Friday, September 23, 2022
Two country albums bookend the
iTunes Top 10 on the first Flipover Friday of fall: the fourth album from
Black River’s
Kelsea Ballerini and
Maddie & Tae’s eight-song set for
Mercury Nashville.
Sam Smith opens at #1 at iTunes songs.
Ballerini’s
Subject to Change (Black River) opens at #1, while the number five populates #2: It’s
5 Seconds of Summer’s fifth album,
5SOS5 (
5SOS/
BMG).
Eva Under Fire’s
Love, Drugs & Misery (
Better Noise) steps in at #4. The third part of
Weezer’s seasonal series,
SZNZ: Autumn (
Crush Music/
Atlantic), falls in at #5.
Billy Idol’s second EP in 12 months,
The Cage (
Dark Horse/BMG) locks in at #6.
Boney James’
The Detour (
Concord) goes directly to #7.
JVKE’s
this is what __ feels like (Vol. 1-4) (
JVKE/
AWAL) pops in at #8, and
The Wonder Years’
The Hum Goes on Forever (
LPOE/
Hopeless) buzzes in at #9. Maddie & Tae’s
Through the Madness, Vol. 2 (Mercury Nashville) is #10.
Topping the iTunes songs chart is Sam Smith &
Kim Petras’ “Unholy” (
Capitol), the lead track from Smith’s next album.
Crush f/
j-hope of
BTS’ “Rush Hour” (
Dreamus) is #2.
