It no longer claims the top spot on iTunes, but Slipknot’s new album \u201c.5: The Gray Chapter\u201d is on track to win the overall weekly album sales race.<\/p>\n
Based on first day sales, Hits Daily Double forecasts an inaugural week total in the range of 100-110,000. That sum should be enough to give “.5” the lead over all new and holdover releases.<\/p>\n
As far as new releases go, Neil Diamond’s “Melody Road” will likely claim second on the strength of 70-80,000. TI’s “Paperwork” and Logic’s “Under Pressure” will fight for third place; each is due to move about 65-70,000 copies.<\/p>\n
The battle for fifth among newcomers will be between Little Big Town’s “Painkiller” (30-35,000) and Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me” (28-32,000). Also in the mix this week will be Annie Lennox’s “Nostalgia” (24-27,000) and Aretha Franklin’s “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics” (21-24,000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30152,"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":[183,1047,206],"tags":[3095,3094,1150,2984,3097,1142,3038,1374],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n