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The race between Madonna’s “Rebel Heart,” the official “Empire” soundtrack and Luke Bryan’s “Spring Break…Checkin’ Out” will be a very tight one.<\/p>\n

Based on opening day and pre-order sales data, Hits Daily Double forecasts that Madonna’s new “Rebel Heart” will debut with a pure sales figure in the 100-110,000 range. The “Empire” soundtrack is set to follow with sales of roughly 90-100,000, while Luke Bryan’s latest spring break release looks safe for an 85-95,000 sales total. <\/p>\n

Since projections at this point in the week come with a margin of error, it is far too early to decisively conclude that Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” will claim #1 on the Top Album Sales chart.<\/p>\n

One definitely cannot make such a conclusion regarding the consumption-oriented Billboard 200 chart. According to Hits, the addition of Track Equivalent Album (10 single sales = 1 album sale) and Streaming Equivalent Album (1500 single streams = 1 album sale) into the mix will likely produce a consumption unit total of 115-125,000 for both the Madonna and “Empire” albums. Bryan’s release will follow with a consumption unit total of roughly 95-105,000.<\/p>\n

Potentially enough for #1, a 105,000 sales figure for Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” would represent a massive decline from that of predecessor “MDNA.” That album moved 359,000 during its inaugural March 2012 frame.<\/p>\n

A 95,000 opening total for “Empire” would position the “Empire” soundtrack within the same ballpark as the first “Glee” soundtrack release. That one debuted with 113,000 in November 2009.<\/p>\n

“Spring Break 6…Like We Ain’t Ever,” Luke Bryan’s 2014 spring break EP, debuted with sales of 74,000. The previous year’s “Spring Break…Here to Party” compilation moved 150,000 first week copies.<\/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":[183,1047,206],"tags":[3406,255,598,1577,3324,3799],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nMadonna's "Rebel Heart" Tracking for ~105K Sales; Empire, Luke Bryan in the Mix<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The race between Madonna's "Rebel Heart," the official "Empire" soundtrack and Luke Bryan's "Spring Break...Checkin' Out" will be a very tight one. 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