FLIPOVER FRIDAY: NEW ARRIVALS AT iTUNES & APPLE MUSIC

BTSRM is dominating the iTunes charts this Flipover Friday, while Metro Boomin is Top 5 in sales and streaming. And who’s snuck into the top slot at iTunes songs? Why, it’s Morgan Wallen. First things first, though.

The debut solo album from RM, Indigo (Bighit), featuring collabs with Erykah Badu, Anderson .Paak and others, tops the iTunes albums chart and sits in the Top 30 at Apple Music. The songs from Indigo fill slots two through 11, leading with “Wild Flower.”

At #1 at iTunes songs is Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” (Big Loud/Mercury/ Republic), from his new, three-song sampler. “Tennessee Fan” is #12 and “Days That End in Why” occupies #18.

Metro Boomin’s second installment in a planned trilogy, Heroes & Villains (Boominati/Republic), is #5 at iTunes and #2 at Apple Music. The only other new arrival in the Top 20 on both charts is Arcangel’s Sr. Santos (Rimas).

Cody Johnson’s Cody Johnson & the Rockin’ CJB Live (Warner Nashville) is the final new arrival in the Top 10 at iTunes today; it’s #7.

Under ordinary circumstances, Christmas music would be packing the Top 20 at iTunes, but the death of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie on 11/30 has resulted in three FM albums ascending into the Top 10 and two of her Mac songs, “Songbird” and “Everywhere,” rising into the Top 20.

HITS LIST GETS LIT UP
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ON THE COVER: WICKED
They're not in Kansas anymore. (11/18a)
GRAMMY CHEW: RUMINATING ON THE BIG 4 NOMS
80% is a lot better than usual. (11/15a)
NETFLIX BOOKS BEYONCÉ FOR CHRISTMAS HALFTIME SHOW
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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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