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If the final total indeed lands in that range, it will best the 134,000 mark for &#8220;Dear Agony.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It will also give Breaking Benjamin the #1 spot on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart.  Tori Kelly&#8217;s &#8220;Unbreakable Smile,&#8221; which is tracking as the week&#8217;s next-best seller, will sell 60-65,000.<\/p>\n<p>With Track Equivalent Albums (10 single sales = 1 album sale) and Streaming Equivalent Albums (1500 single streams = 1 album sale) included, &#8220;Dark Before Dawn&#8221; will boast a consumption total of 145-155,000.  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