It’s Wednesday morning. So far, the Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper soundtrack album to “A Star is Born” has sold 131,000 copies since Friday.

According to hitsdailydouble.com, total sales by Thursday night will be around 200,000. That will make it number 1 for the week.

Most of those copies are CDs and digital downloads. The streaming part of the sales is minor.

Readers of this column aren’t surprised. I’ve been telling you that since Friday, Gaga and/or Cooper have held down around 16 positions on the iTunes singles chart. Right now, the number is 13 including Cooper’s solo hits. The album has been number 1 since Friday as well.

And don’t forget, Lady Gaga is featured on Nile Rodgers’ new Chic album singing “I Want Your Love.”

The Jingle Ball is coming. Yes, it’s that time of year. I Heart Radio, formerly Clear Channel, rounds up all the big top 40 acts of the year and sends them on the road for a jukebox tour of America. Each act does a few songs, teenage girls scream, and lots of merchandise is sold. It’s always been a lot of fun.

But this year, maybe not so much. The main stars are Shawn Mendes (talented, yes), Cardi B (an attraction), and Calvin Harris (deejay, ex boyfriend of Taylor Swift). Also featured, in different cities, Alessia Cara (one hit, “Scars”), Marshmello, Khalid, and in a couple of major markets, Camilla Cabello.

This year’s Jingle Ball is not every exciting. That’s not the fault of the promoter. It’s just a generation has aged out. Taylor Swift and Katy Perry are old, as in o-l-d. Demi Lovato is old and in rehab. Justin Bieber is married, maybe having a nervous breakdown, buying mansions. Ariana Grande is engaged, taking it easy, not into it. Charlie Puth? He’s over it, too, I guess. And where is that South Korean boy band?

Who you’re not going to see this year: Drake, the best selling artist of the last 12 months, or Kendrick Lamar.

That Cardi B is who the Jingle Ball is relying on says a lot. She’s an attraction, not an artist. She’s what they call a novelty act. Mendes looks like he’s carrying the weight of the tour to major cities and even minor ones. Well, he’s 20, he has the energy, he can take it.

But pop looks pretty pooped from this selection. And rock is just about dead. Hey– there’s always next year!

Barbra Streisand goes after Donald Trump in the video to her catchy and effective new song, “Don’t Lie to Me.” The refrain is “How do you sleep” and the last line is “Everyone answers to someone.” Streisand directed the new video from her own concept. What I also like is that this is a contemporary rock record, something Streisand rarely does anymore.

It’s the time of the season for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, long in the tooth and far from relevant, to name their candidates for induction.

This year’s list is composed of former nominees who couldn’t scare up a vote, and a couple of newbies that don’t belong there but Jann Wenner wants them for his HBO show.

That latter candidate would be Radiohead, which is just ridiculous. They have nothing to do with rock and roll, they drone on and on, and their one hit– “Creep”– came from the Hollies’ “The Air That I Breathe.” They will probably get in.

Kraftwerk will likely make it too although they’re droners, too. But the electronic music crowd will push for them.

In the R&B category we have Chaka Khan and Rufus, and Janet Jackson. There’s also LLCool J, whose charms escape me. He received a Kennedy Center honor last year. Come on! What world is this? Chaka and Janet, however, deserve induction.

Older groups include Roxy Music (Bryan  Ferry), The Zombies, and the MC5. There’s also a strange trio of wannabes:  Rage Against the Machine, Def Leppard, and Devo. From the 70s: Todd Rundgren, and Stevie Nicks, who’s already in as part of Fleetwood Mac. I love Stevie Nicks, but Carole King isn’t in as a performer, and Carly Simon isn’t in it at all. So, let’s get real. Oh wait, there’s also John Prine. John Prine? Huh? No rock, no roll, no hits.

So I’d go for Janet, Chaka, Roxy Music, the Zombies, and either Radiohead or Kraftwerk since they’re the same basically.

Let me say this about Todd Rundgren: I’d pick him over Radiohead and Kraftwerk. His albums, especially Something/Anything and A Wizard, a True Star remain masterpieces after 40 plus years. His production work for Grank Funk, Badfinger, and XTC is amazing. Todd was an innovator in electronic, soul, all kinds of music 50 years ago. It’s time to give him his due.

Not in still, unacknowledged: Billy Preston, Mary Wells, aforementioned Carole and Carly, Rufus and Carla Thomas, J Geils Band (they should sue), Tommy James, The Spinners, and Sting and Tina Turner as solo performers. Chubby Checker (pictured here) remains snubbed for all time.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is now like the Mama Leone’s of music. You remember it, it was fun, but it’s over. BTW one interesting note from the group’s 2017 Form 990: CEO Joel Peresman, who’s been raking in the dough for years, got a pay cut to $388K from $411K.  Maybe someone actually asked what he does all year.