While we've tried to anticipate the titles that will benefit from the Easter weekend, please expect a greater than usual margin of error. As many as nine debuts may land in the Top 15. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
*Wale (Atlantic) 85-90k sales, 90-95k SPS
Kendrick Lamar (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 55-60k sales, 70-75k SPS
*Ludacris (Def Jam) 55-60k sales, 60-65k SPS
*Death Cab For Cutie (Atlantic) 45-50k sales, 50-55k SPS
*Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville) 40-45k sales, 40-45k SPS
Sam Smith (Capitol) 35-40k sales, 55-60k SPS
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 35-40k sales, 35-40k SPS
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 30-35k sales, 50-55k SPS
Empire Cast (Twentieth Century Fox/Columbia) 30-35k sales, 40-45k SPS
*Three Days Grace (RCA) 30-35k sales, 30-35k SPS
*Hollywood Undead (Interscope) 30-35k sales, 30-35k SPS
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 25-28k sales, 45-50k SPS
*Van Halen (Rhino) 24-27 sales, 25- 28k SPS
Fifty Shades of Grey (Republic) 24-27k sales, 50-55k SPS
*Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) 23-25k sales, 24-27k SPS
Meghan Trainor (Epic) 21-23k sales, 35-40k SPS
*Jodeci (Epic) 21-23k sales, 22-25k SPS
*Debuts
In other news, we're gearing up for the annual HITS office Easter egg hunt, to be held at 4:20pm on Sunday (after church, of course). In case you didn't already guess, you won't find candy in our eggs.