DRAKE EXPECTED TO DO 450-475K FIRST WEEK

From HitsDailyDouble

You can Thank him now, or Thank him Later, but the record industry should show its gratitude somehow because Drake’s new album is the first blockbuster of the summer, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.

The half-Jewish Toronto hip-hop star, who got his start in the teen TV cult hit Degrassi: The Next Generation, goes to the head of the class this week on his Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown debut, Thank Me Later, with first-week sales in the 450-475k range, making it a lock for #1.

So it doesn't look like that early album leak did any serious damage huh? If anything it helped sell more records.

Now tell me, when was the last time a debut artist came out the gates like this first week?