At the end of a truly unbelievable week for the world and the biz, there’s still a #1 album on our
HITS Top 50 chart—and it’s a biggie.
The Weeknd delivers the biggest debut of his career, and of 2020, with
After Hours (
XO/
Republic), moving a whopping 445k units. His monster set has earned well over 200m streams, with sales providing 60% of the total. Pre-release streams and sales from platinum singles “Blinding Lights” and “Heartless” put
After Hours at 800k+ in activity to date.
Republic lands the other top debut with
Conan Gray’s debut album,
Kid Krow, which bows at #5 with 47k.
Post Malone’s
Hollywood’s Bleeding at #7 gives the House of
Lipman a Top 10 trifecta.
Re-entering at #9 is
Kenny Rogers’
Best Of… (
Capitol Nashville), the result of fans mourning the country trailblazer’s passing on Friday, 3/20, by diving into The Gambler’s career hits.
Singer/songwriter
Kelsea Ballerini enters at #11 with her third studio LP,
kelsea (
Black River), followed by
Wolf+Rothstein/
RCA’s
Childish Gambino at #14 with
3.15.20., as
Donald Glover’s spontaneous, early-Sunday-morning drop hits 25k in its shortened week of activity.
UMLE’s
J Balvin bows at #15 with
Colores.
Notable projects streeting this week include
Warner’s buzzing
Dua Lipa,
Interscope’s
Trevor Daniel and
5 Seconds of Summer,
OVO Sound/Warner’s
PARTYNEXTDOOR,
Warner Nashville’s Ingrid Andress and
Monkeywrench/Republic’s
Pearl Jam. Stay safe, wash your hands and don’t touch me.
Find the full chart here.
