he top of next week's chart may once again set a new low for sales of the #1 album. Two titles are battling it out right now, with a third in contention as a possible spoiler. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
*2011 Grammy Nominees (Jive/JLG) 35-40k
Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 35-40k
*Wisin Y Yandel (Machete Music) 32-37k
*Iron & Wine (Warner Bros.) 28-32k
*Amos Lee (Blue Note/EMI) 28-32k
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 28-32k
Mumford & Suns (Glassnote) 28-32k
Bruno Mars (New Elektra) 28-32k
The Decemberists (Capitol/EMI) 28-32k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 25-28k
P!nk (LaFace/JLG) 24-27k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 22-25k
Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 22-25k
Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 20-22k
Gregg Allman (Rounder) 20-22k
*Debuts (1/27p)
he top of next week's chart may once again set a new low for sales of the #1 album. Two titles are battling it out right now, with a third in contention as a possible spoiler. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
*2011 Grammy Nominees (Jive/JLG) 35-40k
Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 35-40k
*Wisin Y Yandel (Machete Music) 32-37k
*Iron & Wine (Warner Bros.) 28-32k
*Amos Lee (Blue Note/EMI) 28-32k
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 28-32k
Mumford & Suns (Glassnote) 28-32k
Bruno Mars (New Elektra) 28-32k
The Decemberists (Capitol/EMI) 28-32k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 25-28k P!nk (LaFace/JLG) 24-27k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 22-25k
Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 22-25k
Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 20-22k
Gregg Allman (Rounder) 20-22k
*Debuts (1/27p)
The discount strategy on itunes worked very well for Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj.
If DJ are to do this discount for a week, the best time to do it will be around SM video release, perfume campaign , promo and a possible Grammy performance.
I know it will be a record low, but I still kind of hope Nicki goes #1 next week.
I hope so too. I hope really bad.... really bad I mean even though its not much to celebrate because number wise its all pretty low BUT it demonstrates her consistency in sales so in a sense it does represent a lot
1 1 DECEMBERISTS KING IS DEAD 93567 93861
1 2 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 19 70017 70097
1 3 THE SCRIPT SCIENCE & FAITH 49310 49374
1 4 SOCIAL DISTORTION HARD TIMES AND NURSERY RHYMES 45615 46365
1 5 GREGG ALLMAN LOW COUNTRY BLUES 35968 36488
16 6 BRUNO MARS DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 34223 562569
22 7 KATY PERRY TEENAGE DREAM 32507 1079942
13 8 TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW 30848 3078588
9 9 NICKI MINAJ PINK FRIDAY 28428 950850
49 10 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 26505 709903
1 11 JASON BLUNT SOME KIND OF TROUBLE 26331 26369
10 12 RIHANNA LOUD 26190 839570
12 13 JASON ALDEAN MY KINDA PARTY 24425 766273
5 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS COUNTRY STRONG (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) 21938 121943
10 15 PINK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 21553 342624
9 16 KANYE WEST MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY 21525 962165
32 17 EMINEM RECOVERY 19512 3489232
6 18 R. KELLY LOVE LETTER 18103 347596
10 19 KID ROCK BORN FREE 17676 697977
36 20 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 16890 546995