makes Harris Hakkasan's music consultant, a role Steve Aoki once held at the Wynn.

Speaking of the Wynn, its quartet of clubs unleashed its 27 DJ deal that including Avicii, David Guetta, Diplo, Dillon Francis, DJ Snake, Jermaine Dupri, Kaskade, Martin Solveig, Skrillex, Slander, and Zedd. Is there an EDM bubble? Not in Vegas, baby.

Besties and past collaborators Disclosure and Sam Smith came under fire in legal disputes this week. The first, by a woman named Katie Sopher who claimed to have written lyrics to Disclosure's "White Noise," was summarily dismissed in a THUMP legal analysis. Smith, along with co-writers Jimmy Napes and Tourist, however, quietly settled a dispute with rocker Tom petty, who claimed that Sam Smith's "Stay with Me" was too similar to his "I Won't Back Down." The deal went down in October but didn't come to light until (conveniently) after the Grammy voting deadline of January 16. Petty has since said he is sure it was only a coincidence and that Smith and co. did not intentionally copy his work, but that ultimately the boys "did the right thing."

Detroit's esteemed movement festival has released its lineup and the response has been somewhere between pleased and ecstatic. From Ben Klock to Tuskegee, the roster features the finest in techno, but house is also strongly represented by the likes of Hot Since 82 and Route 94. There are are more than a few surprises, though. Take Danny Brown, Griz, Dog Blood, and DJ Snoopadelic for example.

Made Event, the New York-based promoter behind Electric Zoo, is perhaps having the largest impact of anyone on fellow SFX-owned festivals with its Vinyl Only stages. Tomorrowland, the crown jewel in the ID&T crown, announced this week that its flagship summer fest in Boom Belgium would feature an all-wax stage helmed by none other than Ibiza resident and Tomorrowland vet Sven Väth. Vinyl Only made its debut at Mysteryland's first US incarnation last May and carried on at Electric Zoo New York in September.

The dance floor dust has settled, but construction zone dust has begun. Toronto's pride and joy club The Guvernment had its last weekend and is well on its way to becoming condo buildings. We're told that change is good, but we're still not convinced. Cheers to those who left the building at 6 AM and ended up on the morning news.

Aussie-Angeleno production whiz Wax Motif responded to the controversy surrounding a THUMP-penned article titled "Watch this Tween Effectively End G House" about 13 year old British rapper named Sophia Grace by sampling the tune in a spoof track tagged under "Troll House." Hilarity ensued.