Locking down the top spot on the NACC 200 for the third week is Sophie Allison aka Soccer Mommy. Her fourth LP, Color Theory (Loma Vista/Concord), matches Beck’s Hyperspace for the most weeks at #1 in 2020 (though he spent a total of four weeks on top, including the last chart of 2019). She’ll look to score the most weeks at #1 for the year next week unless Caribou, Real Estate, or Ratboys can stop her.
Often when a record is the most-added of the week but doesn’t debut on the NACC 200 that week, it ends up becoming the next week’s highest debut. That is the case this week as Los Angeles three-piece Moaning leaps aboard the chart at #21. Their sophomore LP, Uneasy Laughter (Sub Pop), bests two other lofty debuts inside the Top 30 of the chart (which we’ll get to momentarily).
One of those high debuts also happens to be the most-added album of the week as well. Katie Crutchfield, who records as Waxahatchee, is back with her fifth LP, Saint Cloud (out on Merge Records). It follows up her 2017 release, Out In The Storm, which was also the most-added record of the week upon its release and went on to reach #1 on the NACC 200. Saint Cloud debuts at #24 on the chart this week.
The week’s biggest climb on the NACC 200 comes from Denver, Colorado musician Esmé Patterson. There Will Come Soft Rains (BMG) is Patterson’s fourth release and jumps from 175-64 this week, the only album to climb more than 100 spots on the NACC 200 this week.
No new albums reach the NACC Top 10 this week, though Andy Shauf’s recent #1 album does edge back up 11-10. That means we can shine a light on another album this week. This week’s bonus feature is the new release from actor and musician Donald Glover who records as Childish Gambino. His fourth LP, and first for RCA, is 3.15.20. It was a surprise release when it began streaming on his website on that date and jumps aboard the NACC 200 at #26 this week.
The Killers lands a second week at #1 with “Caution,” the first single from their sixth LP, Imploding The Mirage, due May 29. Two artists tie for most-added single honors this week: Bright Eyes returns after a nine-year absence with “Personal Non Grata,” which precedes an as-yet-untitled new album due out later this year. Run The Jewels also returned with two songs from their upcoming fourth LP, appropriately named Run The Jewels 4.
The NACC Top 20, the Top 5 overall NACC Adds, all of this week’s #1 genre releases, and most-added genre records are included below. There are new #1s at NACC Canadian, Folk, R&B/Soul, & Blues as well as a return to #1 at NACC Non-Comm.
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NACC 200 CHART : TOP 5 ADDS
# ) ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) WAXAHATCHEE Saint Cloud [Merge] //69//
2) HALF WAIF The Caretaker [Anti-] //49//
3) TOPS I Feel Alive [Musique Tops] //44//
4) SORRY 925 [Domino] //43//
5) DIRTY PROJECTORS Windows Open (EP) [Domino] //41//
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: NATHANIEL RATELIFF And It’s Still Alright [Stax/Concord]
NACC NEXT: SOCCER MOMMY Color Theory [Loma Vista/Concord]
BLUES: ROOMFUL OF BLUES In A Roomful Of Blues [Alligator]
CANADIAN: CARIBOU Suddenly [Merge]
CHILL: GIL SCOTT-HERON & MAKAYA MCCRAVEN We’re New Again: A Reimagining [XL/Beggars Group]
ELECTRONIC: CARIBOU Suddenly [Merge]
FOLK: SIERRA HULL 25 Trips [Rounder]
HEAVY: DEMONS AND WIZARDS III [Century Media]
HIP HOP: DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS Unlocked [Loma Vista]
JAZZ: HAROLD MAYBERN Mabern Plays Maybern [Smoke Sessions]
LATIN: SOTOMAYOR Orígenes [Wonderwheel]
R&B/SOUL: KHRUANGBIN AND LEON BRIDGES
Texas Sun (EP) [Dead Oceans/Secretly Group]
WORLD: ANTIBALAS Fu Chronicles [Daptone]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: THIEVERY CORPORATION Symphonik [ESL]
FOLK (tie): MARGARET GLASPY Devotion [ATO]
NATHAN KALISH Songs For Nobody [Self-Released]
WESTERN CENTURIES Call The Captain [Self-Released]
HEAVY: TESTAMENT Titans Of Creation [Nuclear Blast]
HIP HOP: 070 PHI My Father’s Gun [Mass Appeal]
JAZZ: ENRIQUE HANEINE Unlayered [Elegant Walk]
WORLD: JUANA MOLINA “Cara De Espejo (Home Session)” (Single) [Crammed]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: KILLERS, THE “Caution” [Island]
#1 ADDED SINGLE (tie): BRIGHT EYES “Persona Non Grata” [Dead Oceans]
RUN THE JEWELS “Ooh LA LA” b/w “The Yankee And The Brave” [Jewel Runners]