TOP 20: THE SWEET SPOT

Island's Sabrina Carpenter gets the nod for #1 at midweek with projected first-week activity of more than 300k. The 12-track Short n' Sweet is expected to collect 200m+ streams, with pure album sales now expected to hit 150k. It's a particularly good week to be Carpenter; her previous album, 2023's emails i can't send, is poised to hit 1m in ATD the week Sweet debuts.

We say Carpenter gets "the nod" for #1 because of the 10th anniversary release of Travis Scott's 2014 mixtape, DAYS BEFORE RADIO (Cactus Jack/Epic). Known for massive D2C sales, Scott could play the role of spoiler if the numbers come in bigger than anticipated.

Meanwhile, Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson will debut in the Top 10 and Valory/ BMLG's Thomas Rhett in the Top 20.

In political news, RFK Jr.'s decapitated-whale frolic has almost completely eclipsed his bear-corpse prank. Statesmanlike, no?