HITS 11/15: Luke Combs #1: 177k/114k

[areyoureadytojump]

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=318726&title=NEW-RELEASE%3A-WHAT-LUKE%27S-GONNA-GET

Saturday, November 9, 2019

NEW RELEASE: WHAT LUKE'S GONNA GET

Aided by very strong streams for a country release, River House/Columbia Nashville's Luke Combs is headed for a substantial #1 bow—and the biggest country debut of the year—with new set What You See Is What You Get.

Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 165-190k total activity, 105-115k album

Combs is a solid presence at Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon as well as having the #1 album at iTunes. These are very early reads for a release that's clearly resonating; could Luke hit 200K? Stay tuned.

[Enigma.]

So over 200k easily, great for him!

Granted, his previous album is double platinum and EP reached #4 so expected.

[Naos]

It seems like it'll beat out Thomas Rhett's record for largest streaming week for a country album. Rhett had 33.59 million streams.

[HeyHeyHey]

Great to see him getting such impressive numbers!

[Deleted]

Good numbers, hope he gets to 200k!

[HolidayGuy]

An update, with a higher projection for the overall total:

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=318726&title=NEW-RELEASE%3A-WHAT-LUKE%27S-GONNA-GET-%28UPDATE%29

NEW RELEASE: WHAT LUKE'S GONNA GET (UPDATE)

Aided by very strong streams for a country release, River House/Columbia Nashville's Luke Combs is headed for a substantial #1 bow—and the biggest country debut of the year—with new set What You See Is What You Get.

Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 180-200k total activity, 105-115k album

Combs is a solid presence at Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon as well as having the #1 album at iTunes. These are very early reads for a release that's clearly resonating. Stay tuned.

Now if you'll excuse us, we have to prepare some snacks for the Bama-LSU tailgating party. Remember: Booing is expressly forbidden, except by the Constitution.

[Deleted]

Nov 9, 2019 18:14:06 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

An update, with a higher projection for the overall total:

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=318726&title=NEW-RELEASE%3A-WHAT-LUKE%27S-GONNA-GET-%28UPDATE%29

NEW RELEASE: WHAT LUKE'S GONNA GET (UPDATE)

Aided by very strong streams for a country release, River House/Columbia Nashville's Luke Combs is headed for a substantial #1 bow—and the biggest country debut of the year—with new set What You See Is What You Get.

Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 180-200k total activity, 105-115k album

Combs is a solid presence at Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon as well as having the #1 album at iTunes. These are very early reads for a release that's clearly resonating. Stay tuned.

Now if you'll excuse us, we have to prepare some snacks for the Bama-LSU tailgating party. Remember: Booing is expressly forbidden, except by the Constitution.

One of those 105-115,000 people who bought his album was yours truly

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TOP 20: A LOOK AT LUKE

Luke Combs get his first #1 album this week. His previous album, 2017’s This One’s For You (still charting in the Top 20) peaked at #4 in June 2018. Combs’ Prequel EP also peaked at #4 when it debuted earlier this year. If the Lil Mosey projection holds, Interscope will have four of the Top 10 this week.

1.) Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 170-190k total activity, 110-120k albums

2.) Post Malone (Republic) 70-75k, 5-7k

3.) Youngboy Never Broke Again (Never Broke Again/Atlantic) 50-55k, <1k

4.) Summer Walker (LVRN/Interscope) 45-50k, <1k

5.) Kanye West (G.O.O.D/Def Jam) 40-45k, 7-9k

6.) DaBaby (Interscope) 30-35k, <1k

7.) Young Thug (Atlantic) 30-35k, <1k

8.) Taylor Swift (Republic) 30-35k, 8-10k

9.) Billie Eilish (Darkroom/Interscope) 28-32k, 5-7k

10.) Lil Mosey (Interscope) 24-27k, 1-2k

11.) Chris Brown (RCA) 21-24k, <1k

12.) Lil Tecca (Galactic/Republic) 19-22k, <1k

13.) Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 19-22k, 1-2k

14.) Lil TJay (Columbia) 18-21k, <1k

15.) Post Malone - Beerbongs (Republic) 18-21k, <1k

16.) Lizzo (Nice Life/Atlantic) 18-21k, 2-3k

17.) Luke Combs - This One's (River House/Columbia Nashville) 18-21k, 1-3k

18.) Rod Wave (Interscope) 17-20k, <1k

19.) Miranda Lambert (Vanner/RCA Nashville) 17-20k, 12-14k

20.) Travis Scott (Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle/Epic) 17-20k, <1k

In other news, Michael Bloomberg's exciting presidential platform includes larger bumper stickers, to go on your yacht.

