Guys with guitars and rappers fill the all-new Top 10 on the
iTunes albums chart this Flipover Friday.
Sturgill Simpson, the
Eagles and
Tom Petty lead the way.
Justin Bieber has a new single as well.
Simpson’s bluegrass mixtape,
Cuttin’ Grass—Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) (
High Top Mountain/
Thirty Tigers), takes the top slot ahead of the Eagles'
Live From the Forum MMXVIII (
Rhino) at #2. The latter set was recorded during a September 2018 stand, the band's first gigs with
Vince Gill and
Deacon Frey, at the former home of the world-champion
Los Angeles Lakers.
Warner’s expanded edition of Petty’s 1994 masterwork,
Wildflowers & All the Rest, settles in at #3.
Benny the Butcher’s
Burden of Proof (
Griselda/
Empire) comes in at #4 in sales and is the top new arrival at
Apple Music, bowing at #17.
British rockers
The Struts walk into #5 with
Strange Days (
Interscope);
Black Thought’s
Streams of Thought, Vol. 3 (
Passyunk/
Republic), featuring guests ranging from
ScHoolboy Q to
Portugal.The Man, floats to #6.
Parker McCollum’s
Hollywood Gold (
MCA Nashville) shines at #7;
Serpentine Prison (
Book Records/
Concord), from
The National’s
Matt Berninger, is #8;
Jelly Roll’s
Self Medicated (
War Dog) doses at #9; and
Trace Adkins’
Ain’t That Kind of Cowboy (
Verge) saddles up to #10.
On the iTunes singles chart,
Sada Baby f/
Nicki Minaj’s “Whole Lotta Choppas (Remix)” (
Asylum) tops the chart, followed by
Demi Lovato’s politically charged 10/14 release “Commander in Chief” (
Island) at #2 and Bieber &
Benny Blanco’s “Lonely” (
Friends Keep Secrets/
Def Jam) snagging #4.
Lana Del Rey has a new one, “Let Me Love You Like a Woman” (Interscope) at #17.
