HITS 4/23: Young Stoner Life 120k. Church 49k. Greta 39k.

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hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=326075&title=NEW-RELEASES%253A-GRETA%252C-CHURCH%252C-SLIME

Saturday, April 17, 2021

NEW RELEASES: GRETA, CHURCH, SLIME

UMG’s historic run at #1 will end after 19 weeks as Young Thug & Gunna's Slime Language II compilation starts off strong. Lava/Republic’s Greta Van Fleet and EMI Nashville’s Eric Church should debut in the Top 10 on next week’s HITS Top 50.

Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna (Young Stoner Life/Atlantic) 125-140k total activity, 3-5k albums
Eric Church (EMI Nashville) 45-50k, 35-40k
Greta Van Fleet (Lava/Republic) 35-40k, 30-35k

[Enigma.]

So, based on how HDD usually overestimates the rap albums, it's 110-120k. Still a new #1 which is nice.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

YOUR 420 TOP 20

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (Republic) drops to #2 as three new releases debut in the Top 10. Bad Bunny could see two albums in this week’s Top 20 following the announcement of his 2022 tour and an impressive debut at WrestleMania 37.

[Mayman]

Any major releases next week? Not here for another week at #1 from Morgan Wallen.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^ I'm hoping either Moneybagg Yo or Eric Church manages #1 and prevents him from returning there.

[Enigma.]

Isn't Eric Church debuting this week?

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Yeah. But he's doing a pretty interesting release strategy. Yesterday, he released & as a vinyl to his fan club and on Friday he will released another album called Soul. Then, the whole three albums would be available in a collection called Heart & Soul.

[Enigma.]

Oh! Interesting, and very hard for Billboard too when they are released separately with different titles.

[Choco]

Lack of an active single is gonna hurt Taylor's longevity, although I do understand it's not their intention to have these as all out album campaigns.

[strongerq]

hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

LW	TW	Artist	Title	Label	Total	Change	Albums	TEA	SEA
--	1	YOUNG STONER LIFE, YOUNG THUG & GUNNA	SLIME LANGUAGE 2	YOUNG STONER LIFE/ATLANTIC	120,179	--	2,315	922	116,942
1	2	TAYLOR SWIFT	FEARLESS (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	REPUBLIC	60,012	-80%	18,756	552	40,704
4	3	MORGAN WALLEN	DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM	BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC	57,699	-3%	2,388	825	54,486
3	4	JUSTIN BIEBER	JUSTICE	RBMG/DEF JAM	56,488	-10%	2,788	1,860	51,839
--	5	ERIC CHURCH	HEART	EMI NASHVILLE	49,734	--	41,241	791	7,702
5	6	ROD WAVE	SOULFLY	ALAMO/GEFFEN/INTERSCOPE	45,150	-18%	212	278	44,660
7	7	THE WEEKND	THE HIGHLIGHTS	XO/REPUBLIC	41,350	-2%	1,094	1,285	38,971
--	8	GRETA VAN FLEET	THE BATTLE AT GARDEN'S GATE	LAVA/REPUBLIC	39,389	--	34,369	271	4,749
10	9	DUA LIPA	FUTURE NOSTALGIA	WARNER	37,660	15%	1,304	1,651	34,704
9	10	POP SMOKE	SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON	VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC	33,755	-6%	341	417	32,997
8	11	LIL TJAY	DESTINED 2 WIN	COLUMBIA	31,027	-19%	47	333	30,647
14	12	LUKE COMBS	WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET	RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE	28,971	11%	2,051	1,236	25,685
21	13	BAD BUNNY	EL ULTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO	RIMAS	28,195	30%	341	277	27,578
13	14	LIL BABY	MY TURN	QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL	25,453	-4%	289	159	25,004
15	15	POOH SHIESTY	SHIESTY SEASON	ATLANTIC	25,301	1%	69	175	25,057
6	16	ARIANA GRANDE	POSITIONS	REPUBLIC	24,683	-54%	5,861	278	18,544
16	17	JUICE WRLD	LEGENDS NEVER DIE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	23,907	-1%	925	155	22,827
18	18	GIVEON	WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE... TAKE TIME	NOT SO FAST/EPIC	23,724	2%	182	281	23,261
33	19	BAD BUNNY	YHLQMDLG	RIMAS	23,511	33%	195	118	23,198
17	20	POST MALONE	HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING	REPUBLIC	23,211	-2%	490	364	22,357
19	21	POLO G	THE GOAT	COLUMBIA	22,373	-3%	183	130	22,060
24	22	MEGAN THEE STALLION	GOOD NEWS	ATLANTIC	21,991	10%	191	441	21,359
--	23	BIG SCARR	BIG GRIM REAPER	ATLANTIC	21,858	--	1,649	84	20,125
20	24	LIL DURK	THE VOICE	ALAMO/GEFFEN/INTERSCOPE	20,913	-7%	29	168	20,716
29	25	CARRIE UNDERWOOD	MY SAVIOR	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	20,837	13%	18,128	579	2,131
23	26	HARRY STYLES	FINE LINE	COLUMBIA	19,430	-8%	4,914	425	14,091
27	27	QUEEN	GREATEST HITS 1	HOLLYWOOD	19,159	2%	2,459	609	16,091
12	28	DEMI LOVATO	DANCING WITH THE DEVIL...THE ART OF STARTING OVER	ISLAND	18,924	-34%	2,506	569	15,849
34	29	LUKE COMBS	THIS ONE'S FOR YOU	RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE	18,886	7%	1,439	381	17,066
2	30	DMX	THE BEST OF DMX	DEF JAM	18,868	-76%	1,197	1,397	16,274
28	31	JUICE WRLD	GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	18,767	1%	184	101	18,482
25	32	THE KID LAROI	F*CK LOVE	COLUMBIA	18,722	-4%	134	328	18,260
40	33	CHRIS STAPLETON	STARTING OVER	MERCURY NASHVILLE	18,134	23%	4,817	1,332	11,985
35	34	HAMILTON	ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST	UPTOWN/ATLANTIC	17,886	4%	989	128	16,769
--	35	OFFSPRING	LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL	CONCORD	17,819	--	15,563	260	1,996
30	36	DOJA CAT	HOT PINK	KEMOSABE/RCA	17,449	-4%	448	329	16,672
37	37	MACHINE GUN KELLY	TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL	BAD BOY/INTERSCOPE	17,121	0%	967	390	15,763
36	38	BILLIE EILISH	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?	DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE	16,689	-2%	2,919	251	13,519
31	39	TAYLOR SWIFT	FOLKLORE	REPUBLIC	16,231	-10%	3,761	143	12,327
26	40	TAYLOR SWIFT	EVERMORE	REPUBLIC	15,789	-18%	3,306	219	12,264
42	41	MORGAN WALLEN	IF I KNOW ME	BIG LOUD	15,240	4%	468	261	14,511
39	42	EMINEM	CURTAIN CALL	SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE	15,085	-2%	1,057	382	13,646
43	43	JACK HARLOW	THATS WHAT THEY ALL SAY	GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC	14,806	2%	71	132	14,603
41	44	JUICE WRLD	DEATH RACE FOR LOVE	GRADE A/INTERSCOPE	14,689	0%	324	79	14,286
44	45	ELTON JOHN	DIAMONDS	ISLAND	14,335	0%	1,290	522	12,523
47	46	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS	LEGEND	TUFF GONG/ISLAND	14,266	1%	3,826	256	10,185
46	47	POST MALONE	BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS	REPUBLIC	14,123	0%	257	141	13,725
--	48	DRAKE	SCORPION	YMCMB/REPUBLIC	14,117	--	225	83	13,809
48	49	FLEETWOOD MAC	RUMOURS	WARNER	14,103	0%	1,881	400	11,822
--	50	LIL UZI VERT	ETERNAL ATAKE	GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC	14,049	--	26	24	13,999

