Other holiday thrivers poised for big Q1 action include Arista’s Dido, WB’s Linkin Park, Columbia’s Crazy Town, RCA’s David Gray and Hollywood’s "Save The Last Dance For Me" soundtrack.

WEEK IN PREVIEW

Shaggy Shags Post-Holiday Glee
As the smoke clears around yet another mega-monster, boffo holiday sales season, bleary-eyed music weasels are now surveying who's survived, who's thrived and who's going to carry that holiday glee well into the first quarter.

A quick gander at our building sales chart (hit the "sales" icon, you cyber-clod) reveals that MCA's Shaggy is leading the post-holiday pack convincingly. The Shag-man's packing two smash singles (including the current #1), which kinda suggests he'll be hanging around the Top Five for a while.

Other holiday thrivers poised for big Q1 action include Arista's Dido, WB's Linkin Park, Columbia's Crazy Town, RCA's David Gray and Hollywood's "Save The Last Dance For Me" soundtrack.

Meanwhile, in the hip-hop world, Snoop Dogg remains in the Top Five, while Outkast is surging once again and Xzibit proves incredibly durable.

Top 40 add action this week swirls around new singles from Backstreet Boys, Vertical Horizon and Baha Men as radio programmers across the country spend hours learning how to add a "1" when referring to the current year.

Here we go agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain.
PRE-GRAMMY GALA GOES GAGA FOR GERSON
Jody will be the center of attention at Clive's shindig. (12/18a)
ON THE COVER:
BILLIE EILISH
A star upon the highest bough (12/19a)
NOISEMAKERS:
A HOLIDAY TREAT
Something for their stockings (12/18a)
SUPREME COURT SETS 1/10 HEARING ON TIKTOK BAN
How will SCOTUS rule? (12/19a)
THE HIP-HOP CONUNDRUM
Grammy being Grammy (12/19a)
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.
 Email

 First Name

 Last Name

 Company

 Country