NF’s “The Search” is not going down without a fight.<\/p>\n
Initial projections had the new album tracking just slightly behind Chance The Rapper’s “The Big Day” for #1 on this week’s overall US album chart. New data on Monday gave Chance a more decisive lead.<\/p>\n
A new update has NF’s album closing some of the gap, although Chance’s album is still pacing ahead.<\/p>\n
According to Hits Daily Double, NF’s “The Search” is now pacing for 105-115K in first-week US consumption units. The publication expects 65-75K to come from pure sales, with the rest stemming from track sales and track streams.<\/p>\n
“The Big Day” will post a lesser pure sales total in the 35-40K range, but it is tracking for a stronger 120-130K in overall consumption.<\/p>\n
It is unclear whether NF’s album can close the gap as the week draws to a close, but it is clear the album should debut no lower than #2. It will also post the best single-week unit total of the artist’s career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Projections have this week’s US album race tightening.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047,206],"tags":[5186,9781,12704,12690],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n