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While a respectable bow for a pop album, that projected tally is down significantly from the 152,000 figure attained by &#8220;Animal&#8221; in its January 2010 debut.<\/p>\n<p>The modest interest in &#8220;Warrior&#8221; assures Wiz Khalifa&#8217;s &#8220;ONIFC&#8221; will debut as the hottest new release.  But with a projected opening week total of 135-145,000, the Khalifa album will also be down from its predecessor; &#8220;Rolling Papers,&#8221; on the power of &#8220;Black &#038; Yellow,&#8221; moved 197,000 copies in its 2011 bow.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Georgia Line, which is enjoying success in the singles game courtesy &#8220;Cruise,&#8221; will move at least 50,000 copies of &#8220;Here&#8217;s to the Good Times.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ke$ha&#039;s &quot;Warrior&quot; Album Sales Start Softly, Wiz Khalifa Leads<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strong radio presence and a seemingly-endless supply of catchy singles is keeping her profile high, but as far as album sales go, Ke$ha&#039;s newest release\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/12\/05\/kehas-warrior-album-sales-start-slow-wiz-khalifa-leads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ke$ha&#039;s &quot;Warrior&quot; Album Sales Start Softly, Wiz Khalifa Leads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strong radio presence and a seemingly-endless supply of catchy singles is keeping her profile high, but as far as album sales go, Ke$ha&#039;s newest release\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/12\/05\/kehas-warrior-album-sales-start-slow-wiz-khalifa-leads\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-05T21:11:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-12-05T21:12:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/12\/05\/kehas-warrior-album-sales-start-slow-wiz-khalifa-leads\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/12\/05\/kehas-warrior-album-sales-start-slow-wiz-khalifa-leads\/\",\"name\":\"Ke$ha's \\\"Warrior\\\" Album Sales Start Softly, Wiz Khalifa Leads\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-05T21:11:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-12-05T21:12:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Strong radio presence and a seemingly-endless supply of catchy singles is keeping her profile high, but as far as album sales go, Ke$ha's newest release\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/12\/05\/kehas-warrior-album-sales-start-slow-wiz-khalifa-leads\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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