THANK GOD IT'S BLACK FRIDAY

 

Susan Boyle Climbs Past 625k, Approaches 675k, Lambert #2, Lady Gaga Two in Top 10

 

November 27, 2009

 

Steve Barnett's Columbia Records and Susan Boyle have a lot to be thankful for this weekend. And that goes for you two, Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga.

 

Going into the weekend, Simon Cowell's gal Boyle is a runaway for #1 on next Tuesday's HITS Album Sales chart, with a total almost three times her closest competitor, 19/RCA/ RMG's Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.

 

Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream is on target for between 625-675k in sales, which would be the year's biggest debut, besting Eminem's 608k for his Relapse album.

 

Lambert's For Your Entertainment looks like a lock for #2 with between 210-230k.

 

The week's other big story is Interscope's Lady Gaga, whose seven-song Fame Monster EP will sell between 190-210k, good enough for #3, while her just-released two-disc Fame Monster deluxe edition should add another 130-150k to that album's total.

 

Decca's Andrea Bocelli is the lone Top 5 holdover at 180-200k, where he's running neck-and-neck with Def Jam/IDJ diva Rihanna's critically acclaimed Rated R with the same estimated total.

 

The rest of the chart looks a little something like this, pending weekend traffic:

 

• Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream - 625-675k (NEW)
• Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment - 210-230k (NEW)
• Lady GaGa - Fame Monster EP - 190-210k (NEW)
• Lady GaGa - Fame Monster (Deluxe) - 130-150k (NEW)
• Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas - 180-200k
• Rihanna - Rated R - 180-200k (NEW)
• Carrie Underwood - Play On - 100-120k
• John Mayer - Battle Studies - 90-110k
• Shakira - She Wolf - 85-100k (NEW)
• 50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct - 85-100k
• Twilight Saga: New Moon - 85-100k
• Norah Jones - The Fall - 85-100k
• Taylor Swift - Fearless - 85-100k
• Michael Jackson - This Is It - 75-90k
• Casting Crowns - Peace on Earth 75-90k
• Taylor Swift - Holiday Collection 75-90k

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi

 

 

Amazing sales for Susan but the real suprise for me was Adam Lambert :o I thought he'd do about 150k and come in below GaGa & Rih.

 

A solid week for GaGa too ^_^

 

By the way Fame Monster (Deluxe) should be under Brocelli & Rihanna

As expected for SuBo.

 

Nice to see Ri & GaGa with decent sales. :cheer:

Wow! No surpise for SuBo though.

 

Great for Lady GaGa!

 

Taylor Swift is still going strong, since last year - amazing!

great to see Adam Lambert outperforming American idol winner Kris Allen :puke2: by a milestone...which proves how wrong the americans were by not choosing Adam as the winner...

Amazing for Susan Boyle too... massive numbers for her all over the world...The Brit Diva rules :yahoo: !!!!

Edited November 28, 200915 yr by Big Mistake

I'm really suprised at Adam outpeaking Kris.

If Susan wasn't released this Week and Adam went to #1 that would be even more embarassing for Kris Allen.

Not to suprised though as I've heard far more about Adam than Kris.

I'm really suprised at Adam outpeaking Kris.

 

 

Controversy sells records :kink:

Plus the fact that Adam Lambert's album is amazing and I am even considering picking it up in HMV here in the UK. 30 second clips of that Allen guy's album on iTunes were enough to bore me to tears.

Edited November 29, 200915 yr by Grami©

Ugh, Shakira's sales are so low -_-

 

yay for SuBo though! :wub:

I'm really suprised at Adam outpeaking Kris.

 

you shouldn't be, Adam has released a far superior pop-electro-rock :dance: album which sounds like a cross between Robbie Williams, Queen, Mika & Scissor Sisters :music:

while Kris Allen's debut album is a snoozefest filled with some of The Script's B-Sides remakes and rejects from a Garth Brooks repertoire from the early 90's... :zzz:

Edited November 29, 200915 yr by Big Mistake