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CHART STORY:
FLICKER ON FIRE

Niall Horan is #1. Flicker—the first solo album from the former One Directioner, out via Capitol—has debuted on our Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with just north of 148k.

Future & Young Thug’s collaborative project, Super Slimey (Freebandz/Epic), bows at #2 with approximately 75k, while RCA Nashville’s Chris Young scores the top country debut at #5 with 39k for Losing Sleep and Capitol Nashville’s Darius Rucker comes in at #6 with 34k for When Was the Last Time.

The only other new releases to make the Top 20 are Paper Route Empire’s Young Dolph (#17) and Bossier City RecordsTurnpike Troubadours (#19).

As for the noteworthy moves, Brand New’s Science Fiction (Procrastinate! Music Traitors) re-enters at #7 in tandem with the physical release of the record. Meanwhile at #11, Demi Lovato’s Tell Me You Love Me (Hollywood/Safehouse/Island) inches closer to rejoining the Top 10.

When It comes to SPS marketshare, UMG leads with 42%, SME is #2 with 28% and WMG is #3 with 25%, while the indies follow with 5%.

Streeting this week are albums from Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville’s Kenny Chesney, Atlantic’s Kelly Clarkson, Crush Music/Atlantic’s Weezer, Epic’s Yo Gotti, BMG’s Hollywood Undead, Slumerican/Shady/Interscope’s Yelawolf, Wheelhouse’s Granger Smith and Columbia’s Rachel Platten. An act called Ninja Sex Party is also releasing a set of covers independently, and we’re super bummed we now have to come up with a new name for our office holiday gathering.

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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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