Album sales were down 18% vs. last week, down 13% vs. same week last year and up 2% year to date.

HOIST THE BUBLE,
BLACK KEYS REV UP

Warner Bros Records Could Nail Top Two Slots, as Buble Remains #1
Michael Buble’s Christmas is apparently the theme to this year’s holiday season.

Reprise’s Sinatra-like crooner will easily remain at #1 next week, with sales that will be in the 400-500k range. His NBC special last night was the network’s highest-rated prime-time show since July.

Warner Bros. will also have the top debut next week with the Black Keys' critically lauded Nonesuch release, El Camino, looking like between 160-180k, where it will battle with XL/Columbia’s indomitable U.K. thrush Adele for #2.

Universal Republic’s posthumous Amy Winehouse album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, should do around 90-100k. The album is expected to debut at #1 in the U.K. next week.

Columbia’s Glee Vol. 7 is on target for a debut of between 50-55k, followed by Roadrunner’s Korn album The Path of Totality (45-50k), Def Jam/IDJ rap group The Roots Undun (35-40k), Star Trak/Interscope’s Robin Thicke (30-35k) and Nappy Boy/RCA’s T-Pain album RevolveR (25-28k).

Finally, Legacy/Columbia’s The Very Best of Neil Diamond, which arrives on the heels of his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, is slated for 15-18k.

Album sales were down 18% vs. last week, down 13% vs. same week last year and up 2% year to date.

Track sales were down 6% vs. last week, down 2% vs. same week last year and up 9% year to date.

TEA sales were down 15% v. last week, down 11% vs. same week last year and up 4% year to date.

Is it 2012 yet?

HITS LIST FOR THE HOLIDAYS
No coal in their stockings (12/13a)
NEAR TRUTHS: A TOUR OF '24 (PART TWO)
I.B.'s independent-spirit awards (12/12a)
DANIEL NIGRO:
CRACKING THE CODE
The co-writer-producer of the moment, in his own words (12/12a)
REGAL AT RETAIL:
TAYLOR SWIFT
Redefining "royalty" (12/10a)
NEAR TRUTHS: A TOUR OF '24 (PART ONE)
The beginning of the end (12/10a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
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