TOP 50: VULTURES, USHER LAND TOP BOWS

Ty Dolla $ign & Kanye West's VULTURES 1 opens at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with 153k. USHER's COMING HOME (mega/gamma.) debuts at #2 with 91k, more than half of that from pure sales.

The Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show headliner also sees his 2004 LP Confessions (LaFace) soar to #13 on the chart. USHER performed several tracks from that set during his set Sunday, including "My Boo" f/Alicia Keys and the week's big winner and show closer, "Yeah!" f/Ludacris & Lil Jon.

House Lipman enjoys six titles in the Top 10, led by Noah Kahan's Stick Season (Forever) (Mercury/Republic). The deluxe edition of the Vermont troubadour's album has given it a 72% spike; it rises to #3 this week with 86k. Morgan Wallen follows at #4, Taylor Swift holds #6 and #7 and Drake moves to #10. Republic also has 10 albums in the Top 20, including an upgraded version of The Highlights, from XO's The Weeknd (#14), and The Diamond Collection (#20), by Post Malone.

Late country star Toby Keith spends another week in the Top 10 with 35 Biggest Hits (Show Dog/UMe) as fans continue to snap up his catalog.

Streeting this week are new titles by Field Trip/Capitol's Yeat, BMG's Jennifer Lopez and Amigo/Republic's Kim Petras. See the full chart here.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to read the story about the $355m judgment against Trump a few more times.

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