[collegedropout]

Taylor's holding up well for someone with not hit single out

[areyoureadytojump]

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=318751&title=TOP-20%3A-A-LOOK-AT-LUKE

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

TOP 20: A LOOK AT LUKE

Luke Combs get his first #1 album this week. His previous album, 2017’s This One’s For You (still charting in the Top 20) peaked at #4 in June 2018. Combs’ Prequel EP also peaked at #4 when it debuted earlier this year. If the Lil Mosey projection holds, Interscope will have four of the Top 10 this week.

1.) *Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 170-190k total activity, 110-120k albums
2.) Post Malone (Republic) 70-75k, 5-7k
3.) Youngboy Never Broke Again (Never Broke Again/Atlantic) 50-55k, <1k
4.) Summer Walker (LVRN/Interscope) 45-50k, <1k
5.) Kanye West (G.O.O.D/Def Jam) 40-45k, 7-9k
6.) DaBaby (Interscope) 30-35k, <1k
7.) Young Thug (Atlantic) 30-35k, <1k
8.) Taylor Swift (Republic) 30-35k, 8-10k
9.) Billie Eilish (Darkroom/Interscope) 28-32k, 5-7k
10.) *Lil Mosey (Interscope) 24-27k, 1-2k

11.) Chris Brown (RCA) 21-24k, <1k
12.) Lil Tecca (Galactic/Republic) 19-22k, <1k
13.) Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 19-22k, 1-2k
14.) Lil TJay (Columbia) 18-21k, <1k
15.) Post Malone - Beerbongs (Republic) 18-21k, <1k
16.) Lizzo (Nice Life/Atlantic) 18-21k, 2-3k
17.) Luke Combs - This One's (River House/Columbia Nashville) 18-21k, 1-3k
18.) Rod Wave (Interscope) 17-20k, <1k
19.) Miranda Lambert (Vanner/RCA Nashville) 17-20k, 12-14k
20.) Travis Scott (Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle/Epic) 17-20k, <1k

*Debuts

[Naos]

Interesting how Radio Company was #2 on iTunes on Friday, and will not be in the Top 20. I can imagine they'll be at least Top 5 on sales, at least.

[HolidayGuy]

collegedropout- "Lover" is currently top 20 at both Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40, and getting some pins at AC, as well. While not a huge hit, that's still a hit.

[Enigma.]

Taylor will hold even better now with the hype with Lover (remix) and AMAs coming up. Great timing!

[thegreatdivine]

Great numbers for Luke Combs.

[Eloqueen™]

Nov 13, 2019 9:12:58 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

collegedropout- "Lover" is currently top 20 at both Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40, and getting some pins at AC, as well. While not a huge hit, that's still a hit.

#19 (pop radio and pretty much across the board) for an artist like Taylor has not climbed out of flop territory just yet. For me, a moderate hit would be top 15, a hit top 10, a big hit top 5, and a smash #1. This is all subjective, but yeah.

[kanimal]

Nov 14, 2019 9:53:41 GMT -5 Eloqueen™ said:

Nov 13, 2019 9:12:58 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

collegedropout- "Lover" is currently top 20 at both Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40, and getting some pins at AC, as well. While not a huge hit, that's still a hit.

#19 (pop radio and pretty much across the board) for an artist like Taylor has not climbed out of flop territory just yet. For me, a moderate hit would be top 15, a hit top 10, a big hit top 5, and a smash #1. This is all subjective, but yeah.

Especially since pop radio has been taking most big-name singles to Top 20/25 by default recently. True resistance doesn't really come until they get to the Top 15 range, so you can't even begin to have the hit discussion until that point.

[Eloqueen™]

Nov 14, 2019 10:03:37 GMT -5 kanimal said:

Nov 14, 2019 9:53:41 GMT -5 Eloqueen™ said:

#19 (pop radio and pretty much across the board) for an artist like Taylor has not climbed out of flop territory just yet. For me, a moderate hit would be top 15, a hit top 10, a big hit top 5, and a smash #1. This is all subjective, but yeah.

Especially since pop radio has been taking most big-name singles to Top 20/25 by default recently. True resistance doesn't really come until they get to the Top 15 range, so you can't even begin to have the hit discussion until that point.

Yep. I mean "End Game" hit top 10 on pop radio for two weeks and people still call it a huge flop, so not sure where "Lover" having achieved hit status is coming from...lol. I will say it has had killer longevity at #19. lmao

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

I guess Luke Combs' album should get a boost from his CMA win and performance.

