CHART STORY: WHAT A WEEKND

At the end of a truly unbelievable week for the world and the biz, there’s still a #1 album on our HITS Top 50 chart—and it’s a biggie. The Weeknd delivers the biggest debut of his career, and of 2020, with After Hours (XO/Republic), moving a whopping 445k units. His monster set has earned well over 200m streams, with sales providing 60% of the total. Pre-release streams and sales from platinum singles “Blinding Lights” and “Heartless” put After Hours at 800k+ in activity to date.

Republic lands the other top debut with Conan Gray’s debut album, Kid Krow, which bows at #5 with 47k. Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding at #7 gives the House of Lipman a Top 10 trifecta.

Re-entering at #9 is Kenny RogersBest Of… (Capitol Nashville), the result of fans mourning the country trailblazer’s passing on Friday, 3/20, by diving into The Gambler’s career hits.

Singer/songwriter Kelsea Ballerini enters at #11 with her third studio LP, kelsea (Black River), followed by Wolf+Rothstein/RCA’s Childish Gambino at #14 with 3.15.20., as Donald Glover’s spontaneous, early-Sunday-morning drop hits 25k in its shortened week of activity. UMLE’s J Balvin bows at #15 with Colores.

Notable projects streeting this week include Warner’s buzzing Dua Lipa, Interscope’s Trevor Daniel and 5 Seconds of Summer, OVO Sound/Warner’s PARTYNEXTDOOR, Warner Nashville’s Ingrid Andress and Monkeywrench/Republic’s Pearl Jam. Stay safe, wash your hands and don’t touch me.

Find the full chart here.

NOISEMAKERS:
MOVIN' & SHAKIN'
A glimpse of the future of the music biz (11/7a)
TOP 20: TYLER #1 FOR SECOND WEEK
Tippecanoe and Tyler 2 (11/7a)
Q IS EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS Q: HOW QUINCY JONES BECAME THE GOAT
Remembering an American legend. (11/6a)
OF PONIES, PRINCESSES AND UNICORNS: CHAPPELL'S SNL TRIUMPH AND BEYOND
Changing the pop narrative (11/5a)
NEAR TRUTHS:
JELLY’S ROLE
The rise of an unlikely star (11/6a)
THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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