RiRi: Sales + Streaming = #1.

CHART STORY: RIRI'S
SPS EDGE

As the 51st annual ACM Awards near, Joey + Rory’s Hymns (Gaither) edges out Adele (who's now well past 8.5m sales, btw) at the top of this week's HITS Album Sales Chart to hit #1 with 43k and Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (Mercury Nashville) jumps #6-4 with 27k. Stapleton has the most nominations going into the big night—set for 4/3—with six and he’s scheduled to perform, while Joey + Rory are up for Vocal Duo of the Year. Following Joey Feek's passing earlier this month, Hymns benefited from big physical sales, with a big contribution from Cracker Barrel.

The other top-charting debuts this week are Roadrunner’s Killswitch Engage, Provident's Bethel Music, Republic’s 3 Doors Down and Stoney Creek's Randy Houser, who land at #3, #5, #6 and #7, respectively.

The drama comes on the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) side, where Westbury Road/Roc Nation's Rihanna, now on tour in the U.S., edges out Adele by less than 1k sales + streams. Also continuing to dominate on the SPS side at #3 is Def Jam's Justin Bieber.

Streeting this week are albums from Interscope’s Gwen Stefani and Republic’s Jordan Smith—the season 9 winner of NBC’s The Voice—along with Zone 4/RCA Nashville's Kane Brown, Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots (Black River), Iggy Pop’s Post Pop Depression, out via Loma Vista, and Capitol's Niykee Heaton.

HITS LIST FOR THE HOLIDAYS
No coal in their stockings (12/13a)
NEAR TRUTHS: A TOUR OF '24 (PART TWO)
I.B.'s independent-spirit awards (12/12a)
DANIEL NIGRO:
CRACKING THE CODE
The co-writer-producer of the moment, in his own words (12/12a)
REGAL AT RETAIL:
TAYLOR SWIFT
Redefining "royalty" (12/10a)
NEAR TRUTHS: A TOUR OF '24 (PART ONE)
The beginning of the end (12/10a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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