Friday, November 13 was a huge day in music, with so many albums being released, iTunes’ internal systems were crashing multiple times throughout the day! Among the day’s new releases were Justin Bieber, One Direction, Ty Dolla $ign, Jeezy, Logic, Alessia Cara, Redman, Kirk Franklin and more. That’s a heavy lineup! First week sales projections are currently in for a few of the names, and perhaps surprisingly, Logic is far surpassing his more seasoned labelmate, Jeezy, with sales of The Incredible True Story and Church In These Streets, respectively.
Machine Gun Kelly Debuts At #4 With ‘General Admission’
Congrats are in order for my boy Machine Gun Kelly! He has the number 1 hip-hop in the country this week with the debut of his sophomore album General Admission, and the number 4 album overall! The project sold a solid 56k units in its first week in stores, and beating 2012’s Lace Up, which debuted and peaked at number 4 with 51k sold. The Game comes in at 6 with The Documentary 2.5 selling 48k, which is pretty dope – considering last week’s The Documentary also sold really well. In the coming weeks, the Compton rapper will package them together as a joint album. Check out this week’s top 10 below!
First Week Sales Projections For MGK, Joe Budden & The Game Are In!
This past Friday, Machine Gun Kelly, Joe Budden and The Game all released new albums, although Game’s was basically just a part 2 of his release the week prior. Game did a double disc for his new album The Documentary 2, but instead broke the release up into 2 weeks, and dubbed this one The Documentary 2.5. In the coming weeks, he will release a hard copy with both discs in the packaging. Early forecasts are now in, and it looks like Game and MGK are neck-in-neck for the top spot on the Hip-Hop chart on Billboard. (Demi Lovato and Pentatonix are going to take the lead on the overall chart.) Both General Admission and The Documentary 2.5 are on pace to sell around 45-50k units, while Joe’s All Love Lost is looking to move around 15-18k. Let us know your thoughts on the numbers in the comments!
Find Out Where Fetty Wap Landed In His First Week + Janet Jackson’s Sales Predictions!
Fetty Wap has hit it right out of the park on his first try! The New Jersey native’s self-titled debut album has premiered at number one on the Billboard 200 today, moving a whopping 129k units in its first week in stores! Congrats, man! Fetty‘s number one knocks last week’s chart toppers back this week, as Drake and Future‘s What A Time To Be Alive is now at number two, this time with another 107k units sold. Mac Miller, however, who debuted at number three last week, is out of the top 10 all together. Looking forward to next week, Janet Jackson is on pace to debut at number one with Unbreakable, her first album in over seven years! The project is projected to sell around 93-108k. In the meantime, check out this week’s top 10 albums below!
First Week Sales Projections For Drake and Future Are Looking Crazy!
Not that this comes as any surprise – but Drake and Future are about to make a killing with their joint effort, What A Time To Be Alive. After less than 24 hours on iTunes, early sales forecasts already have the mixtape projected to do around 500k by Friday! In comparison, Drake’s last project, If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late had an opening week of 495k, while Future’s DS2 did 147k.
Find Out Where Travi$ Scott, Scarface & K. Camp Debuted On The Billboard 200 This Week
Travi$ Scott makes his Billboard debut this week with Rodeo, coming in at number 3 with 85k units sold. It also comes in at number 1 on the Rap Albums chart, and 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (just behind The Weeknd.) And speaking of The Weeknd, he’s back at number one this week with Beauty Behind The Madness, moving an additional 145k copies. This puts his total at 556k! Elsewhere on the chart, both Scarface and K. Camp dropped their new projects on the same day as Travi$, though both missed the top 10. Face came close with Deeply Rooted at moving 24k units at number 11, while K. Camp’s Only Way Is Up landed at number 20 with 18k. Check out the full top 10 below.
