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Justin Timberlake's 'Suit & Tie' Aiming For Bigger Debut Than 'SexyBack'
New single could sell up to 350,000 downloads by the end of the tracking week.
As reported yesterday (Jan. 14), Justin Timberlake's new single "Suit & Tie" is selling briskly and bound for a big first-week sales figure.
Label sources suggest that "Suit & Tie" may sell around 300,000 - 350,000 downloads by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Jan. 20. That would easily earn Timberlake his best sales week ever for a song, surpassing the 250,000 that greeted "SexyBack" in 2006.
"Suit & Tie" is exclusively available to purchase via the iTunes Store. It's the first single from his forthcoming third album, "The 20/20 Experience," due later this year. It follows his No. 1 Billboard 200 album "FutureSex/LoveSounds," which debuted atop the tally in 2006.
How does "Suit & Tie's" forecasted first-week stack up when compared to other recent notable debuts? Actually, pretty great.
Only seven songs in the past year have debuted with 300,000 or more in sales, thus, "Suit & Tie" could be in pretty elite company. The largest sales week of 2012 was registered by Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," which debuted with 623,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Some observers may wonder why -- after Timberlake's long absence from from the music scene -- "Suit & Tie's" sales may not match those of Swift or even Justin Bieber, who saw his "Boyfriend" bow with 521,000 earlier in 2012. Unlike those tracks, which arrived after weeks of promotion and buzz, Timberlake's song bowed only a few days after a surprise announcement from the singer.
Also working against Timberlake is that his fan base has likely aged since his last album. They aren't seemingly as fast-reacting as the young teen and tween fans of Swift and Bieber.
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