After a quiet Christmas break on the music front, artists are back and ready to take over the first quarter of 2016. This past Friday, we saw TONS of new releases from some of our favorite names in music – from Wiz Khalifa’s Khalifa to Future’s Evol, Young Thug’s I’m Up, Boosie’s In My Feelings, Majid Jordan’s self-titled debut and Lion Babe’s Begin. We also saw the physical release of Rihanna’s ANTI, which prior to Friday, had only been available via digital retailers. Though not all forecasts are in yet for the aforementioned artists, we have the numbers for the biggest ones. Hit the jump to see what Wiz, Future, Thugger and Rih are expected to move this week.
Find Out How Much Chris Brown and Pusha T Are Expected To Sell This Week!
It comes as no surprise, but Adele is number one once again this week on the Billboard 200. 25 moved another 825k units, making it the biggest selling album released in the U.S. since her last album, 2011’s 21. As for debuts, August Alsina’s This Thing Called Life came in at around 43k units at number 12, while R. Kelly’s The Buffet entered with approximately 37k units at number 16. Looking forward to next week, the two big debuts will be from Chris Brown and Pusha T. For Chris’ Royalty, he’s looking at 150-160k, which will likely give him the #2 spot (behind Adele.) As for Push’s Darkest Before Dawn, he’s looking at around 40-45k. In the meantime, check out this week’s top 10 on the Billboard 200 below!
The Numbers Are In! Find Out What Rick Ross, Ashanti & Pharrell’s First Week Numbers Are Expected To Be!
There were 3 major albums that dropped this week in the hip-hop/R&B world – Rick Ross’ Mastermind, Pharrell’s G I R L and Ashanti’s Braveheart. Of course the thing everyone wants to know is how much they’re going to sell, as that’s obviously a huge marker of their current relevance to the game. Find out what the sales forecasts for all 3 numbers are below!
