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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Weakend Chart Preview

As many as nine new releases could debut in the Top 15 as J. Cole easily scores next week's #1 album. Still in six digits, Adele logs yet another week in the Top 3. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

*J Cole (Roc Nation/Columbia) 225-250k
*Blink-182 (Interscope) 130-150k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 100-110k
Tony Bennett (Columbia) 80-90k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 70-80k
*Wilco (dBpm/ANTI-) 65-70k
Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Republic) 60-65k
*Switchfoot (Atlantic) 45-50k
*Chickenfoot (eOne) 40-45k
*Mastodon (Reprise) 35-40k
Jay Z & Kanye West (Roc-a-Fella/Roc Nation) 24-27k
*Nirvana (Geffen) 24-27k
Demi Lovato (Hollywood) 22-25k
Foster the People (Columbia) 20-23k
*Machine Head (Roadrunner) 18-21k
*Gloria Estefan (Verve) 18-21k

*Debuts (9/29p)

 
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