Gojira - Fortitude cover | Art by Joe Duplantier | Roadrunner Records | Via @gojiraofficial
Update: Since the start of “New Music Friday” at midnight ET, GOJIRA’s “Fortitude” and Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music’s “Old Church Basement” have each spent time at #1 on the all-genre US iTunes sales chart.
“Fortitude” leads the way as of press time at 1:20AM ET, with “Old Church Basement” now at #2.
Thomas Rhett’s new “Country Again (Side A)” (#3), Adam Calhoun & Struggle Jennings’ new “Outlaw Shxt” (#4), and MercyMe’s “inhale (exhale)” (#5) are also charting prominently.
The iTunes chart tends to be very volatile on “New Music Friday,” so any of the aforementioned positions could change in the coming minutes and hours.
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Shortly after the midnight start of the April 30-May 6 music sales tracking period, GOJIRA’s new “Fortitude” reached #1 on the all-genre US iTunes sales chart.
As of 1:10AM ET, another album rules the listing.
The chart’s #1 position now belongs to Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music’s “Old Church Basement.” The GOJIRA album is still impressively positioned at #2.
Eric Church’s holdover hit “Soul” follows at #3, while Adam Calhoun & Struggle Jennings’ new “Outlaw Shxt” occupies the #4 position. MercyMe’s new “inhale (exhale)” sits at #5 on the listing.
New releases just below the Top 5 include Royal Blood’s “Typhoons” (#6), Dropkick Murphys’ “Turn Up That Dial” (#7), DJ Khaled’s “Khaled Khaled” (#9), and Manchester Orchestra’s “The Million Masks Of God” (#10).