Mumford & Sons’ highly-anticipated “Babel” is dominating the album sales race, and by the time next week’s charts are published, it will own the most successful opening week of the year.
Based on opening day sales, Hits Daily Double is forecasting an impressive 575-625,000 opening week copies, a tally that will easily eclipse the current high mark, which belongs to Justin Bieber.
Among newcomers, Green Day’s “Uno” will follow with a decent 150-175,000 copies. The real verdict on the release strategy will of course not come until performance for “Dos” and Tre,” the remaining members of the trilogy, is calculated.
No Doubt’s long-awaited comeback album “Push and Shove” will follow with an impressive 120-125,000, besting the estimated 85-95,000 sales for Lupe Fiasco’s “Food and Liquor II.”
Deadmau5’s “Album Title Goes Here” will get started in the 40-50,000 range.
