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THIS CHART STORY BELONGS TO U2

Interscope’s U2 has topped the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with 176k for Songs of Experience—the Guy Oseary-managed band’s 14th studio album.

Mercury Nashville’s beloved and bearded troubadour, Chris Stapleton, has the week’s biggest country album in From A Room: Volume 2, which debuts at #2 with 131k. In fact, Stapleton can celebrate having all three of his albums on the chart; Volume 1 re-enters at #25, while 2015’s Traveller re-enters at #28.

Miguel’s War & Leisure (ByStorm/RCA), meanwhile, serves as the only other debut in the Top 30, pulling in around 37k.

Big Machine queen Taylor Swift inches closer to 2m, tacking on another 99k at #3 to lift her RTD number above 1.75m. Ed Sheeran’s acclaimed Divide (Atlantic), at #4, enjoys a bump north of 70%, following the release of the Beyoncé duet version of single “Perfect.” And Demi Lovato, who’ll soon hit the road with DJ Khaled, sees her Tell Me You Love Me (Hollywood/Safehouse/Island) increase on the strength of a ticket bundle.

As for those residing on Candy Cane Lane, Pentatonix’s A Pentatonix Christmas (RCA) is the biggest holiday album (shocking, we know); that one occupies the #5 spot, while the group’s That’s Christmas to Me moves #17-12. Michael Buble’s Christmas (Reprise) continues to do well at #11, and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (Columbia) rises like it's reindeer-powered, going #30-21.

Then there’s independent streaming heavyweight XXXTentacion, whose 17 (Bad Vibes Forever/EMPIRE) jumps #46-33. It’s worth noting that his “Fuck Love” f/Trippie Redd and “Jocelyn Flores” have entered the Song Revenue Chart at #42 and #46, respectively. XXX is also featured on Kodak Black’s latest single, “Roll in Peace,” which just charted at Urban radio and is about to do so at Rhythm. All three of those songs are currently climbing up Spotify’s U.S. Top 50.

When it comes to Top 50 SPS marketshare, UMG is #1 with 55%, while SME and WMG tie with 20% each and the indies claim 5%.

Streeting this week are albums from Capitol Nashville’s Luke Bryan and Monument/Sony Nashville’s Walker Hayes, as well as Big Sean & Metro Boomin’s collaborative effort, Double or Nothing (G.O.O.D/Def Jam/Boominati/Republic), a 30-track project from Quality Control, which was released via QC/Motown/Capitol and includes the likes of Migos, Lil Yachty, Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Cardi B, and a set from Columbia's Juicy J.

In more Christmas-related news, since it’s too early to start drinking eggnog, we just went straight for the rum.

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