NEW RELEASES: A BATTLE BREWS

Top debuts on this week's HITS Top 50 will include projects from Alicia Keys, Lil Tecca, Keith Urban and Moneybagg Yo & Blac Youngsta.

#1 is up for grabs this week as none of the new releases will offer a challenge. Can Youngboy Never Broke Again remain on top in his second week? Will Pop Smoke, who has held strong in the runner-up spot for several weeks return to the top? Or will Taylor Swift return to #1 for a seventh non-consecutive week—driven by signed copies of folklore at her online store?

Stay tuned. In the mean time, here are the new release projections:

Alicia Keys (RCA) 50-55k total activity, 40-45k albums
Lil Tecca (Galactic/Republic) 35-40k, 2-3k
Moneybagg Yo & Blac Youngsta (N-Less/Interscope) 35-40k, 1-2k
Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville) 35-40k, 25-28k

THE HITS LIST TURKEY TROT
...with all the trimmings (11/22a)
AN AWARD-WINNING CMA GALLERY
Cowboy hats and funny caps (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: WITCHING HOUR
It's not easy being green. (11/21a)
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
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.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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