[forg]

Does Luke Combs have a bundle?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^It looks like he does have some:

Luke Combs Shop

[shaz196]

Nov 14, 2019 10:55:04 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

^It looks like he does have some:

Luke Combs Shop

Similar to Ed Sheeran's bundles from earlier in the year in that merch only comes with a CD and not a digital copy.

[HolidayGuy]

Ava and kanimal- I hear what you're saying, but Swift does have a single getting decent exposure, so it's not like her album's hanging in there with absolutely nothing on the airwaves or being heard. :) More of what I meant.

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hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

SPS


-- 1 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE

177,116 -- 114,538 5,431 57,148

1 2 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING

REPUBLIC

73,530 -3% 6,532 4,108 62,890

3 3 YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN | AI YOUNGBOY 2

NEVER BROKE AGAIN/ATLANTIC

49,927 -16% 533 300 49,094

4 4 SUMMER WALKER | OVER IT

LVRN/INTERSCOPE

48,417 -13% 423 349 47,645

2 5 KANYE WEST | JESUS IS KING

G.O.O.D/DEF JAM

41,457 -38% 7,367 876 33,213

7 6 TAYLOR SWIFT | LOVER

REPUBLIC

36,622 8% 12,467 1,557 22,598

6 7 DABABY | KIRK

INTERSCOPE

33,746 -8% 414 331 33,001

9 8 YOUNG THUG | SO MUCH FUN

ATLANTIC

32,599 11% 85 454 32,061

8 9 BILLIE EILISH | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE

30,524 0% 6,944 1,519 22,061

47 10 ROD WAVE | GHETTO GOSPEL

ALAMO/INTERSCOPE

25,573 129% 320 260 24,993

-- 11 LIL MOSEY | CERTIFIED HITMAKER

ALAMO/INTERSCOPE

23,365 -- 1,457 199 21,709

11 12 CHRIS BROWN | INDIGO

RCA

23,250 1% 684 754 21,812

-- 13 DAVE EAST | SURVIVAL

DEF JAM

22,319 -- 5,699 485 16,135

13 14 ED SHEERAN | NO. 6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT

ATLANTIC

21,421 3% 1,627 1,529 18,265

18 15 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU

RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE

20,872 19% 3,652 982 16,238

14 16 POST MALONE | BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS

REPUBLIC

20,376 2% 905 528 18,942

15 17 LIZZO | CUZ I LOVE YOU

NICE LIFE/ATLANTIC

19,382 -3% 2,635 1,954 14,793

10 18 LIL TJAY | TRUE 2 MYSELF

COLUMBIA

19,382 -17% 50 139 19,193

12 19 LIL TECCA | WE LOVE YOU TECCA

GALACTIC/REPUBLIC

19,094 -12% 36 312 18,746

-- 20 DOJA CAT | HOT PINK

KEMOSABE/RCA

18,434 -- 2,560 786 15,088

5 21 MIRANDA LAMBERT | WILDCARD

VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE

18,251 -66% 12,042 518 5,691

20 22 TRAVIS SCOTT | ASTROWORLD

CACTUS JACK/GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC

17,979 4% 418 214 17,347

23 23 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1

HOLLYWOOD

17,778 5% 3,067 1,026 13,685

16 24 LIL NAS X | 7

COLUMBIA

17,304 -4% 94 1,198 16,012

21 25 LEWIS CAPALDI | DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT

VERTIGO BERLIN/CAPITOL

17,268 0% 1,073 1,629 14,566

28 26 DRAKE | SCORPION

YMCMB/REPUBLIC

16,478 10% 175 263 16,041

25 27 KHALID | FREE SPIRIT

RIGHT HAND MUSIC/RCA

16,200 3% 837 416 14,947

-- 28 PENTATONIX | THE BEST OF PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS

