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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Weakend Chart Preview

Five of the Top 6 will be debuts next week as Coldplay scores the third best debut of the year behind Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne. Adele and Michael Buble will battle it out for the #3 slot. Should Adele win the battle and come in ahead of Buble, it would mark her 35th week in the Top 3. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

*Coldplay (Capitol/EMI) 440-470k
*Kelly Clarkson (19/RCA) 160-170k
*Michael Buble (Reprise) 100-110k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 100-110k
*Toby Keith (Show Dog) 60-65k
*Tom Waits (ANTI-) 55-60k
Scotty McCreery (Mercury Nashville/19/Universal Republic) 35-40k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 30-35k
Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Republic) 27-30k
Casting Crowns (Provident) 24-27k
Tony Bennett (Columbia) 24-27k
Evanescence (Wind-up) 21-24k
Foster the People (Columbia) 19-22k
*She & Him (Merge) 18-21k
J Cole (Roc Nation/Columbia) 18-21k

*Debuts (10/27p)

 
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