ONE-DAY SALES:
TURN UP THE VOLUME
Indeed, if Ruben settles and Alicia evens out, they could possibly trade places. And then too, some of the albums registering double-digit sales increases this week could continue to gain and move up. But we can’t really tell you what's likely to happen at this point, because the holiday rush makes things so darned unpredictable.
There are, however, two albums hitting the streets yesterday that we can tell you something about: According to early reports from national accounts, Joe’s And Then... (Jive) is on track to sell around 100k for the week. Likewise for Memphis Bleek’s Made (Roc-A-Fella/IDJ), though early indications are that it will fall just shy of that mark.
Those two will be joining this week’s 100k-plus debuts, including Musiq (Def Jam/IDJ, #10 at 171k), The Firm’s Westside Connection (Hoo-Bangin/Capitol, #16 at 131k), Avant (Geffen, #17 at 130k) and Big Tymers (Cash Money/Universal, #19 at 124k), on next week’s chart. Where will they land? All we can tell you is that the cut-off for albums selling 100k or greater was at #24 on this week’s chart.
Basically, it all breaks down to a single, time-tested economic theorem, which holds that more sales = happier holidays. How is it we can understand that and still not know whether a Yule Log is something you eat or light on fire?
