I don't know...

Since she isn't releasing on Black Friday, I would say no.

The break would benefit her but if she releases on a week when the sales are very low it won't appear... the comparaison with her previous albums would be biased since they were released on Black Friday week.

I would say yes cause the break would benefit her but after thinking I'd say no because she might release in a very low week of sales in general.

Let's say 200K, more or less will depend of the singles.

Lol at everyone saying NO.

Rihanna has taken a break, and everyone is anticipating her comeback. This era seems (it has to be) a long one like GGGB and Loud.

She's coming back HARD. And there wont be much competition.

So if she could not when she had a 11 week nr1 leading the album and released it during the busiest shopping week of the year, shes gonna do it now that album sales are even lower ?

With all the apparent hype that it has, I expect nothing less.

YES


but its 275k-350k for me

I expect 220-240k with a normal release. With a surprise release, then yes it should cross 300k with ease.