TOP 15: DRAKE AND BEY BATTLE IT OUT

Beyoncé and Drake remain locked in tight race for #1 on our sales chart this week. While it's still too close to call, we're giving the album-chart edge to Beyoncé for now. Drake easily remains #1 for a third week on our SPS chart.

As for this week's debuts, Epic's Meghan Trainor will likely land at #3 on both charts while Pierce The Veil (Fearless) will debut Top 5. In a chart first, Chance The Rapper's third self-released set, the star-studded mixtape Coloring Book, will make a Top 10 bow with an album equivalent of around 35k based solely on streams. The Apple Music exclusive is projected to rack up around 50m song streams by Thursday night, when the current chart period closes. Here's how it looks at midweek.

SALES

Beyoncé (Columbia) 85-95k
Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 80-90k
*Meghan Trainor (Epic) 77-82k
*Pierce the Veil (Fearless) 48-53k
Prince (Warner Bros.) 38-42k
Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville) 36-40k
Radiohead (XL) 31-35k
*Jennifer Nettles (Big Machine) 27-31k
Prince – Purple Rain (Warner Bros.) 23-26k
Cole Swindell (Warner Bros. Nashville) 22-25k
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 22-25k
Now 58 (NOW) 20-23k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 18-21k
Kygo (Ultra) 15-18k
Hamilton (Uptown) 14-17k

SPS

Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 175-185k
Beyoncé (Columbia) 120-130k
*Meghan Trainor (Epic) 98-103k
Prince (Warner Bros.) 50-54k
*Pierce the Veil (Fearless) 50-54k
Keith Urban (Capitol Nashville) 44-48k
Rihanna (Westbury Road/Roc Nation) 43-47k
Radiohead (XL) 37-41k
*Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper) 32-37k
*Jennifer Nettles (Big Machine) 32-36k
Cole Swindell (Warner Bros. Nashville) 29-32k
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 27-30k
Kygo (Ultra) 25-28k
Hamilton (Uptown) 25-28k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 24-27k

*DEBUTS

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