Lorde‘s fourth album, “Virgin,” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart, pulling in 71,000 album-equivalent units, a figure that got a big boost from the singer’s strong vinyl sales.
There’s little question that Justin Bieber’s surprise-release of “Swag,” his first album in four years, on July 10 was one of the biggest bombshells of the year in the music world, and its huge ...