HDD – Album Sales Prediction : Apr 13-19

With 65.32% of reports in, Shawn Mendes will become the first Vine star to top the BB200 chart. This sixteen year old appears to be the next teen sensation, but he swears he’s not the next Bieber despite being from Ontario and gaining fame on video sharing services. He previously released an EP that debuted at number 4 with 48K sold in 2014.

Behind Shawn are three more debuts. Reba McEntire is second giving as an intereseting contrast between new arrival and established veteran. Of course, Reba McEntire is closely related to our own Kelly Clarkson who is married to Reba’s step-son and has Reba’s husband as her manager. Rapper Tyler the Creator is currently third and Halestorm (hard-rockers if you couldn’t guess from the name) are 4th. That’s quite a variety of styles in the top 4 – hard-rock, rap, country and light teen pop.

Fast and Furious is currently way back in 5th, but the strong sales of its singles will push it to number 2 on the final BB200 chart. Taylor Swift is 6th while Young Thug (I would have guessed Country, but this guy is actually rap…) is 7th. Sam Hunt is 8th while Sam Smith is 9th right beside his good friend on the chart, Ed Sheeran at 10th.

Kelly is the only reality singing competitor on the charts way down at 42nd although, we should probably count Mirand Lambert at 27th (she was on Nashville Star). Now 53 features a track from One Direction and Now ACM features Kelly and Carrie – 22nd and 26th respectively. Maroon 5 is out representing the judges at 21st and the Empire Cast represents shows that feature singing – 11th on the chart.

Chart Date: 04/21/2015
Last Updated: 04/20/2015 15:07:41
Status: Building 65.32%

LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index
— 1 SHAWN MENDES HANDWRITTEN ISLAND 72,585
— 2 REBA MCENTIRE LOVE SOMEBODY NASHVILLE ICON 44,545
— 3 TYLER THE CREATOR CHERRY BOMB COLUMBIA 43,152
— 4 HALESTORM INTO THE WILD LIFE ATLANTIC 33,150
2 5 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 21,189
4 6 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 18,346
— 7 YOUNG THUG BARTER 6 ATLANTIC 16,181
20 8 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 15,403
7 9 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 13,810
9 10 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 13,558
5 11 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 13,148
8 21 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 9,282
22 22 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 8,603
33 26 NOW ACM AWARDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/UME 7,622
— 27 MIRANDA LAMBERT PLATINUM RCA NASHVILLE 7,158
38 42 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 4,390

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