Weakend Chart Preview

Drake will easily have next week's #1 album and Childish Gambino gets off to a very impressive start. Michael Buble begins his holiday surge with what may be the biggest holiday album of the season. Keep on eye on Buble next week as he could be a spoiler to a #1 debut by Rihanna or Nickelback. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend.

*Drake (YM/CM/Universal Republic) 700-725k
Michael Buble (Reprise) 160-180k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 100-110k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 75-80k
*Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 70-75k
*Glee Christmas, Vol. 2 (Columbia) 70-75k
Now 40 (Capitol/EMI) 65-70k
Susan Boyle (Syco/Columbia) 60-65k
Coldplay (Capitol/EMI) 55-60k
*Childish Gambino (Glassnote) 50-55k
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 50-55k
Jackie Evancho Heavenly Christmas (Syco/Columbia) 35-40k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 30-35k
Scotty McCreery (Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope) 30-35k
Wale (Warner Bros.) 30-35k
Mac Miller (Rostrum) 30-35k

*Debuts (11/17p)

MUSIC'S MOST BEWILDERING NIGHT
Gauchos got what they'd long deserved, 20 years too late. (12/30a)
TRUMP ASKS SCOTUS TO PAUSE TIKTOK BAN
A highly unlikely prospective hero (12/28a)
BEY, NFL, NETFLIX
SCORE BIG ON XMAS
What America watched on 12/25 (12/30a)
PHOTO GALLERY: PICS OF THE WEEK OF THE YEAR (PART TWO)
More weasel photo ops (12/30a)
WALLEN RELEASES BALLAD "SMILE" ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
Country superstar ushers in 2025. (12/31a)
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?
That's what we'd like to know.
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