Chris Brown and Frank Ocean are completely different artists but they do have one thing in common – US album sales. That’s right, despite their latest records being released weeks apart and both holding different slots on the charts, Brown and Ocean’s sales totals are now almost identical.

Brown’s ‘Fortune’ album was issued first on July 3rd and has sold 295.6K copies in the US to date. The LP, which was ranked at #31 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart with just over 10K copies in sales, has thus far generated a pair of top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 – ‘Turn Up the Music’ (#10) and ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’ (#24).

However, Ocean is hot on Brown’s heels with his own ‘channel ORANGE’ debut album (released July 17th). The set actually leapfrogged ‘Fortune’ on the Billboard 200 this week, thanks to Ocean’s performance at the 2012 MTV VMA, and climbed from #45 to #21. Additionally, the included song ‘Thinkin’ About You’ vaulted from #78 to #39 on the Hot 100 for a new chart peak.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Matchbox Twenty - ‘North’ – 95K (debut)

2. Imagine Dragons - ‘Night Visions’ – 83K (debut)

3. Lecrae - ‘Gravity’ – 72K (debut)

4. Various Artists – ‘Now 43′ – 35K (total: 307K)

5. Carrie Underwood’s – ‘Blown Away’ – 29K (total: 779K)

6. Maroon 5 – ‘Overexposed’ – 29K (total: 562K)

7. 2 Chainz - ‘Based On A T.R.U. Story’ – 26K (total: 250K)

8. TobyMac - ‘Eye On It’ – 26K (total: 95K)

9. Trey Songz – ‘Chapter V’ – 24K (total: 200K)

10. Cat Power - ‘Sun’ – 23K (debut)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’

2. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’

3. Flo Rida – ‘Whistle’

4. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

5. Ellie Goulding – ‘Lights’

6. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’

7. Justin Bieber – ‘As Long As You Love Me (Ft. Big Sean)’

8. Neon Trees – ‘Everybody Talks’

9. Owl City – ‘Good Time (Ft. Carly Jepsen)’

10. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’

Listen to Ocean’s ‘Thinkin’ About You’ below:

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