It appears that David Bowie will be the first artist to unseat Adele from her perch atop the sales charts, albeit posthumously. Bowie's final album, Blackstar (Columbia), looks set to do more than 160k in its first week, as the rock icon's death drives a giant wave of consumer interest. Stay tuned for updated sales forecasts.
160K is a "giant wave of consumer interest" nowadays?
Well his whole catalog is selling and it is very wide spread what people are buying. Not focused on 1 or 2 songs or albums and certainly not focused on the new album.