Despite "Straight Outta Compton's" chart-topping performance
at the box office in its opening weekend, Dre's album did not
hit No. 1. "Compton," the iconic producer's first album in 16
years, moved just shy of 295,000 units in its debut. The
collection is available exclusively through Apple and iTunes for
its first two weeks in release.
Dre bowed behind Bryan's "Lights," which moved 345,000 units in
its opening week. The country set had the third biggest sales
debut for a 2015 album, behind Drake's "If You're Reading This
It's Too Late" (535,000 units in February) and Kendrick Lamar's
"To Pimp a Butterfly" (363,000 units in March).
Coming in at No. 3 is hit compilation "Now 55," which moved
close to 76,000 units in its debut. The collection includes cuts
from Taylor Swift ("Style") and Ed Sheeran ("Thinking Out Loud")
as well as Ellie Goulding, Jason Derulo and Fifth Harmony.
The fourth new album of the time frame finished in fourth place:
Christian hip-hop artist TobyMac's "This Is Not a Test" moved
nearly 38,000 units in its debut.
Taylor Swift's "1989" leads the popular holdovers on the chart,
dropping from No. 3 to No. 5 with 33,000 units moved. Behind
Swift is Ed Sheeran with "X," which dropped from fourth to sixth
place with just under 33,000 units moved. Sheeran's NBC concert
special that aired Sunday fizzled in the TV ratings, pulling in
2.2 million viewers.
Future slid from No. 2 to No. 7 with "DS2," moving 31,000 units.
The rap album was down 16 percent in its fourth week of
competition, after debuting at No. 1.
Slipping from the top spot to eighth place was the soundtrack to
"Descendants," Disney Channel's TV movie musical about the spawn
of classic Disney villains. The album moved 30,000 units, down
27 percent from its No. 1 debut.
Bringing up the caboose on this week's chart is Sam Hunt's
"Montevallo," which nabbed No. 9 with 27,000 units moved (up
1%), and Drake's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late," down 7
percent with 21,000 units moved, good for tenth place.
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