NEW RELEASES: A 5-STAR RATING FOR REPUBLIC (UPDATE)
Republic will extend its reign atop the album chart courtesy of Stray Kids. New titles by ENHYPEN, Foo Fighters, Jelly Roll and Moneybagg Yo and Metro Boomin's Spider-Verse should light up the Top 10.
UPDATE: Stray Kids’ 5-Star (JYP/Imperial/Republic) will open at #1 in the 200-225k range, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time (Big Loud/Mercury/Republic) will remain in the runner-up position and ENHYPEN’s Dark Blood (BELIFT LAB/Geffen) will rumble with Taylor Swift’s Midnights (Republic) for third place.
This week's Top 10 should see the entry of at least five new titles.
Stray Kids (JYP/Imperial/Republic): 200-225k
ENHYPEN (BELIFT LAB/Geffen): 80-90k
Jelly Roll (Stoney Creek/Broken Bow): 60-65k
Foo Fighters (Roswell/RCA): 58-63k
Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Republic):
48-53k
Moneybagg Yo (CMG/N-Less/Interscope): 45-50k
Avenged Sevenfold (Warner): 25-30k
Toosii (South Coast/Capitol): 20-23k
Republic will extend its rule atop the album chart to 14 consecutive weeks with another big #1, this time from Stray Kids' 5-Star (JYP/Imperial).
The South Korean octet, which last topped the chart in October with EP Maxident, is on pace for an opening in the range of 190-220k.
In a similarly impressive run, we've managed to skip the gym for 14 consecutive weeks. It's called "consistency"; look it up.