YOUR NEW RELEASES: Hip-hop supplants snowbound fantasy on next week's album chart, as Schoolboy Q is set to debut at #1. Romeo Santos, meanwhile, will score a career-best first week and the largest debut by a Latin artist since RBD debuted in December 2006 with 94k. Santos' previous release, Formula, Vol. 1, opened with 62k in November 2011. Here are this week's key debuts:
Schoolboy Q (TDE/Interscope) 150-160k
Kid Cudi (Republic) 90-95k
Romeo Santos (Sony Music Latin) 90-95k
Beck (Capitol) 65-70k
Dierks Bentley (Capitol Nashville) 50-60k
The Fray (Epic) 35-40k
St. Vincent (Republic) 20-25k
We have to admit that we're pretty preoccupied with what to wear on Oscar night. But we're leaning toward sweatpants. (2/26p)
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
SONG REVENUE:
A STYLISTIC STEW MC, divas and singer-songwriters rub elbows. (3/28a)
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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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