SPRINGTIME FOR
TOP 15

Drake will take the #1 spot on our SPS chart this week, his third consecutive week at the top. Once again this week, four titles are in the race for the best-selling album: Ed Sheeran and Beauty and the Beast (holdovers from last week) and MercyMe and Mastodon (both new releases this week). A number of country acts re-enter the Top 15 after Sunday night’s ACM awards.

SPS
Drake
(YMCMB/Republic) 130-135k
Ed Sheeran (Asylum) 87-92k
Bruno Mars (WMG) 48-52k
Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney) 47-51k
*Kodak Black (WMG) 43-47k
Moana (Walt Disney) 42-46k
Future (Freebandz/Epic) 36-39k
Migos (Quality Control) 33-36k
*MercyMe (Fair Trade/Columbia) 32-35k
The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 32-35k
*Mastodon (Reprise) 31-34k
Trey Songz (WMG) 27-30k
Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville) 25-28k
Post Malone (Republic) 25-28k
Miranda Lambert (Vanner/RCA Nashville) 23-26k

SALES
Ed Sheeran
(Asylum) 32-35k
Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney) 31-34k
*MercyMe (Fair Trade/Columbia) 30-33k
*Mastodon (Reprise) 29-32k
*Kodak Black (WMG) 23-26k
Moana (Walt Disney) 22-25k
Bruno Mars (WMG) 20-23k
Miranda Lambert (Vanner/RCA Nashville) 18-21k
Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville) 17-20k
Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 16-19k
*Demon Hunter (Solid State) 16-19k
Trolls (RCA) 15-17k
Rick Ross (Epic) 13-15k
*Big Little Lies (Abkco Music) 12-14k
*Bob Dylan (Columbia) 11-13k

*DEBUTS

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The kids can tell the difference... for now.
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