Happy birthday, Lil Wayne. For a gift, your fans have made you #1 at iTunes and Apple Music and pushed 13 of your new tunes into the Top 15 at the streaming service. Now blow out those 36 candles.
Weezy’s Tha Carter V (Young Money) is ruling the roost this flipover Friday with “Mona Lisa” f/Kendrick Lamar rising into the Top 10 at iTunes and “Don’t Cry” f/ XXXTentacion and “Let it Fly” f/Travis Scott sitting at #1 and #2 on Apple Music. The album is one of eight new arrivals in the iTunes Top 10.
Cher’s ABBA tribute Dancing Queen (Warner Bros.) rolls in at #2 followed by Logic’s YSIV (Def Jam) at #3; YSIV is #4 at Apple Music.
Elevation Worship’s self-released Hallelujah Here Below climbs to #4.
Kevin Gates Luca Brasi 3 (Bread Winners' Association) avoids swimming with the fishes: It’s #5 at iTunes and #8 at Apple Music. The third album from Beartooth, Disease (Red Bull), is #7.
The Tom Petty compilation featuring unreleased live and studio tracks, An American Treasure (Reprise), is #8. Cypress Hill’s first album in eight years, Elephants on Acid (BMG), is #10.
On the songs side at iTunes, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” from the A Star is Born soundtrack (Interscope) takes the top slot followed by DJ Snake f/Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B’s “Taki Taki” (Geffen) at #5.
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