Friday, September 3, 2021

It’s all
Drake all the time across
iTunes and
Apple Music as flipover Friday heralds the arrival of the Labor Day weekend. You know what you’ll be hearing at the barbecue.
Drake’s
Certified Lover Boy (
OVO/
Republic) is #1 at iTunes and Apple Music and its tracks occupy 21 of the Top 25 slots at Apple Music songs. “Champagne Poetry” is #1 followed by “Girls Want Girls” f/Lil Baby and “Papi’s Home.”
Following Drake at iTunes albums is
Imagine Dragons’
Mercury-Act 1 (
KIDinaKORNER/
Interscope) firing up at #2 and
Iron Maiden’s
Senjutsu (
Sanctuary) at #3.
The
Lady Gaga remix collection
Dawn of Chromatica (Interscope) opens at #5;
Lauren Alaina’s
Sitting Pretty on Top of the World (
19/
Mercury Nashville) takes a seat at #6;
LANY’s
gg bb xx (
Interscope) hits #8; and
New Found Glory’s
Forever and Ever x Infinity …And Beyond!!! (
Hopeless) parks at #9.
Just outside the Top 10 is
Epic’s soundtrack for
Cinderella, heavy on
Camila Cabello performances; the film debuts today.
At iTunes songs,
ABBA’s first single in four decades, “Don’t Shut Me Down” (
Capitol) is #10.
On the streaming side,
BIG30’s
King of Killbranch (
Bread Gang/
N-less) is #3.