Thursday, January 4, 2018
After a lackluster final week of 2017, the first Top 20 of the new year looks to be up about 10% vs. the first week of the year. The Hugh Jackman-led ST to The Greatest Showman (featuring songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, best known for La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen) will be the first #1 album of 2018.
- The Greatest Showman (Atlantic) 79-84k SPS, 64-69k Sales
- Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 69-74k, 19-22k
- Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 54-59k, 26-29k
- Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 42-46k, 22-25k
- Huncho Jack, Travis Scott & Quavo (Quality Control/Cactus Jack/Motown/Grand Hustle/Epic/Capitol) 42-46k, 3-4k
- G-Eazy (RCA) 40-44k, 7-8k
- Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 39-42k, 14-16k
- Post Malone (Republic) 38-41k, 5-6k
- Imagine Dragons (Kidinakorner/Interscope) 37-40k, 15-17k
- Sam Smith (Capitol) 31-34k, 11-13k
- Khalid (Right Hand Music/RCA) 31-34k, 8-9k
- Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 27-30k, 1-2k
- Chris Brown (RCA) 22-25k, 2-3k
- Lil Pump (Tha Global Lights/Warner Bros) 21-24k, 2-3k
- Garth Brooks (Pearl) 19-22k, 19-22k
- Demi Lovato (Hollywood/Safehouse/Island) 18-21k, 3-4k
- Quality Control (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 18-21k, <1k
- SZA (TDE/RCA) 17-20k, 3-4k
- Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 17-20k, 15-17k
- P!nk (RCA) 17-20k, 11-13k
In other news, we have already flubbed seven of our New Year's resolutions.