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Drake's "Thank Me Later" to sell 450-475k
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Eagerly Awaited New Hip-Hop King Looking at 450-475k for
Thank Me Later, Tom Petty Eyeing 100k+
June 16, 2010
You can Thank him now, or Thank him Later, but the record
industry should show its gratitude somehow because Drake’s new
album is the first blockbuster of the summer, and it couldn’t have
come at a better time.
The half-Jewish Toronto hip-hop star who got his start in the teen
TV cult hit Degrassi: The Next Generation, goes to the head of the
class this week on his Young Money/Cash Money/Universal
Motown debut, Thank Me Later, with first-week sales in the
450-475k range, making it a lock for #1.
Based on one-day sales reports from those retailers still blowing
their own vuvezelas, that would be the third highest-total this year
to Sade (501k) and Lady Antebellum (481k).
The postponed album comes to retail fresh off a pair of hits in
“ Over” and “Find Your Love.”
Next up, Reprise’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album,
Mojo, his first with the band since 2002, is off to a solid start, on
target for between 100-110k, good for #2.
Capitol/EMI’s Now 34 is the next highest debut, with estimates
in the 80-90k range, while Arista/RMG Lilith Tour headliner
Sarah McLachlan’s Laws of Illusion will rack up 75-85k.
Side One Dummy’s Americana rockers The Gaslight Anthem
look to be in the 20-25k range.
The market was up 6% vs. last week, down 14% vs. same week last
year and still down 11% year to date. And you thought that English
soccer goalie had it rough.
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I'm not gonna lie though, I'm kind of mad that it'll come so close to 500k.
Maybe weekend predictions will be 500k.
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