Friday, December 18, 2020

A surprise release from
Eminem has jumped to #1 at
iTunes, edging out
Paul McCartney’s heavily promoted
McCartney III (
Capitol). The 16-track
Music to Be Murdered By: Side B (
Shady/
Aftermath/
Interscope) is #1 (explicit) and #4 (clean) at iTunes and Top 30 at
Apple Music.
McCartney’s
III, recorded during the lockdown, is his third album on which he played all of the instruments. Arriving 50 years after
McCartney and four decades after
McCartney II, it sits at #2 on a Flipover Friday sparse with new releases.
Too $hort & E-40’s
Ain’t Gone Do It/Terms and Conditions (
Trunk/
Heavy on the Grind/
3T/
Empire) is #16;
Jordan Feliz’s
Say It (
Centricity) is #18; and
Maggie Rogers’
Notes From the Archive: Recordings 2011-2016 (
Debay) is #20.
At iTunes songs, a novelty record from Blighty,
LadBaby’s self-released “Don’t Stop Me Eatin’” takes a journey to #1, followed by
Lily Rose’s Tuesday release, “Villain” (
Black Blocks).
Noah Schnacky’s “Every Girl I Ever Loved” (
BMLG) is #13.
On the streaming side,
Sheff G’s Wednesday drop,
Proud of Me Now (
Winners Circle/
RCA), is #8;
J.I the Prince of N.Y’s
Hood Life Krisis, Vol. 3 (
G*STARR/
IGA) is #19; and the new Eminem set is #26 and rising.