Review: Jimmy Buffett brings sunshine into our darkness

Chris Willman Music WriterAfter weeks and months in which new hip-hop releases have almost constantly dominated the top spots on the album chart, pop finally got a word back in edge-wise, as Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica” came in at No. 1.Although it was far from a photo finish, Jimmy Buffett also landed a surprising second place finish on the Rolling Stone album chart with a strong bow for his new album, “Life on the Flip Side.”“Chromatica” came out of the box with 280,800 album units.

Life on the Flip Side blasts onto Billboard's Top Country Albums chart dated June 13 at No. 1 with 75,000 first-week equivalent album units, with almost all (74,000) from album sales, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.The album, Buffett's first non-holiday studio effort since Songs From St.

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By Peter White

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By Mackenzie Nichols

During a new episode of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, the host kicked it off with a very self-reflective monologue in which he expressed remorse over having worn blackface as a way of imitating Chris Rock earlier in his career, approximately twenty years ago. Not long after a clip of the performance went viral this past month, Fallon said sorry on his Twitter account, going against the advice he purportedly received.

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Parrotheads may have to be wasting away without Margaritaville this summer -- but they're still getting Jimmy Buffett music to tide them over. On Friday (May 29), Buffett releases Life on the Flip Side, a lavishly packaged 14-song set that's his first new album in seven years.