FLIPOVER FRIDAY: NEW ARRIVALS AT iTUNES AND APPLE MUSIC

Kendrick Lamar’s collection of songs inspired by the latest Marvel film, Black Panther The Album (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) grabs the top slot at iTunes and #2 at Apple Music on this flipover Friday. Another film has the #2 slot at iTunes.

Republic’s soundtrack to Fifty Shades Freed, featuring Bishop Briggs’ cover of INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart,” two Julia Michaels tracks and the Liam Payne/Rita Ora duet “For You,” slides in at #2. Solid Ground, the 11th album from Wade Bowen, is #3.

The third solo album from Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon, Sleepwalkers (Island), drives in at #6 followed by the first studio album in more than eight years from Dashboard Confessional Crooked Shadows (Fueled By Ramen), at #7.

Elevation Collective, a new project that unites the Elevation Worship choir with several CCM stars, opens at #8 with Evidence (Elevation Worship).

The 10th album from Sister Hazel, Water (Croakin’ Poet), wades in at #9 and Toto, whose “Africa” has caught on with millennials, finds Greatest Hits: 40 Trips Around the Sun (Sony Legacy) closing out the Top 10.

New albums from MGMT, The Oh Hellos, The Wombats, Franz Ferdinand, Social Cub Misfits and 2 Chainz are knocking on the Top 10’s door.

At singles, country singer Jon Langston’s self-released “When It Comes to Loving You” is the highest debut at #12.

UMG AND TIKTOK
WORK IT OUT
The kerfuffle is in the past. (5/2a)
LUCIAN SOUNDS OFF ON UMG/TIKTOK DEAL
A breakdown from the boss (5/2a)
JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
London calling (5/2a)
TOP 20: IT’S STILL TAYLOR’S WORLD
Large and in charge (5/2a)
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
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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