RUMOR MILL
Thursday, December 14, 2017
WHAT MAKES YOUR
TOP 20
Luke Bryan lands his fourth #1 debut this week. Bryan previously scored the #1 spot with 2015’s Kill The Lights. Two stream-heavy releases, Big Sean & Metro Boomin’ and Quality Control’s Control The Streets, are likely to land in the Top 5.
- *Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 100-105k SPS, 92-97k Sales
- Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 95-100k, 62-67k
- Pentatonix (RCA) 69-74k, 49-54k
- *Big Sean & Metro Boomin’ (G.O.O.D./Def Jam/Boominati/Republic) 54-59k, 9-11k
- *Quality Control (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 54-59k, 5-6k
- Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 53-58k, 19-21k
- Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 50-55k, 44-48k
- Sam Smith (Capitol) 46-50k, 23-26k
- Michael Bublé (Reprise) 44-48k, 21-24k
- Post Malone (Republic) 37-40k, 3-4k
- Pentatonix, That’s Christmas To Me (RCA) 35-38k, 20-23k
- Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 32-35k, 9-11k
- Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 30-33k, <1k
- Mariah Carey (Columbia) 27-30k, 8-10k
- U2 (Interscope) 25-28k, 23-26k
- Josh Groban (Reprise) 27-30k, 20-23k
- Chris Brown (RCA) 26-29k, 2-3k
- Imagine Dragons (Kidinakorner/Interscope) 26-29k, 11-13k
- Gwen Stefani (Interscope) 23-26k, 17-19k
- P!nk (RCA) 22-25k, 17-19k
*DEBUTS
In holiday news, we're going away for a couple of weeks pretty soon. No need to send a thank-you note.
PRINCE, FIVE YEARS GONE: SOME PURPLE MUSINGS
His death continues to reverberate. (4/21a)
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RHYTHM, BLUES AND THE FUTURE
The musical tapestry we know as R&B.
WHO'S NEXT?
Predicting the next big catalog deal.
JUST THE VAX, MA'AM
Once we all get vaccinated, how long before we can party?
WORLDWIDE GROOVE
How is globalization bringing far-flung territories into the musical mainstream?
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