CHART FINAL:
TAYLOR'S VERSION
Fearless (Taylor's Version), the rerecorded set from Republic's Taylor Swift, takes the #1 spot on this week's HITS Top 50 chart—and the biggest chart bow of 2021—with just north of 300k.
UMG has its 19th consecutive #1 and Republic its 14th; Universal owns the entire Top 7 and eight of the Top 10.
Def Jam's The Best of DMX captures the #2 spot as mourning fans flock to the departed rapper's biggest songs. Republic's Ariana Grande jumps #17-6 with 53k+ for her Positions, boosted by the smash set's vinyl version.
The biggest debuts outside the Top 10 come from RCA's Brockhampton with 29k+, good for #11, and Capitol Nashville's Luke Bryan, whose deluxe version of Born Here Live Here Die Here nabs just under 22k, good for #22.
In vaccination news, Pfizer has announced that a third shot may be required to fully immunize folks against COVID. Speaking personally, we'd get a needle every day if it meant we could get hammered in a bar again.
CALL MY AGENT:
SAMANTHA KIRBY YOH The latest in a series of live-exec trading cards (9/27a)
NADEL MOVES FROM ELEKTRA TO WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE
WMG reorg hits Music City. (9/24a)
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THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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DICKON STAINER 
