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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

YOUR TOP 15: LUKE
LIGHTS UP THE BOARD

Luke Bryan will win the battle for #1 this week, but we’re already looking ahead to next week, when Dr. Dre may well benefit from the opening of Straight Outta Compton this Friday. While it’s still too soon to know what the impact of the film will be, it may give Dre the edge in his rematch with Bryan next week. Here’s how it looks right now:

*Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 315-330k sales, 325-340k SPS
*Dr. Dre (Aftermath/Interscope) 270-280k, 300-310k
*Now 55 (NOW/Legacy) 70-75k
*tobyMac (Forefront) 30-35k, 35-40k
Descendants (Walt Disney) 20-23k, 28-32k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine/BMLG) 19-22k, 30-35k
Jill Scott (Blues Babe) 15-18k, 16-19k
Future (A1/Freedbandz/Epic) 14-17k, 28-32k
Sam Hunt (MCA Nashville) 14-17k, 25-28k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled By Ramen) 12-14k, 18-21k
Ed Sheeran (Asylum UK) 12-14k, 27-30k
*Michael Ray (Warner Bros. Nashville) 11-13k, 12-14k
Tyrese (Voltron) 12-14k, 13-15k
Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground/Varvatos/BMLG/Republic) 10-12k *Never Say Never (Loveway/Warner Bros.) 10-12k

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