RUMOR MILL
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
HELLO, TOP 20
Young Thug will score his biggest-ever first week. For the second time in two weeks, the Top 3 are all debuts. Lionel Richie's Hello From Las Vegas (Capitol) will chart with almost all ticket bundle redemptions.
- *Young Thug (Atlantic) 125-150k total activity, 4-7k album
- *Lionel Richie (Capitol) 57-62k, 56-61k
- *Quality Control: Control The Streets, Vol. 2 (QC/Capitol/Motown) 55-60k, 1-2k
- Billie Eilish (Darkroom/Interscope) 37-42k, 8-9k
- Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 35-40k, 4-6k
- Chris Brown (RCA) 30-35k, 2-4k
- Lizzo (Nice Life/Atlantic) 28-32k, 3-4k
- Khalid (Right Hand Music/RCA) 27-30k, 2-3k
- Shawn Mendes (Island) 27-30k, 1-2k
- Lil Nas X (Columbia) 25-28k, <1
- Slipknot (Roadrunner) 25-28k, 19-21k
- Rick Ross (Epic) 24-27k, 3-4k
- *Illenium (Astralwerks) 24-27k, 5-7k
- Dreamville & J. Cole (Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope) 24-27k, <1k
- NF (NF Real Music/Caroline) 23-26k, 3-5k
- Post Malone (Republic) 21-24k, 1-2k
- Jonas Brothers (Republic) 20-23k, 4-6k
- *Killswitch Engage (Metal Blade) 19-22k, 16-19k
- Drake (Ovo/Republic) 17-20k, <1k
- Luke Combs (River House/Columbia) 17-20k, 2-3k
*DEBUTS
In other news, TAYLOR SWIFT, TAYLOR SWIFT, TAYLOR SWIFT.
 HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALLWe're manning the merch table. (9/9a)
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