On track for a six-figure first week sales total, Florence + The Machine’s new “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” is slated to top next week’s chart.
The estimate comes courtesy Hits Daily Double, which uses very early sales data to forecast a weekly bow in the 100-125,000 range. A narrower projection is due Wednesday night.
Signposting its victory in the overall race is the fact that “How Big” maintains the #1 spot on the iTunes album sales chart. Dom Kennedy’s self-titled album (#2), Lil Durk’s “Remember My Name” (#3), A$AP Rocky’s “At. Long. Last. A$AP” (#4) and Halsey’s “Badlands” pre-order (#5) complete the top five.