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PENTATONIX VS. DEMI: UPDATE

October 19, 2015

It's still close, but RCA's Pentatonix now edged out a slight lead over Safehouse/Island/Hollywood's Demi Lovato in the race for #1 on next week's album chart.

While it's still close overall, Pentatonix has now edged out a slight lead over Demi Lovato in album sales. With streaming data not updated since last week, SPS projections are subject to a larger than usual margin of error.
 
Pentatonix (RCA) 73-78k albums, 80-85k SPS
Demi Lovato (Safehouse/Island/Hollywood) 68-73k, 85-90k
Machine Gun Kelly (Bad Boy/Interscope) 40-45k, 45-50k
The Game (eOne) 40-45k, 45-50k
Coheed & Cambria (Everything Evil) 28-32k, 30-35k
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 25-28k, 27-30k
Joe Budden (eOne) 14-17k, 15-18k
Hillsong Worship (Hillsong) 14-17k, 15-18k
Børns (Interscope) 12-15k, 15-18k
 
In political news, the Republican-led committee investigating events in Benghazi dropped a bombshell when chair Trey Gowdy admitted writing most of its findings in crayon after doing multiple bong hits.