His new album will not outsell the recent “Speak Now” release from pseudo-rival Taylor Swift, but Kanye West appears a near certainty for a number one debut on next week’s Billboard 200 album sales chart.<\/p>\n
Based on early week sales data from Hits Daily Double, Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” is pacing for a tally of roughly 525-575,000 units. Though that total would be down significantly from 2007’s “Graduation,” his last more traditional studio hip-hop\/rap album, it would mark an increase over predecessor “808s and Heartbreaks.”<\/p>\n
It should also be noted that due to Black Friday and the start of the holiday shopping season, it is possible high-profile albums like West’s (and those mentioned below) will see an unexpected spike late in the week and top current forecasts.<\/p>\n
Also pacing phenomenally is Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday,” which looks good for 375-425,000 copies. The present forecast puts it in striking distance of the 447,000 opening week performance by Young Money colleague Drake’s “Thank Me Later.”<\/p>\n
Another big debut will come from My Chemical Romance, which is eyeing 125-150,000 for “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.” Down notably from predecessor “The Black Parade,” the performance is still impressive given the band’s notable decline in buzz since that 2006 release.<\/p>\n
Ne-Yo’s “Libra Scale” will open to at least 115-140,000, topping Ke$ha’s fellow newcomer “Cannibal.” The separate “Cannibal” EP will do 60-70,000, and the deluxe package should mean sales of her debut “Animal” also jump this week.<\/p>\n
Lloyd Banks’ “HFM 2” looks likely for around 50,000, while the “Burlesque” soundtrack will do 25-50,000, depending on how audiences react to the film’s release.<\/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