RCA

15,394 -- 8,874 537 5,983

-- 29 MICHAEL BUBLE | CHRISTMAS

REPRISE

15,251 -- 4,862 449 9,940

34 30 OLD DOMINION | OLD DOMINION

RCA NASHVILLE

14,959 10% 5,236 1,241 8,482

-- 31 JACQUEES | KING OF R&B

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC

14,950 -- 1,899 454 12,597

31 32 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS

ISLAND

14,934 4% 3,010 989 10,935

29 33 SHAWN MENDES | SHAWN MENDES

ISLAND

14,663 -1% 344 999 13,320

33 34 ARIANA GRANDE | THANK U, NEXT

REPUBLIC

14,492 3% 1,418 333 12,741

32 35 POST MALONE | STONEY

REPUBLIC

14,264 1% 470 270 13,525

39 36 MARIAH CAREY | MERRY CHRISTMAS

COLUMBIA

14,203 16% 6,201 636 7,366

30 37 NF | THE SEARCH

NF REAL MUSIC/CAROLINE

14,098 -5% 1,022 551 12,525

35 38 HAMILTON | ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST

UPTOWN/ATLANTIC

13,811 7% 2,556 163 11,092

19 39 KEVIN GATES | I'M HIM

BREAD WINNER'S ASSOCIATION

13,622 -21% 439 309 12,874

38 40 BILLIE EILISH | DONT SMILE AT ME

DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE

13,385 8% 2,660 382 10,342

27 41 QUALITY CONTROL | QUALITY CONTROL: CONTROL THE STREETS VOLUME 2

QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL

13,213 -15% 31 263 12,919

44 42 BEATLES | ABBEY ROAD

CAPITOL

12,908 11% 7,204 223 5,481

37 43 DABABY | BABY ON BABY

INTERSCOPE

12,669 1% 167 334 12,168

-- 44 GEORGE MICHAEL & WHAM | LAST CHRISTMAS (SOUNDTRACK)

LEGACY

12,561 -- 6,847 996 4,718

40 45 MUSTARD | PERFECT TEN

10 SUMMERS/INTERSCOPE

12,522 4% 34 360 12,128

-- 46 BTS | MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA

BIGHIT/COLUMBIA

12,235 -- 7,276 1,075 3,884

41 47 JONAS BROTHERS | HAPPINESS BEGINS

REPUBLIC

12,050 0% 1,134 1,189 9,727

36 48 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE

GRADE A/INTERSCOPE

11,911 -6% 110 139 11,663

42 49 DREAMVILLE & J. COLE | REVENGE OF THE DREAMERS III

DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/INTERSCOPE

11,408 -3% 85 128 11,196

46 50 XXXTENTACION | ?

BAD VIBES FOREVER

11,073 -4% 203 131 10,738

[Naos]

JUST LUKE AT THIS CHART

Less than two days after River House/Columbia Nashville’s Luke Combs was crowned Male Vocalist of the Year at the CMAs—where his “Beautiful Crazy” earned the gong for Song—his new album, What You See Is What You Get, debuts at #1 on our Top 50 Chart, moving 177k. His first album, This One’s for You, rises back into the Top 15 in tandem with the follow-up’s success.

Other key new releases included Lil Mosey’s Certified Hitmaker (Mogul Vision/Interscope), which scores the second-biggest bow with more than 23k at #11, and Dave East’s Survival (Def Jam), which appears at #13 with upwards of 22k. And Kemosabe/RCA newcomer Doja Cat rounds out the Top 20 with her Hot Pink; that earns more than 18k.

The most noteworthy move, meanwhile, is made by Alamo/Interscope’s buzzing Rod Wave, whose Ghetto Gospel flies #47-10 in its second week out and tacks on around 25k to its total.

When it comes to marketshare, UMG is #1 with 53% and SME follows with 33%, while WMG claims 14%.

Streeting this week are projects by Sony Music Canada/Columbia’s Celine Dion, AUTNMY/Columbia’s Lil Peep, BMLGR’s Lady Antebellum, Def Jam’s Jhené Aiko and Mad Love/Interscope’s Tory Lanez.

Oh, and Ninja Sex Party dropped Under the Covers, Vol. III—another collection of interpretations of ‘70s and ‘80s hits. Nothing says Christmastime quite like that. Pass the eggnog.


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[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Biggest surprise was Ghetto Gospel. It seems it prevented Lil Mosey's new album from debuting in the top 10.

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hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart

Sales


-- 1

LUKE COMBS

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 114,538 --

7 2

TAYLOR SWIFT

LOVER

REPUBLIC 12,467 39%

1 3

MIRANDA LAMBERT

WILDCARD

VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE 12,042 -73%

8 4

SUPERM

SUPERM - THE 1ST MINI ALBUM

SM/CAPITOL 9,947 39%

15 5

PENTATONIX

THE BEST OF PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS

RCA 8,874 54%

-- 6 RADIO COMPANY

VOL. 1

TWO CHAIR 8,312 --

3 7 KANYE WEST

JESUS IS KING

G.O.O.D/DEF JAM 7,367 -56%

38 8 BTS

MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA

BIGHIT/COLUMBIA 7,276 208%

14 9 BEATLES

ABBEY ROAD

CAPITOL 7,204 23%

11 10 BILLIE EILISH

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE 6,944 5%

-- 11 GEORGE MICHAEL & WHAM!

