“Dangerous Woman” is very much expected to become Ariana Grande’s third straight #1 album when it arrives later this month, and it may do so with the best opening week tally of her career.<\/p>\n
According to Hits Daily Double, US pre-order sales are nearing 40,000. Based on that volume — and expectations for how it will perform during its actual May 20-26 release week — Hits says sources are projecting an opening week sales total in the 200,000 range.<\/p>\n
Assuming Blake Shelton’s “If I’m Honest” performs more like his last album “Bringing Back The Sunshine” (101,000) than his 2013 release “Based On A True Story…” (199,000), a 200,000 total would convincingly position Grande at #1 on the album sales chart.<\/p>\n
It would also represent the best sales week of her career. Previous album “My Everything” sold 169,000 in its first week, while her studio debut “Yours Truly” sold 138,000.<\/p>\n
Given the likelihood that “Dangerous Woman” will fare particularly well from a track sales and streaming standpoint, it should also have no trouble debuting atop the Billboard 200 consumption chart.<\/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":[692,5986],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n