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Monday, August 28, 2017

NEW RELEASES: A VERT-ICAL LEAP

The debut full-length album from Lil Uzi Vert is this week’s top-selling newcomer, pacing nearly 2:1 ahead of his closest competitor. The Generation Now/Atlantic release has sat at #1 on iTunes since early Friday and bounced between #1 and #2 on Apple Music.

Lil Uzi picked up the MTV Song of Summer VMA for his "XO Tour Llif3." Here are predictions for the week’s new releases.

Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 110-120k SPS, 25-28k album
XXXtentacion (Bad Vibes Forever/EMPIRE) 65-70k, 15-18k
Queens of the Stone Age (Matador) 55-60k, 50-55k
Fifth Harmony (Syco/Epic) 40-45k, 30-35k
Old Dominion (RCA Nashville) 37-43k, 30-35k
A$AP Mob (RCA) 30-35k, 7-9k album
The War on Drugs (Atlantic) 21-25k, 17-20k

In political news, President Trump will get to again pretend to operate heavy machinery this week as he plans to imagine he’s the captain of a ship.

 
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