The following week will be UMG’s as well, with the release of Madonna’s first Interscope album, MDNA.
Columbia will have the week’s other top debut in The Shins’ fine, critically kudo’ed Port of Morrow, slated for between 65-75k, which is substantially less than their last for indie Sub Pop, 2007’s Wincing the Night Away, but better than Broken Bells, leader James Mercer’s collaboration with Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, which sold 49k on its first week in March 2010.
Controversial L.A. rap collective Odd Future arrives with their much-ballyhooed Columbia/RED bow, the curiously titled The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2, which looks set to sell between 35-40k.
SRC/Universal Republic Canadian R&B singer Melanie Fiona returns with The MF Life, her sophomore follow-up to 2009’s The Bridge, with first-week estimates in the 23-27k range.
Atlantic rapper Diggy, whose real name is Daniel Dwayne Simmons III, is the fourth child of Run DMC’s Joe “Rev Run” Simmons (brother of Russell) and starred in the MTV reality series, Run’s House. Unexpected Arrival, his major label debut after a series of independently released mixtapes, is also on target for 20-23k.
19/BNA recording artist Casey James, the hard-living singer-songwriter from Cool, TX, who finished third on the 2009 American Idol, is looking at 12-15k in first-week sales for his self-titled debut.
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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