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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Weakend Chart Preview

No surprise that Adele holds onto the #1 spot next week with her XL/Columbia smash 21. In fact, she's expected to stay at the top until the week ending May 29, when Lady Gaga will debut at #1. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

Adele 21 (XL/Columbia) 120-130k
Now 38 (Capitol/EMI) 75-80k
*Lonely Island (Universal Republic) 60-65k
*Christina Perri (Atlantic) 45-50k
*Tyler, The Creator (XL/Beggars) 45-50k
Beastie Boys (Capitol/EMI) 40-45k
Jennifer Lopez (Island/IDJ) 35-40k
*The Cars (Hear Music/Concord) 30-35k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 27-30k
Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) 27-30k
Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 24-27k
Lemonade Mouth (Walt Disney) 19-22k
Foo Fighters (Roswell/RCA/RMG) 19-22k
*Manchester Orchestra (Columbia) 17-20k
Adele 19 (Columbia) 17-20k
Chris Brown (Jive/JLG) 17-20k
Stevie Nicks (Reprise) 17-20k
Bruno Mars (New Elektra) 17-20k

*Debuts (5/13p)


 
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