
Let's make it short, and easy to read. Straight to the point! The sales prediction for the many releases of this week has been released, and the #1 spot is not going to be a debut.
Susan Boyle will keep the spot for a second week with her album
The Gift, predicted to sell another
300,000 copies this week!
Behind at #2 with the highest debut of the week comes
America's Got Talent finalist
Jackie Evancho. The ten year-old will sell around
270-290,000 copies of her album
O Holy Night!
The next highest debut goes to
Rihanna, whose album
Loud is expected to end up selling between
180-190k copies this week.
Country group
Rascal Flatts' latest album
Nothing Like This is earmarked for between
170-180k - the same amount that is predicted for
Keith Urban's
Get Closer and
Josh Groban's
Illuminations.
Kid Rock returns with
Born Free, his follow-up to the triple-platinum
Rock N Roll Jesus, which is just behind that trio in the
160-170k range.
Finally, on to to the disappointing debuts:
Nelly's album
5.0 is predicted to sell between
55-60k while
Lee DeWyze's album
Live It Up is expected to sell
40-45k, which will be the debut album with the weakest first week sales of any previous Idol winner.
P!nk's
Greatest Hits... So Far!!! album is predicted to sell the same amount as Lee DeWyze and finally,
Norah Jones' compilation of duets,
Featuring, will do
18-22k.