RUMOR MILL
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
TOP 20: A BABY-BUNNY TAKEOVER
Lil Baby will score his first #1 album this week with My Turn, doubling the total of his previous release, 2018's Street Gossip, which opened at #2 with 88k. The Lil Baby/Gunna collab, Drip Harder, debuted at #4 with 130k.
Bad Bunny is hopping, as he scores the highest tally for a Latin title in more than a decade.
And archetypal singer/songwriter James Taylor is bound for the Top 5.
- Lil Baby (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 170-190k total activity,
7-9k albums - Bad Bunny (Rimas) 130-140k, 24-27k
- BTS (BigHit/Columbia) 80-90k, 55-65k
- James Taylor (Fantasy/Concord) 70-75k, 70-75k
- Youngboy Never Broke Again (NBA/Atlantic) 60-65k, 1k
- Roddy Ricch (Bird Vision/Atlantic) 57-63k, <1k
- Justin Bieber (RBMG/Def Jam) 55-60k, 14-17k
- Post Malone (Republic) 45-50k, 2-3k
- G Herbo (Machine/Epic) 45-50k, 3-5k
- Five Finger Death Punch (Better Noise) 43-48k, 35-40k
- A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (Highbridge/Atlantic) 40-45k, <1k
- Billie Eilish (Darkroom/Interscope) 30-35k, 7-9k
- Harry Styles (Columbia) 30-35k, 8-11k
- Pop Smoke (Victor Victor/Republic) 30-35k, <1k
- Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 30-35k, 5-7k
- Frozen 2 (Walt Disney) 28-32k, 8-11k
- DaBaby (Interscope) 25-28k, <1k
- Trippie Redd (TenThousand/Caroline) 24-27k, 1-2k
- Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 22-25k, 3-5k
- Doja Cat (Kemosabe/RCA) 22-25k, <1k
Debuts
KYNCL ANNOUNCES ATLANTIC REORG
Ertegun and Wexler's baby gets an extreme makeover. (9/20a)
 HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALLWe're manning the merch table. (9/13a)
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THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
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.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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