CHART STORY:
HOZIER'S #1, BABY!
Ron Perry’s Columbia can celebrate having two debuts in the Top 10 of the HITS Top 50 Chart this week, as Hozier’s sophomore album, Wasteland, Baby!, dominates at #1 with 89k and Solange’s fourth LP, When I Get Home, comes in at #6 with 44k.
It's noteworthy that the Irish singer/songwriter has far surpassed the 58k of his 2014 self-titled debut set (which bowed at #2) without benefit of a hit like “Take Me to Church,” the powerhouse single that put him on the map. Somewhere in NYC, Perry is dancing a jig while downing a pint of Guinness.
2 Chainz’s Rap or Go to the League (Gamebread/Def Jam) and Lil Skies’ Shelby (Atlantic) also enjoy lofty bows, landing at #4 and #5 with 65k and 54k, respectively.
Other key new releases include Weezer’s Weezer (Black Album) (Crush Music)—at #16, with just north of 26k—and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Best of Everything (Geffen)—at #18, with just a few hundred units less.
As for the label groups, UMG has 48% of marketshare, WMG’s 29% serves as the second-biggest piece of the pie and SME has 21%, while the indies claim 2%.
Streeting this week are projects by Grade A/Interscope’s Juice WRLD and Columbia Nashville’s Maren Morris.
VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
