Friday, September 18, 2020
Alicia Keys’ coronavirus-delayed seventh album,
Keith Urban’s heavily promoted latest full-length and
Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ re-interpretation of his 1970 classic take the top slots at
iTunes this flipover Friday.
Keys’
ALICIA (
RCA), originally scheduled for a March release, shoots straight to #1. Urban’s
The Speed of Now Part 1 (
Capitol Nashville) hits #2 on the heels of the Aussie hosting the ACM Awards;
Ava Max’s
Heaven & Hell (
Atlantic/
APG) takes #3; and Yusuf’s
Tea for the Tillerman2 (
UMe) enters the wild world at #4.
With rookies occupying the Top 14 slots at iTunes albums, we have
Fit For a King’s
The Path (
Solid State) walking in at #5,
Tyler Childers’
Long Violent History (
Hickman Holler/
RCA) occupying #6, and
10 Years Violent Allies (
Mascot) pulling in at #7.
Moonshine Bandits’
Fire (
MSB) brews up #8,
Ace Frehley’s
Origins, Vol. 2 (
eOne) gives #9 a kiss, and the late Broadway star
Nick Cordero is #10 with
Live Your Life (Live at Feinstein’s 54 Below) (
Broadway).
Just outside the Top 10 are new titles from
MAX,
Julie and the Phantoms,
Bright Light Bright Light,
Knuckle Puck,
Semisonic and
Koryn Hawthorne.
At iTunes songs, Urban &
P!nk’s Wednesday release “One Too Many” is #1 followed by the new
Justin Bieber single, “Holy” f/
Chance the Rapper (
Def Jam), at #3.
Machine Gun Kelly’s
Tickets to My Downfall (
Bad Boy/
Interscope) has crept into the
Apple Music Top 50 with just three of its tracks released.
