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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Top 15

YOUR TOP 15: The battle for bragging rights on next week’s HITS Top 50 Albums Chart starts at the top with Lana and Sam (who's just reurned to #1 on iTunes) and continues through the ranks, including such intriguing matchups as Miranda Lambert vs. Willie Nelson and Coldplay vs. Black Keys. Here's how the combatants are lining up heading into the weekend:

* Lana Del Rey (Interscope) 180-190k
* Sam Smith (Capitol) 150-160k
* Linkin Park (Warner Bros.) 100-110k
Frozen (Walt Disney) 40-45k
Miranda Lambert (RCA Nashville) 35-40k
* Willie Nelson (Legacy) 35-40k
Jack White (Third Man/Columbia) 28-32k
* Jennifer Lopez (Capitol) 28-32k
Now 50 (NOW) 27-30k
* Deadmau5 (Mau5trap/Astralwerks) 27-30k
Brantley Gilbert (Valory) 25-27k
Coldplay (Parlophone) 23-25k
The Black Keys (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) 22-24k
Fault In Our Stars (Atlantic) 21-23k
Michael Jackson (Epic) 16-18k

* Debuts

In other news, we've decided that we're huge football fans...and not just because the World Cup gives us the excuse to drink all day. Touchdown! (6/19p)

 
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