HITS 10/05 Lil Wayne 473K; Logic 173K; Cher 158K

[iHype.]

So here’s the deal: With limited info available, early reads give the returning Lil Wayne a smashing #1 debut with star-studded set Tha Carter V—the third-biggest of the year behind Drake (732k) and Travis Scott (537k). Cher’s bubbling batch of ABBA covers makes a splash, driven by a strong ticket bundle.


Lil Wayne (Young Money) 475-525k total activity, 165-180k album
Cher (Warner Bros.) 160-180k, 155-175k
Logic (Def Jam) 90-110k, 45-55k

FINAL:

SPS

LW TW ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL TOTAL CHANGE ALBUMS TEA SEA

-- 1 LIL WAYNE | THA CARTER V
YOUNG MONEY
472,580 -- 140,155 14,709 317,716

-- 2 LOGIC | YSIV
DEF JAM
173,472 -- 128,806 2,655 42,011
-- 3 CHER | DANCING QUEEN
WARNER BROS.
158,833 -- 155,952 1,126 1,755
-- 4 KEVIN GATES | LUCA BRASI 3
BREAD WINNERS' ASSOCIATION
71,289 -- 19,667 1,741 49,881
4 5 DRAKE | SCORPION
YMCMB/REPUBLIC
61,768 -3% 2,600 2,501 56,667
5 6 TRAVIS SCOTT | ASTROWORLD
CACTUS JACK/GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
54,704 -4% 1,021 1,459 52,224
3 7 EMINEM | KAMIKAZE
SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE
53,940 -17% 16,041 1,533 36,366
6 8 POST MALONE | BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS
REPUBLIC
47,393 8% 2,708 2,629 42,056
9 9 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE
GRADE A/INTERSCOPE
35,139 2% 524 1,611 33,004
-- 10 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | AN AMERICAN TREASURE
WARNER BROS.
35,099 -- 32,624 1,037 1,438

[Mayman]

I think he'll do 500-600k.

[areyoureadytojump]

More:

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Saturday, September 29, 2018

NEW RELEASES, WITH A KANYE CAVEAT

Here comes the caveat.

You’ll note we don’t have a number for Kanye West’s Yandhi, which is due to drop sometime this weekend, likely just after the G.O.O.D./Def Jam superstar’s highly touted SNL performance (which may well feature his “I Love It” collaborator, Lil Pump). Will Ye’s penchant for consuming cultural bandwidth steal the streaming spotlight from Weezy, who’s been dominating the DSP charts since Tha Carter’s drop? We look forward to finding out.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Early predictions according to Hits:

Lil Wayne (Young Money) 475-525k total activity, 165-180k album
Cher (Warner Bros.) 160-180k, 155-175k
Logic (Def Jam) 90-110k, 45-55k

[Deleted]

Amazing numbers for Cher

[owenlovesmusic]

Amazing numbers for Weezy and Cher

[Wave.]

the skyyyyy is falling falling downnnnnn

[marc980]

WOW! I am really shocked with this amazing numbers for Wayne and Cher, they deserve it!

[Eloqueen™]

My jaw dropped at Cher's numbers, like damn. Ticket bundle or not. Jesus.

[Nick]

So a 72 year old icon is sitting pretty possibly in the Top 3 amongst rappers. Gotta love it. ❤️

[aussie1]

Holy crap those numbers for Wayne and Cher are incredible!

[hughster1]

So if Lil Wayne was a week later Cher would have gotten her first number one album.

[Troublemaker]

Sept 29, 2018 18:41:48 GMT -5 hughster1 said:

So if Lil Wayne was a week later Cher would have gotten her first number one album.

You can only imagine how “disrespected” Kanye would feel

[balletgirlmom]

Congrats to Lil' Wayne and Cher.  The funny thing with Cher is she never really cares about things like chart placement.  Thank God it was Cher held back from a #1 album and not an artist who would really freak over it.  Cher is down under in New Zealand and Australia for the month so she isn't even here in the US trying to drum up sales.  Sometimes I am in awe over her lack of doing the things a normal artist does.  She has NEVER hosted SNL and I think was a musical guest back in the 80s (maybe 90's).  She hardly ever does the music award shows (maybe one a decade) but somehow she just goes on and on and on.  Like I said, great Numbers for Lil' Wayne and I guess Cher is like the "little engine that could."  Hey, maybe Lil' Wayne will have Cher's lower numbers when he is 72. 

