As reported yesterday (Jan. 14), Justin Timberlake's new single "Suit & Tie" is selling briskly and bound for a big first-week sales figure.
Label sources suggest that "Suit & Tie" may sell around 330,000 - 350,000 downloads by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Jan. 20. That would easily earn Timberlake his best sales week ever for a song, surpassing the 250,000 that greeted "SexyBack" in 2006.
In the meantime, "Suit" should debut on this week's Hot 100 thanks to its approximately 31 million all-format audience impressions garnered since its release, which should translate to a top 40 start on the Radio Songs chart and a debut in the Hot 100's lower half. (This week's Hot 100 will be released on Thursday [17], with highlights posted on Billboard.com tomorrow.)
Once sales and streaming are added -- and a full week's-worth of airplay factors in -- the song could challenge for the top of the Hot 100 next week
His sales estimate has been decreased, but hopefully the streaming can partially make up for that. He's going to have trouble beating Bruno and Thrift Shop though, both those songs are huge atm!