In an era when new albums are typically stuffed with content to maximize their streaming yield, Rodrigo’s and Cole’s albums are unusual: “Sour” has just 11 tracks, and “The Off-Season” 12. By comparison, Morgan Wallen’s country blockbuster “Dangerous: The Double Album” has 30 songs in its standard edition, and it opened with 240 million clicks in January. Among the other chart factoids for “Sour”: Rodrigo is only the second artist named Olivia to score a No. 2 in its second week out, while “Scaled and Icy,” the new album by the alt-pop duo Twenty One Pilots, opens at No. Wallen’s “Dangerous,” still a steady hit after 20 weeks, holds at No.

Source: New York Times May 31, 2021 14:03 UTC