[iHype.]

3 Country albums top 5 is interesting.

It's also funny how decade+ old albums are selling thousands in pure each week now, while the new most popular albums are selling just hundreds. The sales market is basically carried by Vinyls for staple/older albums now.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

CHART FINAL: A MUSIC CITY MOMENT

Friday, April 23, 2021

Country albums occupy three of the top five spots on this week’s HITS Top 50 chart, with Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (Republic) leading the way. Swift’s re-recorded set moves to #2 its second week, posting 60k following the year’s biggest debut week to date. Morgan Wallen (Big Loud/Republic) holds firm at #3.

EMI Nashville’s Eric Church opens at #5 with Heart, the first installment of his new trilogy. It’s the week’s second-biggest debut, trailing only Young Thug & Gunna’s Slime Language II, which bows at #1. Lava/Republic rock troupe Greta Van Fleet debuts at #8 with The Battle at Garden’s Gate.

Following the prior week’s ACM Awards, a handful of performers and winners got a boost; Luke Combs led the pack with What You See Is What You Get (River House/Columbia Nashville), +11% (#12), while his This One’s for You moved into the Top 30; Carrie Underwood’s My Savior (Capitol Nashville) jumped back into the Top 25, up 13%; and Chris Stapleton’s Starting Over (Mercury Nashville) increased 23%, goosed by his performance of tearjerker “Maggie’s Song” with Miranda Lambert.

Latin superstar Bad Bunny makes the biggest leap of the week with El Último Tour del Mundo (Rimas), which is up 33% and soared to #13 following an appearance at Wrestlemania and the rapid selling-out of his tour.

Streeting this week are projects from N-Less/Interscope’s Moneybagg Yo, QC/Motown’s Lil Yachty, Warner’s Myke Towers, Mom+Pop’s Porter Robinson and part two of Church’s Heart & Soul.

In unrelated news, we can’t decide if this punishing fatigue and nausea are due to our second vax shot or just the week’s proofreading.

[aussie1]

WWAFA, WDWG and Folklore next to each other this week. The 2020 AOTY winner and the 2021 AOTY winner.

[Enigma.]

Crazy how packed the album chart is now when streaming is so dominant: 10k difference is huge in positions (so for sales it doesn't really matter in the big picture if the album is #21 or #35).