I could have sworn songs only needed like 6 million.

23 million to debut is a bit much!! IDK. It'd be cool if it were on Bubbling Under this week and debut at #1 next week

I think he means to debut on the Hot 100 without any sales whatsoever. Unless of course, that's also what you're talking about. And 23mil does seem like a bit much.

It will be on BB Under for sure, 17-19m might get it to 100/99.

I *think* 15-20 million is enough to debut on the bottom of the chart.

Funny how "She Wolf" only peaked at around 35 million and peaked at #11. Sales are key!

Are you sure 35 million is all She Wolf got?

I think so. I could be wrong.

35m on pop only right?I think it peaked higher with like 50m along Rhythmic, Urban and w/e it got spinned at.

Rhythmic gave like 5 million.

It got latin airplay aswell of about 10mill I think, which mediabase doesn't count but BDS does.

It's points were still made up predominantly of sales though, it's airplay really let it down.

I really hope it can get the extra 4 mil to debut at 100.
Is +4 mil attainable in a little over a day?

Yes that's a lot for one day. If it were still the premiere date, it could be close. I would still enjoy it to possibly debut at #1. That is a record to truly beat.

I think she should have released it to smaller download sites, like amazon so that those sales can help her debut low and then have a huge rise when it's on iTunes.

Chris Brown has released to amazon already and I think that will help him debut.

I don't understand a thing of what y'all are talking.

Hmm I hoping it won't debut. I rather her debut at number one on the hot 100. To be the first femal artist to debut at number one.

Why not?

If '3' has the potential to take that #1 spot, it should sell at least 230k, right? I think if it could pass the 200k range, it wouldn't be hard to add 80k more. We'll have to see how it does first, though. If it climbs to #1 in less than 24 hours like Womanizer, then it's absolutely possible.

Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Fantasia and Carrie Underwood have done it.

I don't think "3" will outsell "Womanizer." "Womanizer" had much more hype. Even "Gimme More" had more hype than "3." Although, I still think it can manage debuting at number one with over 200k.

I also think it's not that possible. Prices are higher than last year, the digital charts show a decline in high sales, the hype is lower (though not that significantly) than "Womanizer", also there is no music video to boost sales even higher like "Womanizer" had in the middle of it's sales week. I'll be happy with 235k-240k. It'll be enough to catch a week at #1 and another long run in the Top 10.