TOP 50: HAPPY NEW CHART

The first #1 chart showing of the new year belongs to TDE/RCA’s SZA, whose deluxe edition of SOS, aka LANA (released on 12/20), notches a tidy 128k+ to land in the top spot on the HITS Top 50.

Another late-year drop, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX (pgLang/Interscope) takes the #2 spot with nearly 70k. Island’s Sabrina Carpenter, the Wicked ST (Verve/Republic) and Taylor Swift’s THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (Republic) round out the Top 5.

Wham, by Quality Control/Motown rapper Lil Baby, is the key new release in the marketplace as of this writing, but Rimas’ Bad Bunny is due to arrive on Sunday (1/5), of all things.

You may peruse the remainder of the chart here.

Well, that’s one chart story down. Is 2025 over yet?