This week features 3 reality singing show competitors in the top 15 of the album chart as estimated by HDD. Pentatonix from “The Sing Off” leads the charge at 5th with an estimate 47K in sales for 5th. Jennifer Hudson from the 3rd Season of American Idol debuts with 22K in sales for “JHud”. Finally, at 15th we have Jackie Evancho from AGT. Her “Awakening” will likely top the Classical Cross-Over chart this week with about 21K in sales.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga have likely nosed out Kenny Chesney for the top album this week with sales in the 131K range. Meghan Trainor likely leads the digital and Hot 100 charts with her “All About the Base”. The song has been topping the Hot 100 for the last 3 weeks.
In other news, HDD is predicting a 550K opening for X-Factor’s “One Direction”. Taylor Swift who we frequently discuss here is predicted to open with 1M.
This is the weekly sales thread. Please post numbers as you find them. Thanks!
