ONE-DAY SALES: SWIFT VICTORY

Taylor Swift’s Red is on track for a massive 1.1-1.2 million debut, making the Big Machine singer-songwriter-megastar joins three other acts in the modern chart era to pass the million mark in two consecutive first weeks. (The others? Eminem, NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys). Ms. Swift may well also surpass the boffo 1.1m bow of Lady Gaga's Born This Way.

She's also the first to achieve greater sales with the second of the two million-plus bows since the Backstreet Boys, who accomplished this hat trick by following their Millennium debut (1.134m) in 1999 with 1.591m for 2000's Black and Blue. (Yes, we are stat nerds.)

And get your head around this: The Red juggernaut could sell more than the entire Top10 from the corresponding week last year; for the week ending 10/30/11, that bunch—including Coldplay’s #1 Xyloto—totaled 1.124m.

Eyes are also on Aftermath/Interscope’s hip-hop breakout Kendrick Lamar, meanwhile, who will move an impressive 225-240k. In a Taylor-free debut week, he'd likely be stomping the chart like Godzilla, so much respect is due.

Tony Bennett’s latest Columbia set, the Latin-accented Viva Duets (featuring Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony and Gloria Estefan, among other co-stars), will croon up 27-30k.

Other noteworthy bows include Roadrunner’s Stone Sour at 24-27k; Warner Bros.’ blues-rock-soul guitar hero Gary Clark, Jr. (18-21k); Astralwerks’ Swedish House Mafia (17-20k); and Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Lady Antebellum (17-20k).