Although it’s beginning to feel a lot like a Black Friday hangover.
The Black Eyed Peas’ Interscope album, The Beginning and Columbia’s Glee Cast Vol. 4 appear to be the top debuts on next week’s chart, based on one-day sales figures from those retailers who haven’t sold out their supply of $198 42” LG flat-screen TVs. Both appear set to bow in the 110-125k range, which won’t be enough to unseat whoever sits at #1 next week.
That could be Miss Kris Kringle herself, Susan Boyle, if her Gift keeps on giving in the 225k-250k range, which should be enough to beat the likes of Kanye West and Nicki Minaj in their second week.
Other Top 50 debuts should be registered by J/RMG’s Jazmine Sullivan (55-60k), Def Jam/IDJ’s Christette Michele (40-45k) and Reprise’s AC stalwart Eric Benet (30-35k).
Curb Country veteran Tim McGraw’s Number One Hits, Geffen’s El DeBarge comeback and Def Jam’s Ron Isley are all expected to sell in the 18-22k area.
The market was up 26% vs. last week, down 5% vs. same week last year and still down 13% year to date. You may now return to getting full-body scanned by the TSA.
Yeah, I was hoping for more for Jazmine. Guess the 140k was just wishful thinking.
I'm not shocked at those ****** numbers by the Black Eyed Peas. Let's see how they hold up, but it's not unusual for an artist to come off a very successful era with mediocre numbers.
The E.N.D. had crazy longevity because of the monsters that were Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling (the latter, as of right now, still sitting in the top 100 on iTunes at #80). I do not think they will have that kind of success with any singles this era.
250k from Susan might be enough for #1? I thought she'd increase more, honestly. Maybe the week before Christmas she'll top 300k again.
What made you think she'd sell more? She sold 250K during Black Friday and she's pulling in the same number again. I'm surprised she held this well.
The Christmas albums from last year (not just Susan, but Bocelli as well) increased the week after Black Friday, so I was thinking the same might happen this year.