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THE FUTURE (UPDATE)

Future will debut at #1 this week with what may be his best opening as a solo artist. Previously, DS2 opened with 151k in 2015. Future shares his overall biggest debut with Drake. Their What A Time To Be Alive collaboration scored 375k in its first week two months after DS2. Columbia's Polo G will have the week's second-biggest bow.

  1. Future (Freebandz/Epic) 150-160k, 13-15k albums
  2. Polo G (Columbia) 90-95k, 15-18k
  3. Lil Baby (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 65-70k, <1k
  4. Drake (OVO/Republic) 55-60k, ~1k
  5. DaBaby (Interscope) 40-45k, <1k
  6. Lil Uzi Vert (Generation Now/Atlantic) 35-40k, <1k
  7. The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 35-40k, 2-3k
  8. Post Malone (Republic) 34-38k, ~1k
  9. NAV (XO/Republic) 34-38k, 6-8k
  10. Jason Isbell (Southeastern/Thirty Tigers) 33-37k, 30-33k
  11. Kehlani (TSNMI/Atlantic) 30-35k, 2-4k
  12. Bad Bunny - YHLQMDLG (Rimas) 30-35k, 1-2k
  13. Bad Bunny (Rimas) 28-32k, 2-3k
  14. Doja Cat (Kemosabe/RCA) 28-32k, <1k
  15. Roddy Ricch (Bird Vision/Atlantic) 27-30k, <1k
  16. Megan Thee Stallion (Atlantic) 25-28k, <1k
  17. Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville) 25-28k, 2-3k
  18. Lil Durk (Alamo/Geffen/Interscope) 22-25k, <1k
  19. Harry Styles (Columbia) 21-24k, 4-6k
  20. Moneybagg Yo (N-Less/Interscope) 21-24k, 1-2k

Debuts

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