Friday, February 23, 2024

Rock veterans make a strong showing at
iTunes this Flipover Friday as
French Montana returns to a series he started back in 2009.
Former
Mötley Crüe guitarist
Mick Mars leads the way with his solo debut,
The Other Side of Mars (
1313), at #1, followed by the eighth solo album by former
KISS guitarist
Ace Frehley,
10,000 Volts (
MNRK), at #2. Hard rock continues at the back of the Top 10 with deathcore act
Moon Healer’s
Job for a Cowboy (
Metal Blade) roping in #7 and
Amaranthe hitting #10 with its seventh album,
The Catalyst (
Nuclear Blast).
Rod Stewart turns back the hands of time once again with a tribute to the big-band era with
Jools Holland,
Swing Fever (
Rhino), which jumps and jives at #5.
Montana’s
Mac & Cheese 5 (
Coke Boys/
gamma.) is the only title to land in the Top 10 at iTunes—it’s #9—and the Top 100 at
Apple Music.
Elsewhere in the iTunes Top 10,
TWICE’s six-track mini-album
With You-th (
JYP) opens at #4,
JJ Grey & Mofro’s
Olustee (
Alligator) digs in at #6 and
MGMT’s
Loss of Life (
Mom+Pop) stands at #8.
Four new arrivals land in the Top 10 at iTunes, led by
LAY & Lauv’s “Run Back to You” (
Zhang Yixing) at #2.
Tucker Wetmore's “Wine Into Whiskey” (
Back Blocks) bellies up to #3,
Selena Gomez’s “Love On” (
Interscope) has the #6 slot and
Justin Timberlake’s “Drown” (
RCA) floats to #8.