Even without streaming, her predictions where like 40K off
Like someone said, the initial prediction was based on first day sales + she probably benefited from the xmas sales rush during the weekend and I believe HDD can be a little off with #s around that time. She was probably gonna do that 155k had it been released the week before.
The actual sales for TPP are horrid, but the final numbers look nice thanks to TEA inflating them.
Too bad she missed that top spot, though. That's all labels/artists care about first week. This isn't good for her brand.
Pink Friday missed the #1 spot in its debut week and later rose up to the top spot. Not saying it will happen again, but it's not as bad as you're making it to be. Only Taylor and Beyonce's last releases would have peaked #1 this week anyways.