Luke Bryan will have a monster of a week next week as “Crash My Party” crashes onto the Billboard 200 with sales of up to 525,000.
If he gains enough steam before the chart closes Sunday night and hits 529,000, he”ll roll right past Jay Z”s “Magna Carta Holy Grail” to have the second highest debut of the year (second only to Justin Timberlake”s “The 20/20 Experience.” Read our review of Bryan”s “Crash My Party.”
Not only will “Crash” lead the chart next week, but the excitement around Bryan”s new release lifts the tide for his last full-length set, “Tailgates and Taglines,” which will zoom back onto the chart at around No. 14, according to Hits Daily Double.
The only other debut in the Top 10 comes from “Love & Hip Hop” reality show star K. Michelle, whose “Rebellious Soul” pops in at No. 2 with sales of up to 70,000.
The remainder of the Top 10 are repeaters: “Now That”s What I Call Music 47” is at No. 3, while Robin Thicke”s former No. 1, “Blurred Lines,” is No. 4. This week”s No. 1 set, “The Civil Wars” by the defunct duo, drops to No. 5.
Jay Z”s aforementioned “Magna Carta Holy Grail” will likely be at No. 6, while Disney”s soundtrack to the wildly popular TV movie, “Teen Beach,” is at No. 7.
Rounding out the Top 10, Florida Georgia Line”s “Here”s To The Good Times” is at No. 8, Imagine Dragons” “Night Visions” at No. 9 and Five Finger Death Punch”s “Wrong Side Of Heaven, Vol. 1” at No. 10.