TOP 15: ADELE AND
HER CHALLENGERS

Adele will spend a seventh week at #1 but falls proportionately this week with the rest of the market. This could open the door for a challenge from a number of upcoming releases, the first of which is Panic! at the Disco on 1/15. The band’s early forecast of 125-140k could give Panic the first #1 of 2016 from someone not named Adele. With only one new release in the Top 15, here’s how it looks at midweek.

Adele, 25 (XL/Columbia) 150-170k album, 185-195k SPS
Justin Bieber (Def Jam) 50-55k, 115-125k
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 30-35k, 35-40k
*Rachel Platten (Columbia) 27-30k, 37-42k
One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 25-28k, 40-45k
Coldplay (Parlophone) 17-20k, 21-24k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 17-20k, 30-35k
Chris Brown (RCA) 17-20k, 28-32k
Adele, 21 (XL/Columbia) 17-20k, 21-24k
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens OST (Walt Disney) 16-19k, 19-22k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 16-19k, 23-26k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled By Ramen) 16-19k, 30-35k
The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 15-18k, 40-45k
Now 56 (NOW/UMe) 14-17k
Meghan Trainor (Epic) 14-17k, 24-27k

*Debut

In other news, the armed militia in Oregon, who are currently making a stand against Federal tyranny by occupying an abandoned wildlife refuge, have been pooped on by an owl.