FLIPOVER FRIDAY: NEW ARRIVALS AT iTUNES & APPLE MUSIC

Only the Strong Survive (Columbia), Bruce Springsteen’s deep dive into the soul music of the 1960s and '70s, commandeers the #1 slot at iTunes this Flipover Friday. Meanwhile, an Afrobeats superstar has the lone new arrival in the Top 15 in sales and streams.

More Love, Less Ego (Starboy/RCA), the fifth studio album from Nigeria’s Wizkid, is the top new arrival at Apple Music (#5) while sliding in at #11 at iTunes.

Other sets opening in the Top 30 on both lists are NasKing’s Disease III (Mass Appeal/The Orchard) (#2 at iTunes, #25 Apple Music), Rauw Alejandro’s Saturno (Sony Latin) (#12 at Apple Music, #20 iTunes) and GloRilla’s Anyways, Life’s Great… (CMG/Interscope) (#15 at Apple Music, #25 iTunes).

The deluxe edition of Louis Tomlinson’s Faith in the Future (78/BMG) is #3 at iTunes, Brantley Gilbert’s So Help Me God (BMLG) bows at #5 and Randy Houser’s Note to Self (Magnolia) writes in at #6. Larkin Poe’s Blood Harmony (Tricki-Woo) chimes in at #8.

A deluxe collection of Guns N’ Roses' two Use Your Illusion (Geffen) albums from 1991, with two additional concert recordings, is welcomed at #9.

HITS LIST GETS LIT UP
Whoa, this year's going too fast. (11/16a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
GRAMMY CHEW: RUMINATING ON THE BIG 4 NOMS
80% is a lot better than usual. (11/15a)
LINKIN PARK CHATS NEW LP WITH AMAZON MUSIC
Alexa's ready to rock. (11/15a)
AND THE 2025 GRAMMY NOMINEES ARE...
And away we go. (11/8a)
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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