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Five new albums debut in this week's Billboard Top 10, with sounds that span pop, R&B, K-pop and hip-hop. NPR's Stephen Thompson has the details.
STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Next week, the story of the Billboard charts will revolve around a single album - Taylor Swift's "The Life Of A Showgirl." That record, which came out last Friday, has already sold more than 3 million copies - just sales, not counting streaming - which essentially guarantees that it'll top the charts next week. So it's tempting to view this week as the calm before the storm. But the charts have their own idea. Five new albums debut in this week's Top 10 from a wide range of new and veteran artists across multiple genres.
First up, debuting at No. 4, is "Vie" by the pop star Doja Cat. It's her fourth album to hit the Top 10, and she's got two songs on the Hot 100, led by "Jealous Type."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JEALOUS TYPE")
DOJA CAT: (Singing) Boy, let me know if this is careless. I could be torn between two roads that I just can't decide.
THOMPSON: The rapper Young Thug hits the Top 10 for a ninth time, as his new record, "UY Scuti" debuts at No. 6.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NINJA")
YOUNG THUG: (Rapping) I'm the one left the Gucci socks in your sheets, yeah. Talking cars, I got every animal in my fleet, yeah.
THOMPSON: The English pop singer Olivia Dean debuts at No. 8 with "The Art Of Loving," while its lead single "Man I Need" surges into the top 20.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MAN I NEED")
OLIVIA DEAN: (Singing) Talk to me, talk to me. Be the man that I need, baby. Talk to me, talk to me. Be the man that I need, need, need.
THOMPSON: The K-pop boy band P1Harmony hits the Top 10 for the first time with an EP called "EX."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "EX")
P1HARMONY: (Singing) X's and O's. Every girl deserves to have her exploration. Have a little fun without an explanation.
THOMPSON: And at No. 7, Mariah Carey lands a 19th album in the Top 10. It's called "Here For It All."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HERE FOR IT ALL")
MARIAH CAREY: (Singing) So baby, I'm here for it all. This is just a rehearsal.
THOMPSON: Mariah Carey has now had at least one new Top 10 album in each of the past four decades. And in case you haven't glanced at a calendar lately, her song "All I Want For Christmas Is You" will be back on the charts and back in our hearts before you know it. Stephen Thompson, NPR Music.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HERE FOR IT ALL")
CAREY: (Singing) Here for the glory, the shakes and withdrawals. Even... Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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