Last week’s chart champ, Atlantic Records country-rock group Zac Brown Band’s Uncaged, drops a notch to #2, with Island/IDJ’s Justin Bieber (#3), Syco/Columbia’s One Direction (#4) and Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop Kids (#5) rounding out the leader board.
Def Jam/IDJ’s Nas (#6), XL/Columbia’s Adele (#7) and A&M/Octone’s Maroon 5 (#8) complete the Top 10.
Other Top 50 newcomers include Nuclear Blast America’s veteran hard rockers Testament (#19), RCA’s Sparkle soundtrack with Whitney Houston’s final performances (#26), Mom + Pop’s Joshua Radin (#34), Gospocentric’s J Moss (#37), Interscope’s Imagine Dragons (#40), Republic’s Alex Clare (#45) and Interscope’s Step Up Revolution soundtrack (#50).
An Amazon MP3 99-cent sale pushes Roadrunner’s Rush (#16), Reprise’s Bee Gees Number Ones compilation (##18) and Warner Bros.’ James Taylor Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (#28) back on the charts.
Blue Note/EMI’s Norah Jones (#44) also returns to the Top 50.
Columbia’s John Mayer leads the week’s batch of double-digit gainers, moving #38-31, +60%, followed by 19/Arista Nashville’s Carrie Underwood (#23-20, +26%), YM/CM/Republic’s Nicki Minaj (#32, +25%), Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons (#35, +17%) and Capitol/EMI’s Now 42 (#30, +12%).
Hitting stores this week are Capitol/EMI’s Now 43, Sony Legacy’s We Walk the Line soundtrack tribute to Johnny Cash, RCA’s ElleVarner and Palehorse/ADA’s 10 Years. Def Jam/IDJ’s eagerly awaited 2 Chainz hits on Aug. 14, with
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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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