Chart Preview

YOUR WEAKEND TOP 17 CHART PREVIEW: Thanks to Eminem’s continuing roll and now Avenged Sevenfold’s rabid fan base, the dog days are a feeling bit less enervating heading into the first chart of August. As for next week’s #1, even though the numbers suggest otherwise, it's still too close to call between front-running Avenged Sevenfold and steady Eminem heading into the weekend. If you’re a betting man, it’s best to hedge on this horse race.

* Avenged Sevenfold (Warner Bros.) 160-170k
Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 150-155k
Rick Ross (Def Jam/IDJ) 60-65k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 30-35k
Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 30-35k
Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 28-32k
Lady Gaga (Interscope) 25-28k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 25-28k
Sheryl Crow (A&M) 22-25k
Now 34 (Capitol/EMI) 20-22k
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 18-20k
* Tech N9ne Collabos (Strange Music) 16-18k
Usher (LaFace/JLG) 16-18k
Jonas L.A. (Walt Disney) 15-17k
Enrique Iglesias (Universal Republic) 15-17k
Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 15-17k
Jack Johnson (Brushfire/Universal Republic) 15-17k
* Denotes debut

Time Warner Cable subscribers may now return to imagining what this fall would be like without ESPN and ABC. (7/30a)