Sara Bareilles returns from her success on Broadway with Waitress to land her first album in six years, Amidst the Chaos (Epic), at #1 on iTunes this flipover Friday. The Jonas Brothers and the Lil Nas X remix f/Billy Ray Cyrus are heating up the songs chart.
A surprise release from Romeo Santos, the Sony Latin collection of collaborations Utopia, is #2 at iTunes and #5 at Apple Music. Khalid's Free Spirit (Right Hand/RCA) floats to #3 at both iTunes and Apple Music.
Two country stars have new releases. Returning to recording after a decade away, Brooks & Dunn's hit #4 with their star-heavy Reboot (Arista Nashville), and Reba McEntire's is at #8 with Stronger Than the Truth (Rockin R/BMLG) just aheads of returning as host of the ACM Awards.
BLACKPINK, the K-Pop act heading to Coachella, lands at #6 with the five-song EP "Kill This Love" (YG/Interscope). Periphery IV: Hail Stan, metal act Periphery’s first release on their own label, 3DOT, sees its way to #9.
On the singles side, the Jonas Brothers' "Cool" (Republic) has climbed to #1 followed by Lil Nas X f/Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road (Remix)” (Columbia) at #2. The original by Lil Nas is #3. BLACKPINK’s “Kill This Love” is #4 with Kelly Clarkson’s single from the Ugly Dolls soundtrack, “Broken & Beautiful” (STX) sitting at #15.
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