Justin Bieber will win this week’s race for #1 with what may end up with the year’s biggest debut.
Bieber’s Promise (RBMG/Def Jam) is currently trending to top Drake’s 535k first week of his mixtape, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Bieber could see as much as 100k of his total coming from track downloads and streams.
One Direction will land at #2 with Made in the A.M. (SYCO/Columbia).Their fifth and final set will easily eclipse the 387k first week of last year’s Four.
Here are this week’s updated new releases:
Justin Bieber (Def Jam) 425-450k albums, 525-550k SPS One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 400-425k albums, 475-500k SPS Logic (Def Jam) 90-95k albums, 95-100k SPS Jeezy (Def Jam) 60-65k albums, 65-70k SPS Chris Young (RCA Nashville) 55-60k albums, 60-65k SPS Kirk Franklin (RCA) 27-30k albums, 28-31k SPS Alessia Cara (Def Jam) 19-22k albums, 27-30k SPS Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Columbia) 17-20k albums, 18-21k SPS