RUMOR MILL
Friday, August 2, 2024
TOP 50: POETS' PROGRESS
It's been a newsy period—at times distressingly so—but there's a reassuring familiarity about the album chart. Republic gold medalist Taylor Swift returns to #1 on the HITS Top 50 this week with 73k units, securing her 13th nonconsecutive week on top. Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan, Chappell Roan and Billie Eilish round out the Top 5. In related news, a bunch of other records that have been big are still big.
Loma Vista's GHOST, Rancho Humilde/Street Mob's Fuerza Regida and RCA's The Red Clay Strays are among the week's top debuts.
Streeting this week are new titles by SAWGOD/Columbia's Ella Langley, Third Man's Jack White and Columbia's Maren Morris.
See the full chart here. We'll get back to you when we finish watching the shot put finals.
CALL MY AGENT:
JOHN MARX His first concert was Buffalo Springfield at the Indio Date Fair. (9/17a)
 HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALLWe're manning the merch table. (9/13a)
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ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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