(Sept. 5)

New releases from rapper Travis Scott (Epic) and Five Finger Death Punch (Prospect Park) will open with sales in the 90-100k range, based on one-day reads. A second-week drop of 70% or less for The Weeknd will put him in heavy competition to remain atop the heap.

In the SPS world, we’re giving The Weeknd the edge; with 85k in combined TEA/SEA last week and streams surpassing 6 million yesterday, we’re projecting he’ll easily remain at #1 for week two.

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297567

(Sept. 4)

Among the albums going on sale worldwide today are releases from Epic's Travis Scott (currently #1 at iTunes) and Prospect Park's Five Finger Death Punch. Based on early reads we could see a three-way race for #1 on next week's chart as these two and The Weeknd fight for prize.

Rest up over this holiday weekend, because it’s about to be full-tilt until Christmas.

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297563

Originally posted by MusicTalker I'm wondering if this means The Weeknd was frontloaded or if these two are debuting strong.

Originally posted by fridayteenage I'm shocked actually. I thought Weeknd had it on lock. I don't really know Travis Scott or Five Finger Death Punch.

Originally posted by Green I hope The Weeknd gets it for a second week so that way he can have #1 album and song the same week.

Originally posted by fridayteenage I'm shocked actually. I thought Weeknd had it on lock. I don't really know Travis Scott or Five Finger Death Punch.