LAST CHRISTMAS (SOUNDTRACK)

LEGACY 6,847 --

12 12 POST MALONE

HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING

REPUBLIC 6,532 0%

17 13 MARIAH CAREY

MERRY CHRISTMAS

COLUMBIA 6,201 9%

-- 14 NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS

GHOSTEEN

GHOSTEEN 6,025 --

-- 15 FKA TWIGS

MAGDALENE

YOUNG TURKS 5,980 --

5 16 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH

IMPERFECT CIRCLE

CAPITOL NASHVILLE 5,956 -60%

-- 17 ALLEN STONE

BUILDING BALANCE

ATO 5,443 --

21 18 OLD DOMINION

OLD DOMINION

RCA NASHVILLE 5,236 12%

10 19 VARIOUS ARTISTS

NOW 72

NOW 5,195 -23%

35 20 MICHAEL BUBLE

CHRISTMAS

REPRISE 4,862 98%

30 21 TOOL

FEAR INOCULUM

VOLCANO/RCA 4,828 55%

6 22 JEFF LYNNE'S ELO

FROM OUT OF NOWHERE

COLUMBIA 4,140 -63%

-- 23 DESSA AND THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA

SOUND THE BELLS: RECORDED LIVE AT ORCHESTRA HALL

DOOMTREE 4,066 --

44 24 VINCE GUARALDI TRIO

CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

CONCORD 3,971 86%

25 25 LAUREN DAIGLE

LOOK UP, CHILD

CENTRICITY/12TONE 3,908 5%

-- 26 DAVE EAST

SURVIVAL

DEF JAM 3,899 --

4 27 BOB DYLAN

TRAVELIN' THRU, 1967 - 1969: THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL. 15

COLUMBIA 3,731 -75%

-- 28 LUKE COMBS

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU

RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 3,652 --

-- 29 ANDREA BOCELLI

SI FOREVER

DECCA 3,375 --

-- 30 LESLIE ODOM, JR.

MR

S-CURVE 3,330 --

36 31 QUEEN

GREATEST HITS 1

HOLLYWOOD 3,067 25%

33 32 ELTON JOHN

DIAMONDS

ISLAND 3,010 16%

-- 33 BISHOP BRIGGS

CHAMPION

ISLAND 2,950 --

-- 34 SNOW PATROL

REWORKED

POLYDOR 2,768 --

49 35 BILLIE EILISH

DONT SMILE AT ME

DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE 2,660 37%

41 36 LIZZO

CUZ I LOVE YOU

NICE LIFE/ATLANTIC 2,635 17%

47 37 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

ATLANTIC 2,610 30%

-- 38 DOJA CAT

HOT PINK

KEMOSABE/RCA 2,560 --

43 39 HAMILTON

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST

UPTOWN/ATLANTIC 2,556 16%

-- 40 JOHN LEGEND

A LEGENDARY CHRISTMAS

COLUMBIA 2,477 --

42 41 DESCENDANTS 3

SOUNDTRACK

WALT DISNEY 2,308 5%

32 42 BRANTLEY GILBERT

FIRE & BRIMSTONE

VALORY/BMLG 2,291 -15%

45 43 QUEEN

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (SOUNDTRACK)

HOLLYWOOD 2,254 9%

-- 44 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

LEGEND

TUFF GONG/ISLAND 2,196 --

-- 45 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

CHRONICLE VOL 1

FANTASY 2,036 --

48 46 METALLICA

METALLICA

BLACKENED 2,011 0%

-- 47 LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER

A STAR IS BORN (SOUNDTRACK)

INTERSCOPE 1,978 --

-- 48 JACQUEES

KING OF R&B

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 1,899 --

39 49 MELANIE MARTINEZ

K-12

ATLANTIC 1,883 -18%

-- 50 MICHAEL JACKSON

THRILLER

EPIC 1,829 --

[iHype.]

47 10 ROD WAVE | GHETTO GOSPEL 25,573 129% 320 260 24,993

This is a second week all through word of mouth with no hits. Insane.

[moonlite]

^ For real. Weird that HDD had him at #47 last week while BB had him at #14

[Naos]

Glad to see Radio Company in the Top 10 of album sales. Not bad for a debut act. Though since Supernatural is ending, I'm not so sure they'll get as much support for future projects.