Republic’s Taylor Swift scores a second week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with Midnights. Tay’s 10th studio LP continues to dominate, earning 335k in week two, with pure sales contributing 113k. Next week, Midnights will cross the 2m mark, joining 2022 juggernauts Bad Bunny, Morgan Wallen and Harry Styles.
Quality Control/Motown’s Lil Baby holds at #2 with It’s Only Me, which posts 80k in its third week. The Beatles’ Revolver soars to #4 as the super-deluxe reissue arrives, moving nearly 50k in physical sales. Atlantic’s Kodak Black debuts at #5 with Kutthroat Bill: Vol. 1. Columbia’s Baby Keem moves to #8 with a deluxe edition of The Melodic Blue, while the joint Quavo & Takeoff album, Only Built for Infinity Links (QC/Motown), climbs to #14 as fans mourn the death of Migos’ Takeoff.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller (Epic) and Disney’s Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack re-enter the Top 20 behind Halloween.
Streeting this week are new titles from OVO/Republic’s Drake & 21 Savage, 88rising/Warner’s JOJI, Def Jam/Hollywood’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Triple Tigers' Russell Dickerson, Columbia's First Aid Kit and Alicia Keys. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to get an early start on those Christmas cookies.
Peep the full chart here.
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