DARE TO DREAM PART II

 

Dueling Divas Pit Boyle vs. Bocelli for #1 Next Week, R. Kelly Bows

 

December 2, 2009

 

Susan Boyle vs. Andrea Bocelli for #1 next week?

 

As the holiday season heats up, the Syco/Columbia matron of the U.K. heartlands and Decca’s blind Italian tenor will battle it out for the top spot on HITS Top 50, each of them flirting with the 350k level. Can that figure go even higher? Stay tuned.

 

Building on a number of TV appearances this week, including Oprah, Leno, CBS Morning Show and Larry King, Bocelli, now #1 at iTunes, is picking up some serious steam, while Boyle has strong momentum carrying over from her chart-topping, 700k debut.

 

The new releases taper off some before the year-end rush, with Jive/JLG’s R. Kelly album, Untitled, the biggest, expected to debut in the 95-105k range.

 

19/Jive/JLG Idol contestant Allison Iraheta is the next-highest newcomer, in the 25-30k range for her label debut, Just Like You.

 

Veteran UTP/Atlantic rapper Juvenile is both Cocky and Confident that he’ll end up doing 20-25k, the same total expected for Rhino’s Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel soundtrack and Warner Bros.’ Very Best of Enya album.

 

Next Tuesday (12/8), it’s all about Jive/JLG’s Chris Brown, Mailboat’s Jimmy Buffett, Virgin’s Thirty Seconds to Mars, Columbia’s Glee Vol. 2, Priority/EMI’s Snoop Dogg, Blackground/Interscope’s Timbaland, Columbia’s Clipse and S-Curve’s We the Kings.

 

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPa...gi?news07857m01

 

 

 

CHART PREVIEW

 

December 4, 2009

 

Heading into the weekend, we’re expecting a squeaker between Susan Boyle and Andrea Bocelli for next week's #1 album (never thought we’d ever be typing those words). Neither appear to be suffering from a Black Friday hangover, and either could win the race at this point. In fact, it's now a dead heat. Of the debuts this week, only R. Kelly will be 100k. Here's a look at the current leader board:

• Andrea Bocelli (My Christmas) - 400-425k
• Susan Boyle (I Dreamed A Dream) - 400-425k
• R. Kelly (Untitled) - 105-115k (NEW)
• Taylor Swift (Fearless) - 100-110k
• Lady GaGa (The Fame) (original & deluxe) - 80-85k
• Lady GaGa (The Fame Monster) (EP) - 70-75k
• Norah Jones (The Fall) - 65-70k
• Twilight Saga (New Moon) - 60-65k
• Now 32 - 60-65k
• Carrie Underwood (Play On) - 60-65k
• John Mayer (Battle Studies) - 60-65k
• Josh Groban (Noel) - 55-60k
• Rihanna (Rated R) - 55-60k
• Justin Bieber (My World) - 55-60k

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

 

 

Poor Adam :P

are you serious :o RIHANNA only 55-60k :( that's really dissapointing i was hoping she would have another week with sales of 100k atleast huff well this album isn't gonna set the charts alight then x

Oh wow, big battle for the top spot then.

The Album chart has had far more motion than the US' generally static Hot 100 chart :zzz: