Kanye, Killers move album release up one day

Island Def Jam is moving up by a day the release dates for the Killers’ ‘‘Day & Age,’’ Ludacris’ ‘‘Theater of the Mind’’ and Kanye West’s ‘‘808s & Heartbreak,’’ in what it says is an attempt to capitalize on the Thanksgiving shopping weekend.

All three albums were due Nov. 25 but will now come out off-cycle on Monday, Nov. 24, in both physical and digital formats.

Each project has already spawned a hit. The Killers’ ‘‘Human’’ is No. 6 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, while Ludacris’ ‘‘One More Drink’’ co-starring T-Pain is No. 34 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. West’s ‘‘Love Lockdown’’ has already peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100.

Guns N’ Roses’ new Interscope album, ‘‘Chinese Democracy,’’ will also come out off-cycle on Sunday, Nov. 23.