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Luke Combs’ “What You See Is What You Get” Breaks Country Streaming Record, Earns #1 In US

“What You See Is What You Get” convincingly wins this week’s US album race.

Luke Combs’ “What You See Is What You Get” unsurprisingly wins this week’s US album sales and consumption races.

According to Hits Daily Double, the album debuted with 114.5K in US album sales. With units from track sales and streams included, it generated 177K in total first-week consumption.

Easily enough for #1 on the sales and consumption charts, the figures make for the biggest single-week total for a country album in 2019.

“What You See,” moreover, delivers the all-time largest streaming week for a country album. Hits credits the album with 57K in streaming equivalent album units; no other country album had even hit 40K in a single week.

Due Sunday, Billboard’s data may differ slightly from that reported by Hits. The end result will still be the same — “What You See Is What You Get” will debut at #1 with the biggest album total of 2019 and biggest streaming week in country history.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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