NEW RELEASES:
FEELING ZAYN-Y

As we noted previously, RCA's ZAYN will land at #1 on the HITS Album Sales and Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) charts with his solo bow. Let's take a look at this and the week's other debuts.

ZAYN (RCA) 120-130k album, 160-170k
K Michelle (WMG) 49-53k, 51-55k
Asking Alexandria (Sumerian) 27-28k, 28-32k
Young Thug (WMG) 22-25k, 27-30k
Joe Bonamassa (J&R) 22-25k, 24-27k
Anthony Hamilton (RCA) 20-23k, 22-25k
Amon Amarth (Metal Blade) 14-17k, 15-18k

In political news, Ted Cruz has received enthusiastic endorsements for the GOP Presidential nomination from several of his Republican colleagues, who describe him as "Somewhat preferable to that other horrible choice," "the slightly less noxious alternative" and "Our best path to... oh, god, I can't ... I just can't."

NEAR TRUTHS: WITCHING HOUR
It's not easy being green. (11/21a)
AN AWARD-WINNING CMA GALLERY
Cowboy hats and funny caps (11/21a)
GRAMMY CHEW: RUMINATING ON THE BIG 4 NOMS
80% is a lot better than usual. (11/15a)
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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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