FLATTS IS STILL UP: Lyric Street/Disney's Rascal Flatts should hold on to the #1 spot for a second week on next week's HITS Album Sales chart, coming in somewhere in the 130-140k range. The real battle will be for #2 between Disney's Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack and this week's top debut, Bad Boy/Atlantic's P. Diddy discovery Day26, both headed for the 100-110k range. The only other new release of note is the Dangerbird/ADA alt rock band Silversun Pickups, headed for a not-bad-at-all 35-40k. Meanwhile, the market was up 10% vs. last week, up 6% vs. same week last year and down 12% year to date. (4/15p)
FLATTS IS STILL UP: Lyric Street/Disney's Rascal Flatts should hold on to the #1 spot for a second week on next week's HITS Album Sales chart, coming in somewhere in the 130-140k range. The real battle will be for #2 between Disney's Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack and this week's top debut, Bad Boy/Atlantic's P. Diddy discovery Day26, both headed for the 100-110k range. The only other new release of note is the Dangerbird/ADA alt rock band Silversun Pickups, headed for a not-bad-at-all 35-40k. Meanwhile, the market was up 10% vs. last week, up 6% vs. same week last year and down 12% year to date. (4/15p)