Kendrick Lamar - All The Stars from Black Panther / TDE
On Saturday, Hits Daily Double shared initial US album sales and consumption projections for the new “Black Panther” album.
The publication said that the album was on track to sell 35-40,000 pure US copies this week. The album was meanwhile poised to generate 110-120,000 in total first-week consumption units (sales + track sales/10 + track streams/1500).
Tuesday, Hits revised its projections for the album.
“Black Panther” is now set to debut with 44-49,000 in pure sales and 145-155,000 in total consumption.
The consumption figure will establish “Black Panther” as a dominant #1 on the Billboard 200. No other album is expected to generate over 80,000 in total consumption this week.
The pure sales projection gives “Black Panther” a shot at #1 on Top Album Sales, although the album will face more competition in that regard. Justin Timberlake’s “Man Of The Woods” (40-44,000), the “Fifty Shades Freed” soundtrack (39-43,000) and “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack (36-40,000) are expected to post similar sales totals this week.