Juice WRLD's Legends Never Die (Grade A/Interscope) will open with the largest first week of the year and will become one of the biggest ever posthumous debuts during the modern chart era. The album is currently tracking into fourth place on that list behind Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death (690k), 2Pac's R U Still Down (548k), and Biggie's Born Again (485k). Will a last-minute push see Legends creep over Born Again and into third place? Can Legends hit 500k? Watch this space.
BTS' Map of the Soul: 7 ~ The Journey (UMe) dropped today. The midweek digital-only release is the act's fourth Japanese-language studio album. Their previous Japanese-language release, Face Yourself, opened with 12k in 2018. Will the band's rise in popularity since then result in a much higher debut?
Debuts
In political news, Ivanka Trump is taking flak for the new employment initiative she's leading, #FindSomethingNew. It's a good thing they didn't go with the original name, "Just Go Work for Your Billionaire Dad."
NEAR TRUTHS: UNCORKED
Jay-Z's blingy mountain of cash keeps gaining altitude. (3/5a)
GRAMMY CHEW: THE
PRE-GRAMMY BOUNCE Let's hear it for ironic guitar-smashing. (3/5a)
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
A jazz chronicle of fighting the power.
GRAMMYS: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
After the snubs, the show.
ACQUITTED
In a phenomenal display of cowardice.
MOVING THE NEEDLE
When vaccination schedules and touring schedules meet.
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