If the blockbuster response to single “The Way” strongly suggested she had a place in the mainstream music business, sales for her “Yours Truly” studio album are fixing to prove it.<\/p>\n
According to Billboard, Grande’s “Yours Truly” is pacing for a debut week total in the 110-120,000 ballpark, which would put her in a good position to claim number one next week’s Billboard 200 chart.<\/p>\n
The stiffest competition comes from Tamar Braxton’s “Love and War,” which is currently pacing for a bow in the 100-110,000 range.<\/p>\n
But number one debut or not, “Yours Truly” is certainly performing admirably in its opening week. In addition to representing an impressive total in a vacuum, the 110-120,000 forecast suggests Grande is outpacing the most recent releases from similarly-skewing actress-singers Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.<\/p>\n
Their “Stars Dance” and “DEMI” moved 97,000 and 110,000 debut week copies, respectively.<\/p>\n
Grande’s likely total would compare even more favorably to their debut studio cuts–Gomez’ “Kiss & Tell” sold 66,000 in its first week, while Lovato’s “Don’t Forget” was good for 89,000.<\/p>\n
Regarding the week’s other high-profile releases, Billboard only offered a forecast for Nine Inch Nails, pegging the act’s “Hesitation Marks” for a 100,000-sale opening week. It did not specify projected totals for John Legend’s “Love in the Future” and Jaheim’s “Appreciation Day.”<\/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":[183,3,1047],"tags":[692,204,132,755,756],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n