RUMOR MILL
Thursday, August 6, 2020
YOUR TOP 20 FOLKLORE SEQUEL, WITH DABABY GROWTH AND A CASK
OF BRANDY
DaBaby’s deluxe edition of Blame It on Baby, which was released yesterday, moves up in our midweek projections to #6 with a range of 40-45k. Taylor Swift remains on track to repeat at #1 and will get within 15-20k of 1 million equivalent albums in her second week. Brandy is the week’s biggest debut.
- Taylor Swift (Republic) 125-135k total activity, 20-25k albums
- Pop Smoke (Victor Victor/Republic) 90-95k, ~1k
- Juice WRLD (Grade A/Interscope) 90-95k, 2-3k
- Hamilton (Uptown/Atlantic) 60-65k, 8-11k
- Lil Baby (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 45-50k, <1k
- DaBaby (SCMG/Interscope) 40-45k, ~1k
- Gunna (Young Stoner Life) 35-40k, <1k
- Harry Styles (Columbia) 30-35k, 6-8k
- Post Malone (Republic) 30-35k, 2-3k
- Brandy (eOne) 22-25k, 14-16k
- The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 22-25k, 1-2k
- Polo G (Columbia) 21-24k, <1k
- Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 21-24k, <1k
- Beyoncé (Parkwood/Columbia) 21-24k, 7-9k
- Future (Freebandz/Epic) 19-22k, <1k
- Lil Durk (Alamo/Geffen/Interscope) 19-22k
- Alanis Morissette (Epiphany/Thirty Tigers) 19-22k, 17-19k
- Jhene Aiko (Def Jam) 19-22k, ~1k
- Shoreline Mafia (Atlantic) 19-22k, 10-12k
- Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 19-22k, ~2k
Debuts
In conservation news, thanks to the President's pronunciation of "Yosemite," we've learned that Sequoias are Jewish.
 BST HYDE PARK: BIGGER THAN EVER It's the U.K. equivalent of July 4 fireworks. (7/1a)
UMG ACQUIRES ALL THINGS ZAPPA
Who's gonna "Freak Out" over this acquisition? (7/1a)
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SUPERSTAR RELEASES
Who's next?
MUSIC BIZ SPECIAL
It's Comic-Con for numbers geeks.
THE BIG CHEESE
Theories of evolution from 30,000 feet.
THE NEXT GIANT DEAL
A&R in overdrive.
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