Here are the five largest second-week percentage drops for No. 1-debuting albums in the SoundScan era:
Chart Date – Artist – Title – % Decline – Debut Units and 2nd Week Units
4/21/2012 – Madonna – MDNA – 87% – From 359,000 to 48,000 at No. 8
6/18/2011 – Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 84% – From 1.11 million to 174,000 at No. 1
12/3/2011 – Mac Miller – Blue Slide Park – 83% – From 144,000 to 25,000 at No. 24
12/7/2013 - Lady Gaga - ARTPOP - 82% - From 258,000 to 46,000 at No. 8
7/13/2013 – Kanye West – Yeezus – 80% – From 327,000 to 65,000 at No. 3
YOUR TOP 15 (PLUS ONE): Eminem returns to #1 next week, but it will be a brief stay—One Direction hits the street on Monday. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
1.
Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
120-125k
2.
Five Finger Death Punch (Prospect Park)
75-80k
3.
Now 48 (UMe)
65-70k
4.
Hunger Games (Republic)
55-60k
5.
Daughtry (19/RCA)
55-60k
6.
The Robertsons (EMI Nashville)
55-60k
7.
Lady Gaga (Interscope)
50-55k
8.
Yo Gotti (RCA)
40-45k
9.
Kelly Clarkson (RCA)
40-45k
10.
Katy Perry (Capitol)
35-40k
11.
Mary J. Blige (Verve)
27-30k
12.
Lorde (Lava/Republic)
27-30k
13.
Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic)
27-30k
14.
Miley Cyrus (RCA)
22-25k
15.
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville)
22-25k
16.
Michael Buble (Reprise)
21-24k
In other news, UMPG has issued a correction to its Thanksgiving stuffing recipe: Cut the dose of Sativa in half or you'll be hallucinating until Valentine's Day.
(11/21p)