YOUR TOP 15: RCA's "Weird Al" Yankovic is pulling ahead in the battle for #1 on next week's chart with Mandatory Fun, his 14th batch of hit parodies, which is currently #1 at iTunes. That's not to say it's a done deal; with only a few thousand separating Yankovic from challenger Jason Mraz, the top of the chart is still up for grabs. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
1. “Weird Al” Yankovic (RCA) 80-85k
2. Jason Mraz (Atlantic) 73-78k
3. Rise Against (DGC) 58-63k
4. Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 45-50k
5. Frozen (Walt Disney) 33-38k
6. Sam Smith (Capitol) 33-38k
7. Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 24-27k
8. Now 50 (NOW) 21-24k
9. Trey Songz (Atlantic) 20-23k
10. Bleachers (RCA) 17-19k
11. Miranda Lambert (RCA Nashville) 16-18k
12. Marsha Ambrosius (RCA) 14-16k
13. Sia (Monkey Puzzle/RCA) 14-16k
14. Morrissey (Harvest) 14-16k
15. Jason Derulo (Warner Bros.) 14-16k
16. Brantley Gilbert (Valory) 14-16k
17. Lana Del Rey (Interscope) 14-16k
Come on, keep up that T5 streak, Frozen; don't let Sam Smith's currently equal projections pass yours.
Weeks this year when Frozen was not the top non-debut:
5/31 behind Now
6/7 behind MJ
6/14 behind Coldplay/Brantley
6/28 behind Miranda
7/12 behind Lana/Sam
7/19 behind Ed/Sam
I literally CANNOT with all of these albums these days going #1 with Warrior numbers or less. Kesha was SNUBBED.
NO, when you all will understand - on this circumstances Kesha or Britney Jean (who also was mentioned here many times) would sell even worse, something like J.LO or Mariah
