KQ/RCA/HELLO82's ATEEZ has summited the HITS Top 50 in its opening week, scoring the #1 spot with 175k for Golden Hour: Part.2. The K-pop group's total consists overwhelmingly of pure sales.

Warner's Linkin Park notches 96k in its first frame, good for #2. That sum was also driven by a large number of pure sales (see photo below).

Also debuting in the Top 5: BIGHIT/Geffen's JIN, who arrives at #4 with 70k, and Duars/Sony Latin's Rauw Alejandro, whose 68k bow secures him the #5 spot.

With Romance: Untold coming in at #7, Belift Labs/Geffen's ENHYPEN becomes the third K-pop project to bow in the Top 10. Rhymesayers' MF Doom lands in the Top 20, while CMA heroes Brooks & Dunn (B&D2/Sony Nashville) and Island pop heartthrob Shawn Mendes debut in the Top 25.

You can do a deep dive on those chart numbers here.

New releases this week include the surprise drop GNX by pgLang/Interscope's Kendrick Lamar (looking at a boffo bow), Verve/Republic's Wicked ST (ditto, given that the movie is already a culture-rocking phenomenon), Disney's Moana 2 ST, Man Down by Lench Mob/UnitedMasters' Ice Cube and quite a few more, including some Christmas chestnuts that will be on the radio before you've picked out a Thanksgiving turkey.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we have to continue figuring out how to browse the web without seeing any news headlines. But first, please enjoy this pic commemorating Linkin Park's vigorous retail action, captured at Run Out Groove Records in Beautiful Downtown Burbank. Seen just before wrestling over a mint copy of Can's Tago Mago are (l-r) owner Jeff Ferguson, LP's Mike Shinoda, Warner VP Physical Damon Valentino, owner Ellen Rehak and LP's Emily Armstrong.