The last summer-released Now got 94k. The last fall-released Now got 103k. The last winter-released Now got 99k. This one is on par with the spring release.

I wonder why Now didn't take advantage of last week's obvious low coming and release then. It would've beaten Descendants by like 75%.

Supposedly, Dre has a 2-week Apple Exclusive for both physical and digital copies.

i know that but every three months i'm asking heavens - who is buying this?

and also - did it get any streams points?

I think Luke will win by a small margin. but i'd be here for Dre taking it

I'm rooting for Luke to get that number 1.

I think Luke will win the race, but Dre will ultimately have the longevity.

lol pretty sure Luke will win the longevity game too...

Dre deserves that #1. Compton is LIT!

Luke's last album sold over 2.5 million in the US, so he'll have longevity on his side (in fact, his last era just ended about 3-6 months ago after six singles over a year and a half).

Dre's album will probably meddle out near the million mark. The movie should keep it afloat, but I don't see him releasing any radio singles to sustain the sales for months after the movie fades away.

So, now we get the numbers before the tracking week ends?

71%

LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index
-- 1 LUKE BRYAN KILL THE LIGHTS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 270,583
-- 2 DR. DRE COMPTON AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 249,367
-- 3 NOW 55 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 53,178
-- 4 TOBYMAC THIS IS NOT A TEST FOREFRONT 18,942
1 5 THE DESCENDANTS SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 15,068
7 6 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 11,487
14 7 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 9,265
-- 8 MICHAEL RAY MICHAEL RAY WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 8,812
13 9 ED SHEERAN X ASYLUM UK 7,949
6 10 JILL SCOTT WOMAN BLUES BABE 7,647

http://hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart

tay better snatch top 5

Come through Male Katy Perry

Yes.

Luke this week at #1 and Dre next week at #1 would be really fair.

Come through taylor

I used to buy Now albums all the time back in the day. You get all the hits on one album.

Come on, Luke? If I buy a copy for my phone today, it will still be reflected in his first week, right?

Shouldn't that be almost all of Dre's sales since iTunes is already included?

Dre could have released numerous other weeks and guaranteed #1, so I can't feel bad for him.

Though based on Luke's last 2nd week drop, he should be sub-100k next week.

Yeah he obviously does't care about being #1, but I care.
Not because I like his music, but because he has one of the biggest weeks of the year.

Hopefully he gets a push from the movie release, despite not being a Soundtrack.