Chart Preview: Whoa Noah, Kacey Gives Chase
(Alden Bonecutter)
American roots music, baby. That’s what the kids are into these days, at least according to the top of our midweek Top 20.
Mercury troubadour Noah Kahan is set to repeat at #1 with his blockbuster The Great Divide, which will post a plentiful 163k-ish in its second week.
SAWGOD/Columbia country star Ella Langley holds steady at #2 with Dandelion, followed by Lost Highway’s Kacey Musgraves, whose putative return to country, Middle of Nowhere, is the week’s top debut, at #3, with a projected 97k.
Gary, Indiana’s Michael Jackson now has two albums in the Top 10 as Thriller rises to #5 and Number Ones (Legacy) soars to #7. MJ’s biopic is moonwalking towards $500m at the global box office. CGI Bubbles is already demanding an executive producer credit on the sequel.
In other human news, TDE/Warner’s Isaiah Rashad and Belift Lab/VMG’s Illit are eyeing Top 20 bows.
| LW | TW | Album | Activity | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  NOAH KAHAN | THE GREAT DIVIDEMERCURY (UMG) | 163,000 | 25,000 |
| 2 | 2 |  ELLA LANGLEY | DANDELIONSAWGOD/COLUMBIA (SME) | 105,000 | 6,000 |
| -- | 3 |  KACEY MUSGRAVES | MIDDLE OF NOWHERELOST HIGHWAY (UMG) | 97,000 | 60,000 |
| 3 | 4 |  MORGAN WALLEN | I'M THE PROBLEMBIG LOUD/MERCURY (UMG) | 83,000 | 1,600 |
| 7 | 5 |  MICHAEL JACKSON | THRILLERLEGACY (SME) | 53,000 | 9,000 |
| 5 | 6 |  BTS | ARIRANGBIGHIT/HYBE/INTERSCOPE (UMG) | 51,200 | 20,000 |
| 14 | 7 |  MICHAEL JACKSON | NUMBER ONESLEGACY (SME) | 45,000 | 6,500 |
| 8 | 8 |  OLIVIA DEAN | THE ART OF LOVINGISLAND (UMG) | 40,500 | 5,700 |
| 9 | 9 |  MORGAN WALLEN | ONE THING AT A TIMEBIG LOUD/MERCURY (UMG) | 40,000 | 260 |
| 10 | 10 |  BAD BUNNY | DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOSRIMAS (THE ORCHARD) | 36,900 | 4,000 |
| 6 | 11 |  JUSTIN BIEBER | SWAGDEF JAM (UMG) | 36,500 | 800 |
| 12 | 12 |  DON TOLIVER | OCTANECACTUS JACK/ATLANTIC (WMG) | 36,100 | 420 |
| 13 | 13 |  LUKE COMBS | THE WAY I AMSEVEN RIDGES/SONY NASHVILLE (SME) | 35,000 | 1,300 |
| 11 | 14 |  NOAH KAHAN | STICK SEASONMERCURY (UMG) | 32,300 | 3,600 |
| 15 | 15 |  SZA | SOSTDE/RCA (SME) | 32,100 | 1,100 |
| 20 | 16 |  MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUMBIG LOUD/MERCURY (UMG) | 29,400 | 300 |
| -- | 17 |  ISAIAH RASHAD | IT'S BEEN AWFULTDE/WARNER (WMG) | 29,000 | 10,000 |
| 16 | 18 |  BRUNO MARS | THE ROMANTICATLANTIC (WMG) | 29,000 | 5,000 |
| 18 | 19 |  TAYLOR SWIFT | THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRLREPUBLIC (UMG) | 28,900 | 2,100 |
| -- | 20 |  ILLIT | MAMIHLAPINATAPAIBELIFT LAB (VMG) | 28,700 | 25,500 |
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NOAH KAHAN | THE GREAT DIVIDE
MERCURY (UMG)Activity 163,000Albums 25,000/Activity 163,000Albums 25,000 - 2
ELLA LANGLEY | DANDELION
SAWGOD/COLUMBIA (SME)Activity 105,000Albums 6,000/Activity 105,000Albums 6,000 - 3
KACEY MUSGRAVES | MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
LOST HIGHWAY (UMG)Activity 97,000Albums 60,000/Activity 97,000Albums 60,000 - 4
MORGAN WALLEN | I'M THE PROBLEM
BIG LOUD/MERCURY (UMG)Activity 83,000Albums 1,600/Activity 83,000Albums 1,600 - 5
MICHAEL JACKSON | THRILLER
LEGACY (SME)Activity 53,000Albums 9,000/Activity 53,000Albums 9,000 - 6
BTS | ARIRANG
BIGHIT/HYBE/INTERSCOPE (UMG)Activity 51,200Albums 20,000/Activity 51,200Albums 20,000 - 7
MICHAEL JACKSON | NUMBER ONES
LEGACY (SME)Activity 45,000Albums 6,500/Activity 45,000Albums 6,500 - 8
OLIVIA DEAN | THE ART OF LOVING
ISLAND (UMG)Activity 40,500Albums 5,700/Activity 40,500Albums 5,700 - 9
MORGAN WALLEN | ONE THING AT A TIME
BIG LOUD/MERCURY (UMG)Activity 40,000Albums 260/Activity 40,000Albums 260 - 10
BAD BUNNY | DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS
RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)Activity 36,900Albums 4,000/Activity 36,900Albums 4,000 - 11
JUSTIN BIEBER | SWAG
DEF JAM (UMG)Activity 36,500Albums 800/Activity 36,500Albums 800 - 12
DON TOLIVER | OCTANE
CACTUS JACK/ATLANTIC (WMG)Activity 36,100Albums 420/Activity 36,100Albums 420 - 13
LUKE COMBS | THE WAY I AM
SEVEN RIDGES/SONY NASHVILLE (SME)Activity 35,000Albums 1,300/Activity 35,000Albums 1,300 - 14
NOAH KAHAN | STICK SEASON
MERCURY (UMG)Activity 32,300Albums 3,600/Activity 32,300Albums 3,600 - 15
SZA | SOS
TDE/RCA (SME)Activity 32,100Albums 1,100/Activity 32,100Albums 1,100 - 16
MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM
BIG LOUD/MERCURY (UMG)Activity 29,400Albums 300/Activity 29,400Albums 300 - 17
ISAIAH RASHAD | IT'S BEEN AWFUL
TDE/WARNER (WMG)Activity 29,000Albums 10,000/Activity 29,000Albums 10,000 - 18
BRUNO MARS | THE ROMANTIC
ATLANTIC (WMG)Activity 29,000Albums 5,000/Activity 29,000Albums 5,000 - 19
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL
REPUBLIC (UMG)Activity 28,900Albums 2,100/Activity 28,900Albums 2,100 - 20
ILLIT | MAMIHLAPINATAPAI
BELIFT LAB (VMG)Activity 28,700Albums 25,500/Activity 28,700Albums 25,500