His “Battle Studies” might not have received the acclaim of predecessor “Continuum,” but it will not disappoint in its effort to top the charts.<\/p>\n
Hits Daily Double projections, based on one day sales, forecast the Mayer album debuting atop the charts with about 275,000-300,000 units moved. The figure will give Mayer’s album a clear advantage over crowded competition from new albums and holdovers.<\/p>\n
Among new albums, Norah Jones’ “The Fall” will duke it out with 50 Cent’s “Before I Self Destruct” for the next position (both should be in the 140-160,000 range, although 50’s sales are harder to forecast due to the early iTunes release last week). Casting Crowns’ “Until the Whole World Hears” should land in similar territory.<\/p>\n
Parlaying single “One Time”‘s performance momentum into a solid album performance, teen star Justin Bieber’s “My World” is looking good for 110-120,000.<\/p>\n
Not everyone, however, had a good week. “American Idol”‘s Kris Allen will debut with the worst opening sales week of any winner in the show’s eight season history; his self-titled release is tracking for just 85-90,000. A disappointment made prematurely obvious by the soft sales for lead single “Live Like We’re Dying,” the figure makes Allen an easy target for runner-up Adam Lambert, whose debut album drops next week. Lambert’s album, similarly, would be considered a bomb if it did not reach 100,000 first week sales.<\/p>\n
New rock supergroup “Them Crooked Vultures” will be close behind with 75-80,000 for their self-titled release, a strong figure for a modern supergroup even accounting for the impressive Foo Fighters\/Queens of the Stone Age\/Led Zeppelin lineage of the members.<\/p>\n
Joining Allen on the disappointing front, however, is Leona Lewis. Her “Echo,” sans a mega-hit single like “Bleeding Love” or the fairly successful “Better in Time,” will debut with just 60-65,000.<\/p>\n
It similarly might be too late for album buyers to apologize to OneRepublic; the Ryan Tedder-fronted band’s “Waking Up” will land in 40-45,000 territory.<\/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":"\n