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Billboard: Taylor Swift to sell 1 MILLION first week?
Will Taylor Swift's New Album Sell a Million in Its First Week?
by Ed Christman | July 26, 2010 11:47 EDT
In an informal survey of a dozen recording industry executives conducted by Billboard, Boyle, West and Wayne each drew votes as contenders for million-unit debut weeks. But most say they believe Swift has the best shot.
"It feels like if anybody can do it now, she could be the one," says Will Botwin, president/CEO of Red Light Management and ATO Records. "She has the sales base and heat from the last few albums. And with all the amazing things she has going on, she is as likely as anybody to reach a million units, especially with the efforts of Big Machine and Universal behind her."
Executives at Swift's label, Big Machine Records, and her distributor, Universal Music Group Distribution, couldn't be reached for comment by press time. But retail sources say UMGD expects to ship 1.5 million units for street date and that it's projecting first-week sales of 750,000 units.
Swift's self-titled debut album, which came out in the final week of October 2006, has sold 4.8 million units, while "Fearless" has sold 5.9 million after debuting with 592,000 units sold in its first week ended Nov. 16, 2008, according to SoundScan.
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