YOUR NEW RELEASES: Just in time for Halloween, horror-rockers Slipknot will be at the front of the line for chart treats next week. The great Neil Diamond, meanwhile, is set for a strong bow with an appreciably gentler, though no less autumnal, new album. That said, Christmas is already in the air—and there’s something for every stocking in the latest assortment of Q4 releases. A cappella fivesome Pentatonix are truly bringing the frankincense and myrrh, as their Yuletide full-length gets off to a holly, jolly start. Here are this week's key debuts:
Slipknot (Roadrunner) 100-110k
Neil Diamond (Capitol) 70-80k
Logic (Def Jam) 65-70k
T.I. (Grand Hustle/Columbia) 65-70k
Little Big Town (Capitol Nashville) 30-35k
Pentatonix (RCA) 28-32k
Annie Lennox (Blue Note) 24-27k
Aretha Franklin (RCA) 21-24k
Susan Boyle (SYCO/Columbia) 16-18k
BUSH (Zuma Rock/RAL) 9-10k
YOUR TOP 15: Nearly half of the Top 15 are new releases—and whether your taste runs to masked metal marauders, pop icons, a cappella carolers, hip-hop comers or Nashville upstarts, there’s something for you. Here’s how we think the top of next week’s chart will look.
1. *Slipknot (Roadrunner) 100-110k
2. *Neil Diamond (Capitol) 75-80k
3. *Logic (Def Jam) 65-70k
4. *T.I. (Grand Hustle/Columbia) 65-70k
5. Florida Georgia Line (Republic Nashville) 55-60k
6. Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 55-60k
7. Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 40-45k
8. *Little Big Town (Capitol Nashville) 30-35k
9. *Pentatonix (RCA) 30-35k
10. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Columbia/Interscope) 28-32k
11. Sam Smith (Capitol) 25-28k
12. *Annie Lennox (Blue Note) 24-27k
13. *Aretha Franklin (RCA) 20-23k
14. Bob Seger (Capitol) 18-21k
15. Hozier (Columbia) 17-20k
*Debuts
I was expecting 150k+ for some reason
