YOU GOTTA HAVE CHART: As expected, XL/Beggars’ Vampire Weekend release will debut at #1 this week on the HITS Album chart, with MCA Nashville’s George Strait and Hollywood pop diva Demi Lovato jockeying for the two spots right behind the alternative darlings, whose newest, Modern Vampires of the City, is being touted as a stylistic breakthrough. Other chart tidbits: Interscope’s surprising The Great Gatsby soundtrack continues its impressive showing even as the movie starts slowing down at the box office. Keep following our Building Album Chart here, as the returns come in. Hitting today is the eagerly anticipated Daft Punk album on Columbia, with a picture perfect set-up that will see the album bow at #1 next week with a total that will become clearer later today, so stay tuned. The release is turning out to be this season's must-have EDM record for people who never bought an EDM album before. (5/21a)
![]() Record-breaking heat wave in the forecast. (9/6a)
![]() This oughta be interesting. (9/6a)
![]() We're putting our asses in seats. (9/4a)
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