RUMOR MILL
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
TOP 20: AFTER EFFECT
The Weeknd will easily land at #1 this week, with a total that could become his largest debut thus far. After Hours may surpass the first week of Beauty Behind the Madness, which opened with 411k in total activity in September 2015. And while neither is a done deal just yet, sights are also set on surpassing the biggest start yet in 2020—422k set by BTS.
In other chart news, The Best of Kenny Rogers lands in the Top 15 after the star's passing. Debuts from The Weeknd and Conan Gray give Republic a possible three in the Top 10.
- The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 400-425k total activity, 245-265k albums
- Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 105-115k, 1-3k
- Lil Baby (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 55-65k, <1k
- Bad Bunny (Rimas) 50-60k, 1-2k
- Roddy Ricch (Bird Vision/Atlantic) 45-50k, <1k
- Jhene Aiko (Def Jam) 40-45k, 1-2k
- Conan Gray (Republic) 35-40k, 30-35k
- Post Malone (Republic) 35-40k, 1-2k
- Justin Bieber (RBMG/Def Jam) 28-32k, 2-4k
- Frozen 2 (Walt Disney) 28-32k, 5-8k
- Childish Gambino (Wolf+Rothstein/RCA) 25-28k, 4-5k
- Kenny Rogers (Capitol Nashville) 25-28k, 11-13k
- Billie Eilish (Darkroom/Interscope) 25-28k, 3-5k
- J. Balvin (UMLE) 22-25k, 3-5k
- Harry Styles (Columbia) 21-24k, 2-4k
- Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 21-24k, 2-3k
- Doja Cat (Kemosabe/RCA) 21-24k, <1k
- Pop Smoke (Victor Victor/Republic) 19-22k, <1k
- Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 19-22k, 1-3k
- BTS (BigHit/Columbia) 19-22k, 7-9k
Debuts
We now return you to your afternoon McNuggets.
