TOP 20 UPDATE: NOW IT'S A BATTLE

With bigger-than-expected D2C sales now in, BIGHIT/Geffen’s Jung Kook has narrowed the gap and is within striking distance of our current projection for #1, Republic’s Taylor Swift and her rerecorded 1989. How will this battle be resolved? Don't touch that dial. Meanwhile, the late, great Jimmy Buffett is the week's other top debut.

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have a date with a pumpkin-spice vape.

HITS LIST: HORSEPOWER
VRRMMMM (5/17a)
NEAR TRUTHS: VARIANTS
Celebrity death match underway on album chart (5/17a)
OH, TANNENBAUM! ANOTHER GREAT CAREER HITS THE SKIDS
Another talented journalist trapped in the career cul de sac (5/17a)
THE COUNT: LIVE NATION TAPS TYLER, POST, BLINK FOR TOP U.S. FESTS
Cornering the market on surefire headliners (5/17a)
STAPLETON, WILSON BIG WINNERS AT THE ACMs
A genre mash-up at the home of the Cowboys (5/17a)
THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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