[DJ General]

It's gonna be really interesting to see how Kanye does. Probably at least 200k even if it sucks. He could get close to Wayne numbers, but even if it is really good, he still lost almost 2 days so I doubt he can pass him unless he has some crazy guests and it gets insane hype. But seems unlikely,.

[Focus]

[Linnethia Monique]

Go off with that bundle Cher! You motherf#cking icon living!

[Naos]

Three album bombs? RIP a lot of long-running songs. This'll probably kill a lot of songs that had chances of catching on too.

[Enigma.]

Ye just trollin', as usual

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I guess Ye might not release this week after all ...

[stephenn17]

^It's been delayed until November 23rd now.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Yeah. I guess ye's release was relatively normal. So Ye had to return to his The Life of deleted days and be unpredictable.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Oct 1, 2018 17:11:32 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Yeah. I guess ye's release was relatively normal. So Ye had to return to his The Life of deleted days and be unpredictable.

His phone broke so he wasn't able to take a picture for the album cover.

[Luckie Starchild]

Sept 29, 2018 19:23:50 GMT -5 balletgirlmom said:

Like I said, great Numbers for Lil' Wayne and I guess Cher is like the "little engine that could." 

Cherilyn ALWAYS leaves 'em wanting more and it works… The GURLLL is BADDD, y'all! 

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

YOUR BIG LIL TOP 20

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Lil is scarcely the word to describe Tha Carter V, Lil Wayne’s highly anticipated next chapter in his Carter series. It will be the third or fourth biggest debut of this year, behind Drake (732k), Travis Scott (537k) and possibly Post Malone (461k).

Meanwhile as regards the #2 spot, we may be looking at a battle between Cher and Logic. Which is something Sonny used to say, but that's a whole other matter.

1. *Lil Wayne (Young Money) 460-480k Total Activity, 135-145k Albums
2. *Cher (Warner Bros.) 150-160k, 142-152k
3. *Logic (Def Jam) 145-155k, 105-115k
4. *Kevin Gates (Bread Winners’ Association) 73-78k, 18-20k
5. Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 57-62k, 2-3k
6. Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 51-56k, 17-19k
7. Travis Scott (Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle/Epic) 47-52k, <1k
8. Post Malone (Republic) 39-43k, 2-3k
9. *Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Warner Bros.) 33-36k, 31-34k
10. Juice WRLD (Grade A/Interscope) 32-35k, <1k
11. Ariana Grande (Republic) 31-34k, 4-5k
12. XXXTentacion (Bad Vibes Forever) 28-31k, 1-2k
13. Nicki Minaj (YMCMB/Republic) 27-30k, 1-2k
14. Cardi B (Atlantic) 25-28k, <1k
15. Young Thug (Atlantic) 23-26k, 2-3k
16. 6lack (LVRN/Interscope) 22-25k, 1-2k
17. Lauren Daigle (Centricity) 22-25k, 11-13k
18. The Greatest Showman (Atlantic) 22-25k, 11-13k
19. Carrie Underwood (Capitol Nashville) 21-24k, 16-18k
20. YoungBoy Never Broke Again (Never Broke Again) 19-22k, <1k

*DEBUTS

In political news, we never got in a bar fight over UB40, but we did once write an indignant letter about The Psychedelic Furs. Long story.

[owenlovesmusic]

Huge gain for Logic! That #2 could be possible.

[Glove Slap]

Oct 1, 2018 10:22:57 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

WEEZY F BABY

[Jay D83]

Oct 3, 2018 9:28:39 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Oct 1, 2018 10:22:57 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

WEEZY F BABY

PLEASE SAY DA BABY!

[HolidayGuy]

Would be nice if Cherilyn scored her first No. 1-selling album. Looks like it may be close, per those projections.

[balletgirlmom]

Funny how Kanye's "surprise" album was going to keep Cher out of #1 and it was OK BUT when Lil' Wayne's "really surprise" album dropped at the very last minute and going to keep Kanye out of #1, he pulled his album.

I like artists like Cher and Lil' Wayne because the two of them know how to go away.  In both of their cases, they do a project, then step back and in both cases step back and are out of the spotlight between projects. In Cher's case this has been her pattern since the 1960's.  Lil' Wayne does the same thing.  Eminem does it too.  Sometimes an artist needs to get OUT of the spotlight.  

Either way, Congrats to Lil'"Wayne on his #1 and to Cher just for doing well enough to compete with Logic.