Even though its million sales from the special Samsung Galaxy promotion will not count towards its debut week on the Billboard 200, Jay-Z’s heavily-hyped “Magna Carta… Holy Grail” will have no trouble dominating next week’s chart.<\/p>\n
Based on sales data from its first true day of release, the iconic rapper’s latest is likely to move 450-500,000 units this week. In addition to giving him a clear number one on the charts, such a bow would also eclipse that of Kanye West’s recent “Yeezus” release and land in the same range as Jay-Z’s preceding solo studio “The Blueprint 3” (476K first-week sales).<\/p>\n
And though the one million Samsung sales will not count towards the album’s Billboard run, they do solidify its platinum status according to the RIAA.<\/p>\n
Already pacing ahead of initial forecasts, which called for a bow in the 350-400,000 range, the Jay-Z album still has a shot of overperforming and topping the 500K mark. If it does, it would represent his fourth to accomplish the feat after “Kingdom Come,” “The Blueprint 2” and “The Dynasty.”<\/p>\n
Fueled by single “Body Party,” Ciara’s self-titled new release will likely land in the number two spot with 50-60,000 in estimated sales.<\/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":[183,3],"tags":[86],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n