Meanwhile, some pundits began asking out loud whether the 350k first-week projection for ARTPOP is reachable—but digital pre-orders are now north of 100k, an encouraging sign. Lead single "Applause" has also performed reasonably well: it’s still Top 5 at Pop after 12 weeks and has moved 1.8m units, while the video has passed 100m views, along with 45m views of the audio and lyric clips.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/...i?news09607m01

Queen

Yaass GaGa

I don't see where this says it will exceed expectations though.

That's it?
Wow

Meanwhile, some pundits began asking out loud whether the 350k first-week projection for ARTPOP is reachable— <-- calling out BB for doubting predictions

but <-- keyword

digital pre-orders are now north of 100k, an encouraging sign. <-- reasons why it could exceed BB predictions

Hmm more like "HDD: Billboard's 300-350k prediction could be feasible" lol.

How I interpreted reading that was: "industry sales people are wondering how accurate the 350K prediction or if it can even sell that much, but the 100K pre-orders are a good sign". To me, that leaves the projection up in the air and not leaning towards any direction more or less.

I knew it. Those predictions were extremely low.

It doesn't say that anywhere.

AP: http://atrl.net/?t=459306

Educate ha on reading comprehension!