YOUR TOP 20: MIDWEEK SHOWDOWN (UPDATE)

BTS has inched ahead of Post Malone, but it remains a tight race for #1. Both the sales-driven K-Pop band and the stream-powered rapper have ticked up since our prior read.

  1. *BTS (Bighit) 123-128k, 95-100k
  2. Post Malone (Republic) 121-126k Total, 11-14k Albums
  3. *Lil Baby (QC/Motown/Capitol) 69-74k, 5-6k
  4. *Five Finger Death Punch (Prospect Park) 63-68k, 56-61k
  5. The Greatest Showman (Atlantic) 47-52k, 30-33k
  6. Cardi B (Atlantic) 44-48k, 3-4k
  7. J. Cole (Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope) 43-47k, 7-8k
  8. *NAV (XO/Republic) 33-37k, 4-5k
  9. Black Panther (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 29-32k, 7-8k
  10. Playboi Carti (AWGE/Interscope) 27-30k, <1k
  11. Migos (QC/Motown/Capitol) 23-26k, 1-2k
  12. Post Malone (Republic) 23-26k, 1-2k
  13. Rae Sremmurd (Eardruma/Interscope) 22-25k, <1k
  14. XXXtentacion (Bad Vibes Forever) 22-25k, <1k
  15. Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 21-24k, 6-7k
  16. Charlie Puth (Artist Partner/Atlantic) 20-23k, 7-8k
  17. Imagine Dragons (Kidinakorner/Interscope) 19-22k, 5-6k
  18. Youngboy Never Broke Again (Atlantic) 19-22k, <1k
  19. Taylor Swift (Big Machine/BMLG) 19-22k, 11-13k
  20. Jason Aldean (Broken Bow/BMG) 18-20k, 10-12k

*DEBUTS

In other news, the weed isn't doing it anymore. Pass the cough syrup.

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