Chris Willman Music WriterIt’s getting to be a habit: Country superstar Eric Church. puts out a new album, and it debuts at No.
2, but is beat out for the top spot by a new hip-hop release. Well, it’s a pattern that’s lasted exactly two weeks in a row, anyway.The new Rolling Stone album chart finds Memphis rapper Moneybagg Yo claiming the top spot for the first time with “A Gangsta’s Pain,” followed in second place by Church’s “Soul.” The latter album is the one-week-later sequel to “Heart,” which also debuted in second place, kept out of the No.
1 position last week by Young Thug’s label compilation “Slime Language 2.”The Young Thug album slips two spots to No. 3 this week, while Church’s “Heart” took a steeper dive to No.