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Enough to give her a number one, the projected figure is nonetheless down from the more than 500,000 opening week units garnered by &#8220;Carnival Ride.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the Underwood album among new entries is the first &#8220;Glee&#8221; soundtrack release.  Despite the fact that most of its contents had already been on the iTunes marketplace as singles, the soundtrack is nonetheless tracking for a strong debut between 100,000 and 125,000.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Bocelli&#8217;s &#8220;My Christmas&#8221; will land in similar territory.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is expected to be NOW 32, which is projected to garner sales just shy of 100,000.  The resilient compilation series will thus spark enough purchases to top Weezer&#8217;s &#8220;Raditude,&#8221; which is pacing to land at about 60-65,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Foo Fighters&#8217; &#8220;Greatest Hits&#8221; record should land at about 35-40,000, while Say Anything&#8217;s new self-titled release will reach the 20-25,000 mark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=carrie underwood&#038;iid=6964695\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/5\/c\/e\/4\/Carrie_Underwood_7524.jpg?adImageId=7122312&#038;imageId=6964695\" width=\"380\" height=\"561\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"Carrie Underwood - ABC&apos;s &apos;Good Morning America&apos;\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/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":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carrie Underwood&#039;s &quot;Play On&quot; 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