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Luke Bryan's 'Kill the Lights' Blocks Dr. Dre's 'Compton' From Billboard 200's No. 1
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With 345,000 equivalent units including 320,000 in pure album sales, the country singer's new album has the third-largest sales week of 2015, following Drake and Kendrick Lamar's albums.

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Luke Bryan's "Kill the Lights" has made its way out to No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200. The country superstar's latest album, released on August 7 via Capitol Records Nashville, lands atop the list with 345,000 equivalent units, reports Nielsen Music.

With 320,000 in pure album sales, "Kill the Lights" posts the third-largest sales week of 2015, following Drake's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" (535,000 equivalent units, including 495,000 album sales) and Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" (363,000 equivalent units, including 324,000 album sales).

Bryan's newest LP also has the largest sales week for a country album in three years, since the singer's previous studio effort "Crash My Party" opened at No. 1 with 528,000 in August 2013.

Next on Billboard 200, Dr. Dre's "Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre" arrives at No. 2 with 295,000 equivalent album units including 276,000 in pure album sales. This is the hip-hop mogul's third album overall and his first in 16 years. Its predecessors, 1999's "2001" and 1993's "The Chronic" peaked at the chart's No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.

Miles behind Dre's latest masterpiece is the "Now 55" album which bows at No. 3 with 76,000 copies. TobyMac's "This Is Not a Test" is the next and last newcomer in the top 10, coming at No. 4 with 38,000 equivalent units. Closing out the top 5 is Taylor Swift's "1989" that slips from last week's No. 3 with a little over 33,000.

Ed Sheeran's "X" also drops two rungs to No. 6 with 33,000. Future's "DS2" falls from No. 2 to No. 7 with 31,000. Plunging from last week's top slot, the "Descendants" soundtrack is now at No. 8 with another 30,000. Sam Hunt's "Montevallo" dips to No. 9 from last week's No. 6 with 27,000.

  1. "Kill the Lights" - Luke Bryan (345,000)
  2. "Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre" - Dr. Dre (295,000)
  3. The "Now 55" Album - Various Artists (76,000)
  4. "This Is Not a Test" - TobyMac (38,000)
  5. "1989" - Taylor Swift (33,000)
  6. "X" - Ed Sheeran (33,000)
  7. "DS2" - Future (31,000)
  8. The "Descendants" Soundtrack - Various Artists (30,000)
  9. "Montevallo" - Sam Hunt (27,000)

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