Lil is scarcely the word to describe Tha Carter V, Lil Wayne’s highly anticipated next chapter in his Carter series. It will be the third or fourth biggest debut of this year, behind Drake (732k), Travis Scott (537k) and possibly Post Malone (461k).

Meanwhile, as regards the #2 spot, we may be looking at a battle between Cher and Logic. Which is something Sonny used to say on their comedy-variety series, but that's a whole other matter.

*Lil Wayne (Young Money) 460-480k Total Activity, 135-145k Albums
*Cher (Warner Bros.) 150-160k, 142-152k
*Logic (Def Jam) 145-155k, 105-115k
*Kevin Gates (Bread Winners’ Association) 73-78k, 18-20k
Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 57-62k, 2-3k
Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 51-56k, 17-19k
Travis Scott (Cactus Jack/Grand Hustle/Epic) 47-52k, <1k
Post Malone (Republic) 39-43k, 2-3k
*Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Warner Bros.) 33-36k, 31-34k
Juice WRLD (Grade A/Interscope) 32-35k, <1k
Ariana Grande (Republic) 31-34k, 4-5k
XXXTentacion (Bad Vibes Forever) 28-31k, 1-2k
Nicki Minaj (YMCMB/Republic) 27-30k, 1-2k
Cardi B (Atlantic) 25-28k, <1k
Young Thug (Atlantic) 23-26k, 2-3k
6lack (LVRN/Interscope) 22-25k, 1-2k
Lauren Daigle (Centricity) 22-25k, 11-13k
The Greatest Showman (Atlantic) 22-25k, 11-13k
Carrie Underwood (Capitol Nashville) 21-24k, 16-18k
YoungBoy Never Broke Again (Never Broke Again) 19-22k, <1k

*DEBUTS

In political news, we never got in a bar fight over UB40, but we did once write an indignant letter about The Psychedelic Furs. Long story.