Label predictions in the latest issue of Billboard magazine:
Eminem (Interscope) 750k
Lady Gaga (Interscope) 500k
Hunger Games (Republic) 175k
Céline Dion (Columbia) 160k
One Direction (Columbia) 500k
Katy Perry (Capitol) 450k
Arcade Fire (Capitol) 225k
James Blunt (Atlantic) 40k
B.o.B. (Atlantic) 70k
Pretty much ALL of them seem over-estimated.
I have a strong feeling that GaGa is gonna do 356k-ish numbers.If she really manages to exceed 425k,I'd be very surprised and impressed
I don't see Eminem doing over 650k either,this time.
And Katy. I was being conservative and hoping for ATLEAST 325k from her,and she couldn't even shift those 300k seed papers.How her label could expect that much is beyond me (but then,Interscope is doing the exact same thing with Gaga).
Katy is a big dissapointment, sadly Gaga will probably dissapoint too. Eminem's prediction is fine. One Direction will most likely do more than their prediction.