FLIPOVER FRIDAY: NEW ARRIVALS AT iTUNES AND APPLE MUSIC

It’s all Drake all the time across iTunes and Apple Music as flipover Friday heralds the arrival of the Labor Day weekend. You know what you’ll be hearing at the barbecue.

Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (OVO/Republic) is #1 at iTunes and Apple Music and its tracks occupy 21 of the Top 25 slots at Apple Music songs. “Champagne Poetry” is #1 followed by “Girls Want Girls” f/Lil Baby and “Papi’s Home.”

Following Drake at iTunes albums is Imagine DragonsMercury-Act 1 (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope) firing up at #2 and Iron Maiden’s Senjutsu (Sanctuary) at #3.

The Lady Gaga remix collection Dawn of Chromatica (Interscope) opens at #5; Lauren Alaina’s Sitting Pretty on Top of the World (19/Mercury Nashville) takes a seat at #6; LANY’s gg bb xx (Interscope) hits #8; and New Found Glory’s Forever and Ever x Infinity …And Beyond!!! (Hopeless) parks at #9.

Just outside the Top 10 is Epic’s soundtrack for Cinderella, heavy on Camila Cabello performances; the film debuts today.

At iTunes songs, ABBA’s first single in four decades, “Don’t Shut Me Down” (Capitol) is #10.

On the streaming side, BIG30’s King of Killbranch (Bread Gang/N-less) is #3.

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