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Next Week's Estimated Billboard 200 Sales!
CHICKS TAKING THE LONG WAY TO THE TOP
Open Road/Columbia Superstars Look To Front the Backlash, American Idol, High School Musical Also Rule
May 24, 2006
They man not be "ready to make nice" for their anti-Bush remarks, but the Dixie Chicks are finding a warm welcome back for their new, Rick Rubin-produced Open Road/Columbia Records album, Taking the Long Way, based on first-day reports from retailers around the country.
Thanks to glowing stories in Time magazine along with L.A. and N.Y. Times and an appearance on 60 Minutes, the trio's first album since 2002's Home looks headed for between 410-430k in sales, thanks to exposure across all MTV's networks via its Discover + Download program. Home debuted in August of that year with 780k in sales, on its way to a total of 5.8 million.
RCA's American Idol compilation looks like 125-150k right now, but it's anybody's guess as to what it does after tonight's finale.
A new limited edition version of Disney Records' High School Musical limited edition will kick sales back into the 130-150k range when combined with the old version.
Geffen's Angels and Airwaves, the new group started by Blink-182's Tom DeLonge, seems headed for between 135-145k
The new Columbia Records WWE album, Wreckless Intent, seems poised for 75k.
Other chart newcomers include Def Leppard's Yeah! on Island (45-50k), an all-covers album with versions of songs by Blondie ("Hanging on the Telephone"), T. Rex ("20th Century Boy"), David Essex ("Rock On"), the Kinks ("Waterloo Sunset") and David Bowie ("Drive-In Saturday").
Machete Music/Universal reggaeton star Don Omar's King of Kings is next at 45-50k, while Maverick/WB's The Wreckers, Michele Branch's country-rock collaboration, is headed for the 40k mark.
The full market was down 16% over last week, 13% vs the same week last year and is now off between 2-2.5% to date.
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