YOUR TOP 15 (PLUS TWO): As expected, Katy Perry will debut at #1, giving Steve Barnett's Capitol Records its first #1 since the exec took the helm late last year. The bow of Perry's PRISM will best by about 100k her previous release, Teenage Dream, which opened with 192k in August of 2010. TLC's 20, which came out last week, leaps into the Top 15 after Monday night's premiere of the VH1 biopic CrazySexyCool; with 4.5 million viewers it's the highest-rated cable movie of the year, as well as VH1's biggest original movie ever, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Here's how things looks headed into the weekend:
1. Katy Perry (Capitol)
290-300k
2. Miley Cyrus (RCA)
40-45k
3. Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic)
40-45k
4. Lorde (Lava/Republic)
40-45k
5. Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench/Republic)
35-40k
6. Fifth Harmony (Syco/Epic)
30-32k
7. AFI (Republic)
25-30k
8. Justin Timberlake (RCA)
24-27k
9. Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville)
22-25k
10. DJ Khaled (Cash Money/Republic)
22-25k
11. Scotty McCreery (Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope)
21-24k
12. Paul McCartney (Hear Music)
19-22k
13. TLC (Epic)
15-20k
14. Def Leppard (Frontiers)
14-16k
15. Tori Kelly (Capitol)
14-16k
16. Imagine Dragons (KidinaKorner/Interscope)
14-16k
17. Avett Brothers (American/Republic)
14-16k
In other VH1 biopic news, look for the HITS-themed flick CrazyMenacingStoned to be stuck in turnaround sometime soon.
(10/24p)