Friday, February 17, 2023
TDE/RCA's SZA logs a ninth week at #1 on the HITS Top 50 with SOS. SZA's sophomore blockbuster now claims the most weeks at #1 for a female artist since Adele's 25, which posted 10 nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart in 2015-16.
Rihanna lands five albums on the chart following her career-spanning Super Bowl halftime performance. Her most recent effort, Anti (Westbury Road/Roc Nation/Def Jam), leads at #9, followed by Good Girl Gone Bad and Unapologetic at #16 and #19, respectively.
Republic maintains five titles in the Top 10 thanks to juggernauts Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Morgan Wallen, Drake & 21 Savage and Metro Boomin.
Streeting this week are new projects by RCA's P!nk, MCA Nashville's Jordan Davis and The Orchard's Caroline Polachek. See the full chart here.
In post-Valentine's Day news, we've almost finished the box of chocolate truffles we bought ourselves out of self-pity and are now onto the self-loathing stage.