FLIPOVER FRIDAY: NEW ARRIVALS AT iTUNES AND APPLE MUSIC
It took almost five hours but Kanye West’s ye (G.O.O.D./Def Jam) has hit #1 on iTunes this flipover Friday. Maroon 5, Ghost and Luke Combs are also selling well.
Maroon 5 f/Cardi B's "Girls Like You" (222/Interscope) reigns at #1 on the singles side while the cover of Toto's 1982 hit "Africa" from Crush/Atlantic group Weezer, which came out two days ago, is holding strong at #2. Another Crush band, Panic! at the Disco, was seen at #9 with "High Hopes" (Fueled by Ramen).
The deluxe version of Luke Combs' This One's For You (River House/Columbia Nashville) is #3 at albums and two of its five new songs, “Must’ve Never Met You” and “Houston, We Got a Problem,” are #3 and #4 on the iTunes songs chart.
Ghost's fourth album Prequelle (Loma Vista) appears at #2 on iTunes albums. Black Thought’s Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 (Human Re Sources) gets a late morning push to #6 while Owl City's self-released 18-track Cinematic hoots at #7.
Michael Ray's second album Amos (Warner Nashville) comes in at #7, two slots ahead of the seventh solo album from Neko Case, Hell-On (Anti). Father John Misty's God's Favorite Customer (Sub Pop) kneels down at #10. Brit folk-rocker Ben Howard awakes to find Noonday Dream (Island) at #9.
The Marina from Curren$y & Harry Fraud (Jet Life) is the highest-debuting set at Apple Music. It’s docked at #20.
