HDD – Album Sales Prediction : July 9-15

With 54.02% of the chart reporting in, the affable Zac Brown Band is set to debut at number 1 with predicted sales over 200K. This band won the Best New Grammy award for 2009, proving once again that the “curse” of that award is not all that powerful. The Band’s debut sales are up significantly from their last album (145K).

Justin Bieber is currently is second indicating that his sales may be stabilizing. He could finish anywhere from 2nd to 5th. Frank Ocen is set to debut at second and is currently in third. Since his album is supposed to be an iTunes exclusive, does that mean that iTunes reports more than once? Chris Brown was first last week and is 4th right now. Kenny Chesney is 5th, Adele is ascending again at 6th, Linkin Park is 7th and Eric Church is 10th.

One Direction, from UK XF continues to sell well and are sitting at 8th. Maroon 5 featuring Voice judge Adam Levine is right behind at 9th. Also judging The Voice, is Blake Shelton who appears on Now Country 5 now at 22.

The first Idol to show up on our charts is our newest winner. Phil Phillips is showing just what a good idea those Walmart albums are and is currently 14th. It’s exclusive to Walmart, so there will likely be a bunch more reported when the second half of Walmart reports later today. Carrie Underwood is not far behind at 18th. Meanwhile, Kelly Clarkson appears on 3 albums: her solo album at 27th, Now 42 at 16th (1D is on there as well) and Jason Aldean’s album at 24th.

CHART DATE: 07/16/2012
LAST UPDATE: 07/16/2012 11:13:08
NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index
— 1 ZAC BROWN BAND UNCAGED 75,527
3 2 JUSTIN BIEBER BELIEVE 28,536
— 3 FRANK OCEAN CHANNEL ORANGE 28,525
1 4 CHRIS BROWN FORTUNE 20,152
8 5 KENNY CHESNEY WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL 19,069
9 6 ADELE 21 17,730
4 7 LINKIN PARK LIVING THINGS 17,163
11 8 ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 15,928
5 9 MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 15,545
34 10 ERIC CHURCH CHIEF 12,349

25 14 PHILLIP PHILLIPS AMERICAN IDOL EP 10,293

28 16 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 VARIOUS ARTISTS 9,640

32 18 CARRIE UNDERWOOD BLOWN AWAY 8,417

42 22 NOW COUNTRY 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS 6,635

46 24 JASON ALDEAN MY KINDA PARTY 4,624

47 27 KELLY CLARKSON STRONGER 4,127

— 50 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 1,044

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