Friday, December 16, 2022
Ab-Soul’s first album in six years and the first posthumous release from Young Dolph break through a sea of Christmas titles in the Top 10 at iTunes this Flipover Friday.
Ab-Soul’s Herbert (TDE) is #2 on the sales side, while Young Dolph’s Paper Route Frank (Paper Route/Empire) cracks the Top 10 at iTunes (#5) and Apple Music (#10).
$uicideboy$ & Germ’s Dirtiestnastiest$uicide (G59), opening at #13, is the only other new arrival in the Top 20 on both charts. Halestorm has the other lone new arrival in the iTunes Top 10 as Back From the Dead (Deluxe) (Atlantic) rises to #8.
Among the newer holiday titles making a mark in the fortnight before Christmas is Girl Named Tom’s November release, One More Christmas (Republic), at #3 and Andrea Bocelli’s A Family Christmas (Decca/ Capitol) at #1.
At singles, the latest U.K. charity track from Lad Baby, “Food Aid” (MPRK/BMG), is already Top 3 behind a Chinese-language single from actor-singer Zang Zhe Han.