While the race can certainly still go either way, the projected total for Blake Shelton’s “If I’m Honest” is now slightly ahead of that expected for Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman.”<\/p>\n
Hits Daily Double presently expects Shelton’s album to sell 130-140,000 US copies during the May 20-26 tracking week. Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” is pacing for 125-135,000.<\/p>\n
Prior to Tuesday, both albums were expected to post first week sales totals in the 120-130,000 range.<\/p>\n
The fact the new rangers overlap underscores how closely contested this week’s album sales race is. Both albums still have a shot at #1.<\/p>\n
The race for #1 on the Billboard 200 consumption chart is also extremely tight. As of press time, Hits is projecting Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” and Drake’s “Views” to each generate 155-165,000 in weekly consumption units (album sales + track sales\/10 + track streams\/1500). Shelton’s album is not too far behind; Hits is now eyeing a weekly tally in the 140-150,000 range.<\/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":[692,390,5986,54,6308,6365],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n