FLIPOVER FRIDAY: NEW ARRIVALS AT iTUNES AND APPLE MUSIC

K-Pop superstars BTS open flipover Friday at #1 on iTunes’ albums chart and have a unique situation on the songs side: They have 10 new songs in the Top 20.

Asian star Kris Wu, who Universal Music Group is positioning for global success, is #1 at iTunes songs with “Like That” (Interscope).

The title track from BTS’ Love Yourself: Tear (Big Hit) is #3 followed by four songs from the album in slots eight through 11 and another five between 14 and 18. RCA has two new Top 10 songs: Backstreet Boys’ Thursday release, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” and #2 and

Christina Aguilera f/Demi Lovato’s “Fall in Line” at #6. Sam Hunt's "Downtown's Dead" (MCA Nashville), a Wednesday release, is #7.

On the albums side, the BTS title is one of eight newcomers to the Top 10.

The deluxe edition of Five Finger Death Punch's seventh album, And Justice For None (Prospect Park) is #2 followed by the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Mean Girls (Atlantic) at #3 on the heels of it receiving a dozen Tony nominations.

Somebody hit the light: The second album from James Bay, Electric Light (Republic), flips on at #4 and Part of the Light from Stone Dwarf/RCA’s Ray LaMontagne beames in at #5.

Maluma's F.A.M.E. (Sony Latin) pops in at #7 followed by the soundtrack for Deadpool 2 (Columbia). Lamb of God have made an album of covers, Legion: XX (Epic), using their old moniker Burn the Priest; it’s #10.

Albums from Mom+Pop's Courtney Barnett, QC/Motown/Capitol’s Lil Baby, XO/Republic’s NAV and BMLG's Trent Harmon are among the new titles in the Top 20.

Lil Baby’s Harder Than Ever is the top newcomer at Apple Music, nursing the #6 position. NAV’s Reckless is #8.

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