US Top 10 Albums For The Week Of February 16th, 2019

note: the Hoodie back at # 1

1 – Hoodie SZN – A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie  – B+

2  – I Am > I Was – 21 Savage – B+

3  – Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD – Future – B+

4  – Astroworld – Travis Scott – A

5  – A Star Is Born – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – C

6 – beerbongs & bentleys – Post Malone – A-

7 – Championships – Meek Mill – C+

8 – Scorpion – Drake – B

9 –  The Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Various Artists – B+

10 – Dying To Live –  Kodak Black – B

Comment: So what happened to Backstreet Boys? You can only receive an album with your ticket once, that’s what happened to Backstreet Boys. Meanwhile, I’ll be keeping a close eye on Kacey Musgraves to see if Golden Hour gets a boost from Grammy win. This chart is terrific because rap is terrific in 2019, it has changed and became not about song, or even rap, but sound: about the way it moves in your ear even if there is a million miles between the downbeat sicko mode of the lyric self love and the sad and brutal sink of trap sounds. Congrats to Boogie, the album may not be that great but it is certainly considered to be that great. And to Lady Gaga -last woman standing with her faux Americana.