FLIPOVER FRIDAY: NEW ARRIVALS AT iTUNES & APPLE MUSIC

Machine Gun Kelly's mainstream sellout (Bad Boy/Interscope), his sixth album, comes out of the gate blazing this Flipover Friday, topping the iTunes chart and already at #2 on Apple Music.

It leads a Top 10 with nine new arrivals. Daddy Yankee’s Legendaddy (El Cartel/Republic), at #10 on the sales side, is the only other rookie to land in the Top 10 on both charts, hitting #3 at Apple Music.

Michael Bublé’s first studio album in three years, Higher (Reprise), rises to #2, one slot ahead of Maren MorrisHumble Quest (Columbia Nashville). Kid Rock’s Bad Reputation (Top Dog) is #5.

Reba McEntire, freshly booked to sing at the Oscars, is #6 with My Chains Are Gone (MCA Nashville). (When anyone says “chains” and “Oscars” in the same sentence around here, we figure they’re talking about Isaac Hayesgreat performance at the 1971 ceremony. Moving on…)

Animals as LeadersParrhesia (Sumerian) is unleashed at #7, Casey Donahew’s Built Different (Almost Country) has a grip on #8 and CannonsFever Dream (Columbia) blasts into #9.

iTunes songs has a new #1: Peyton Parrish’s “Go the Distance” (Noise Machine).

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