Post Malone will score the year's biggest overall debut so far. beerbongs & bentleys will set the first-week streaming record with over 400 million streams, besting the first week of Drake's More Life, which saw its tracks streamed 385m times in March of last year. Look for Drake, who's been blowing up the streaming charts with his latest singles, to have an enormous week of his own when his new full-length drops in June.
Post Malone (Republic) 440-460k total activity, 155-165k album
Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville) 135-145k, 125-135k
Janelle Monae (Atlantic) 37-42k, 30-35k
Godsmack (BMG) 33-38k, 32-37k
Youngboy Never Broke Again (Atlantic) 30-35k, 7-9k
Willie Nelson (Legacy) 22-25k, 21-24k
Oh, and since it's National Honesty Day, we feel like we need to come clean with you about... oh, shit, we gotta take this call.
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NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
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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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