SEPTEMBER 21:
SALES UPDATE: DRAKE-FUTURE SNEAK ATTACK WILL DEBUT AT #1
Remember when we told you Lana Del Rey would have a #1 bow with her Honeymoon set? Well, funny story. Drake and Future have ambushed the marketplace with their sneak-attack mixtape and are now positioned to take the #1 spot on Friday's chart by a handy margin. Here's what this week’s key debuts look like:
Drake-Future (Cash Money/Republic-Epic) 450-475k albums, 475-500k SPS
Lana Del Rey (Interscope) 105-110k albums, 115-120k SPS
Mac Miller (Warner Bros.) 65-70k 75k-80k
David Gilmour (Columbia) 65k-70k, 66k-71k
Shinedown (WMG) 58k-63k, 66k-71k
Andy Mineo (Reach) 32k-37k, 35k-40k
Ryan Adams (PaxAmericana/Blue Note) 27k-30k, 28k-32k SPS
Keith Richards (Republic) 27k-30k, 28k-32k
Alabama (BMG) 24-27k, 25-28k
Chris Cornell (UMe) 15k-17k, 16k-18k
http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297755
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UPDATED SEPTEMBER 22nd
*Drake & Future (YMCMB/Republic/Epic) 340-360k Albums, 380-400k SPS
*Lana Del Rey (Interscope) 105-110k, 115-120k
*Mac Miller (Warner Bros.) 70-80k, 75-85k
The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 40-45k, 75-80k
*David Gilmour (Columbia) 67-72k, 68-73k
*Shinedown (WMG) 60-65k, 63-68k
*Ryan Adams (Blue Note) 45-50k, 50-55k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine/BMLG) 20-25k, 40-45k
*Andy Mineo (Reach) 35-40k, 35-40k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 23-27k, 30-35k
*Keith Richards (Republic) 27-30k, 28-32k
*Alabama (BMG) 25-28k, 25-30k
Five Finger Death Punch (Prospect Park) 17-20k, 19-22k
*Chris Cornell (UMe) 14-18k, 15-19k
Now 55 (NOW) 12-16k, 12-16k
As expected the 500k was just a first guess thrown in the air.
http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297790
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LAST UPDATE:
Drake & Future’s collaborative mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive (YMCMB/Republic/Epic), has topped the HITS Album Sales Chart with 340k and the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with 379k.
The set crash-landed at iTunes on Sunday night (9/20) after weeks of speculation from fans. It kicked off with a five-day Apple Music exclusivity window before moving to Spotify and other streaming services on Friday. Its release was greenlit after a last-minute deal was struck between the artists’ labels, Cash Money and Epic. The latter label’s chief, L.A. Reid, had insisted the mixtape go to market as the company is now mid-cycle on Future's DS2 (A1/Freebandz/Epic), which bowed at #1 in July, and enjoyed a boost of 18% in sales and 7% in streams this week.
On a related note, Drake's last mixtape, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, is still holding strong in the Top 20 at SPS.
Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey’s highly anticipated Honeymoon (Interscope) debuted at #2 with 111k in sales and 121k at SPS.
Warner Bros.’ Mac Miller follows at #3 with 78k for GO:OD AM and Columbia’s David Gilmour debuts at #4 with 68k for Rattle That Lock, while WMG’s Shinedown rounds out the Top 5 with 61k for Threat to Survival.
Ryan Adams’ reinterpretation of Taylor Swift’s 1989 trails close behind at #6, raking in 51k for Blue Note. The Big Machine original sees a boost of 17% in sales and 20% in streams, even though Swift was pushed down in rank due to a slew of debuts at the top.
Five other new releases make up the Top 15, including albums from Reach’s Andy Mineo (#8), Republic’s Keith Richards (#9), BMG’s Alabama (#10), UMe’s Chris Cornell (#14) and Bossier City’s Turnpike Troubadours (#15).
http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297816
