In a chart battle that came down to the wire,
Pledis/
Geffen’s
SEVENTEEN has edged out
Morgan Wallen for #1 on the
HITS Top 50, posting 141k. The vast majority of the K-pop group’s total comes from pure sales.
Wallen’s
One Thing at a Time (
Big Loud/
Mercury/
Republic) clocks in at #2 with 136k. The country disruptor had spent eight uninterrupted weeks in the top spot. His 2021 set,
Dangerous: The Double Album, meanwhile, makes its way back into the Top 5, continuing a seemingly unstoppable run.
Debuting in the Top 10 are
DEL/
Ingrooves’
Eslabon Armado at #6 with
Desvelado, which opens with 42k, and
Jack Harlow, who follows at #8 as
Jackman. delivers 36k.
The National’s gothically titled
The First Two Pages of Frankenstein (
4AD) opens in the Top 15.
RCA Nashville's
Nate Smith scores more than 19k with his self-titled debut, good for #28.
Republic’s
Taylor Swift and
TDE/
RCA’s
SZA round out the Top 5 with
Midnights and
SOS at #3 and #4. Tay owns an astounding eight spots on the chart.
Streeting this week are
Ed Sheeran with
- (
Asylum/
Atlantic),
Justin Moore with
Stray Dog (
BMLG),
Megan Moroney with
Lucky (
Columbia Nashville)
and
Guardians of the Galaxy,
Awesome Mix Vol. 3 (
Hollywood).
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have to start cooking the mushy peas for our coronation party. Peep the
full Top 50 here.
