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NATALIE PRASS BOMBS THE CHART, AS KING & PRINCE AND GORILLAZ DEBUT TOP 10

Well, the chart just exploded this week. Not only a couple Top 10 debuts, but an album bomb as well. So, starting off with the Top 10, while the Top 3 remains static as "Despacito x Shape of You" is now the sole second-longest running #1 single with eight weeks, we get a big challenger with "Cinderella Girl". The debut single from Japanese idol group King & Prince, it starts strong at #4. We also get Gorillaz debuting in the Top 10 with "Humility", but don't expect it to last. And our final Top 10 entry is Natalie Prass's "Lost". Off her album 'The Future and the Past', it manages to jump 17-8 to give Prass her first Top 10 entry. 

And let's discuss that album, as the entire record debuts on the chart this week. The songs are as follows: "The Fire" (#14), "Short Court Style" (#25), "Oh My" (#30), "Sisters" (#36), "Hot for the Mountain" (#39), "Ain't Nobody" (#41), "Ship Go Down" (#43), "Nothing to Say" (#45), "Never Too Late" (#46), and "Far From You" (#47). The only song to miss is the 45 second interlude "Your Fire", which managed to notch a #2 debut on the Bubbling Under chart. Out of the tracks sticking around, it appears to be "The Fire" and "Oh My".

Now when you get an album bomb, you get a ton of losses. And it was a bloodbath. "Delicate" by Taylor Swift drops 10-20, "DEVIL" by Shinedown goes 12-23, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys loses 21-35, "This is America" by Childish Gambino falls 27-40, "It Was Good Day" by MIRI continues down 31-42, as does RHYMEBERRY's "Chotto Yatte Mita Dake" losing 32-44. Also experiencing drops are "One More" by Elle Winter (37-49), and "Sing" by Pentatonix (36-48). But overall Pentatonix did not have a good week. Natalie Prass ends up taking out "Take Me Home", "Misbehavin'", "Mary, Did You Know?", and member Kirstin's "Bad Weather". She also almost takes out the chart behemoth "Break a Little", but the 10 week number one manages to narrowly remain at #50, and become the sole longest chart run at 55 weeks, breaking its tie with Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" (54 weeks). It was one play away from being removed from the chart.

Prass also took out a ton of songs before their time. These include "Molly" by Lil Dicky, "I Hate Love Songs" by Kelsea Ballerini, "Compromise" by Molly Kate Kestner, and "Marry Me" by Thomas Rhett.

Looking to next week, Japanese music appears to be having huge success, as King & Prince looks to be battling Pentatonix for the #1, and AKB48 and RHYMEBERRY are looking to Top 10 positions, along with American singer/actress Sabrina Carpenter.

Predictions for next week:

1. Cinderella Girl (+3) - 8000 (+2000)
2. Despacito x Shape of You (-1) - 7900 (-700)
3. Welcome to the Party (-1) - 7300 (-1200)
4. Distortion (-1) - 6200 (-1300)
5. Teacher Teacher (+16) - 5400 (+3100)
6. No Tears Left to Cry (-1) - 5000 (-300)
7. Life Changes (-1) - 4200 (-200)
8. Almost Love (+25) - 4000 (+2500)
9. Wana be a Wana (-2) - 3700 (=)
10. Atarimae no Nichijo (+2) - 3700 (+500)

Bubbling Under:

1. Ella Mai - Boo'd Up (=)
2. Natalie Prass - Interlude: Your Fire (debut)
3. Kevin "K.O." Olusola - Sign of the Times (=)
4. Drake - Nice For What (=)
5. Celine Dion - Ashes (+1)
6. Beach House - Black Car (-1)
7. TWICE - Pink Lemonade (+2)
8. Liz Phair - 6 Dick Pimp (-1)
9. BAND-MAID - Honey (-1)
10. Jess Glyne - I'll Be There (debut)

Notable dropouts:

1. Thomas Rhett - Marry Me (#1 peak, 38 weeks)
2. Sabrina Carpenter & Jonas Blue - Alien (#13 peak, 11 weeks)
3. kirstin - Bad Weather (#3 peak, 12 weeks)
4. Pentatonix - Mary, Did You Know? (#10 peak, 11 weeks)
5. Molly Kate Kestner - Compromise (#26 peak, 12 weeks)
6. Kelsea Ballerini - I Hate Love Songs (#19 peak, 10 weeks)
7. Lil Dicky ft. Brendon Urie - Molly (#9 peak, 5 weeks)

NOTE: "Almost Love" only had two days of tracking, and "Teacher Teacher" had less than 24 hours.