SWIFT ON TOP, BUT
HERE COMES COLE
Taylor Swift’s Big Machine album Fearless is proving to be the holidays’ big winner, on track to log another week at #1, with a total pegged at between 330-350k.
With MSNBC reporting that Wal-Mart is generating more sales this Q4 than Target, JC Penney and Sears combined, that could bode well for Swift’s continued success through the end of the year.
As for the last batch of major debuts of 2008, Geffen diva Keyshia Cole’s A Different Me looks to be the biggest, with a projected first-week total of 275-300k, good enough for a #2 bow.
J/RMG actor-turned-R&B crooner Jamie Foxx’s Intuition should have a high debut, possibly even #3, with estimates in the 210-230k range.
Island/IDJ emo-rockers Fall Out Boy’s delayed Folie a Deux is up next at 125-135k, with Amazon launching a $3.99 MP3 Deal of the Day yesterday and today that should boost sales figures.
Grammy-nominated LaFace/ZLG soul man Anthony Hamilton is looking at 120-130k for his new album, The Point of it All.
Atlantic rapper Plies, an alum of the Florida-based Slip N’ Slide label, is on target for 95-105k for his new album, DA REAList.
DGC/Interscope Oklahoma rockers All-American Rejects are trending at 60-65k for their apocalyptic-sounding third album, When the World Comes Down.
Interscope kid rapper Soulja BoyTell'Em returns with his sophomore album after a successful debut and is eyeing 30-35k in first-week sales.
The market was up 14% vs. last week, down 28% vs. same week last year and still down 14% year to date.
Hey, it could be worse. You could have invested your life savings with Bernard Madoff.
