Chart News: HITS: Florida Georgia Line 180-200K, P!nk 50K, U2/Jessie 25K

Hector

YOUR EARLY READS: Next week’s retail picture is still a bit hazy, but we have a few early numbers for y’all to chaw on.

Florida Georgia Line (Republic Nashville) 180-200k
Bob Seger (Capitol) 50-60k
You+Me (RCA) 40-50k
Hoodie Allen (Hoodie Allen) 35-45k
U2 (Interscope) 25-30k
Jessie J (Lava/Republic) 20-25k
Nico & Vinz (Warner Bros.) 10-15k

We’ll have a clearer picture tomorrow morning; please take these figures with the requisite grain of salt. (10/14p)

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muddysquirrel

Was the initial prediction not like 400k?

Jeiboy

Hmmm Taylor will defy predictions hopefully

jose168

Tragic jessie numbers

fridayteenage

WHAT???!!!

Sub-200k when they're like THE it duo/group of country right now and have scored a bunch of mega-smashes on country radio?
What is up with country album sales this year?

ONE week ago HDD said

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Another Country act will likely join this group next week, as Republic Nashville’s Florida Georgia Line is expected to sell well north of 200k.

That is not well north...

Tylerbv

A complete mess.
Great numbers for You+Me though.

Yooorsh

The pop perfection duo 10-15k

bastille

Celebrate

How is it country artists albums were debuting with better numbers in the Spring time then right now

180K is great for FGL tho

Jeiboy

So Taylor is brilliant to escape the COUNTRY GENRE

muddysquirrel

All those big country acts underperforming severely... Hmm.

Celebrate

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Originally posted by muddysquirrel

All those big country acts underperforming severely... Hmm.

I wouldn't say all the big country acts have even release their album in the past months, but a few have them have with somewhat underperforming sales results as seen with FGL's predictions today...I guess

P!nkism

P!nk is slaying, i was expecting like 5k coz basicaly nobody knows she is in a duet album