Would be 3rd time this decade we had 2 300k+: Christmas 2011 Michael vs. Adele, and Kanye vs. Nicki 2010.
But the duos' genres were similar.
For M vs. A, both albums were holdovers from several weeks previously. I wonder how Kanye/Nicki got scheduled for the same time tho.
The most recent close-ish situation was 278k for #2 Taylor.
HDD saying Dre will release it early on Apple Music. Could affect the first week sales?
"Indeed, Apple Music has announced that the entire Compton set will be available for streaming, uncensored, on Thursday (8/6) between 6pm and 9pm PT, with the iTunes Store and Apple Music turning over at 9 to make the set available to stream and buy and a Beats 1 show dedicated to the album, hosted by Zane Lowe, kicking off at that time. How might the promotion of this Apple exclusive in an ecosystem that has streaming at its center affect its first-week sales? This could be a fascinating test case."