Detractors who thought a little controversy would stand in the way of Kanye West and the top of the Billboard 200 were sadly mistaken.

In fact, West’s latest opus – ‘Ye’ (in stores now) – was already on track to best the competition and land the Grammy-winner his 8th consecutive chart-topper overall (7th as a solo artist) as industry analysts suggested the set would shift nearly 190k SPS by the end of its first full tracking week (click here to read more about that).

Now, thanks to an impressive streaming surge, the album is on track to cross the 200k threshold by the week’s end.  Curious to see just how high ‘Ye’ is set to soar?  Look inside:

205,000-225,000
[Sales Plus Streaming]

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75,000-85,000
[Pure Sales]

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