Posted February 16, 200916 yr Lily Allen Exploding at iTunes and Eyes #1 in Multi-Artist Battle February 11, 2009 Lily Allen is a huge star in the U.K. Her sophomore Capitol Records album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, could make her one here in the States, too. Based on one-day sales figures from those retailers still standing along with exploding iTunes sales, Allen is headed for a total of 65-70k in first-week sales, making her next Tuesday’s top chart debut on the HITS chart. She’ll battle it out for #1 with some combination of artists experiencing post-Grammy sales surges like Taylor Swift, Adele and Plant/Krauss, while last week’s chart-topper The Fray and Bruce Springsteen are also in the mix. In addition, Coldplay is experiencing enormous spikes, thanks to its Grammy night performance and Song of the Year honors. The top of the chart is what you call a clusterf**k... and don't forget the Valentine's Day effect, a historical product mover in the record sector. Universal Republic’s neo-soulster India.Arie’s Testimony Vol. 2: Love & Politics is on target for 55-60k, which certainly puts it in the mix as well. The label’s Lonely Island album, Incredibad, the group featuring SNL’s Andy Samberg, creators of such digital shorts as “Dick in a Box,” “Jizz in my Pants” and “Lazy Sunday,” will also score a pretty impressive 45-50k. Atlanta R&B crooner Bobby Valentino makes his label debut on his own Blu Kolla Dreams through Capitol/EMI with The Rebirth after a pair of releases on Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace imprint on Def Jam. First-week total appears to be in the 45-50k range. Universal Motown’s Ryan Leslie and Provident Christian Creed-ish alt-metal band (!!) Red, both at 20-25k, round out next week’s likely chart bows. The market was up 13% vs. last week, down 13% vs. same week last year and still down 12% year to date. You may now return to monitoring Christian Bale’s temper tantrums on the Internet. GRAMMY TAKES A RIDE: It’s a two-way battle at the top of next week’s chart between Taylor Swift and Album of the Year Grammy winners Plant/Krauss, both of which should benefit from Valentine’s Day weekend gift-giving spikes to score between 80-90k in sales. The week’s top debut is Capitol U.K. pop diva Lily Allen, exceeding expectations at 65-70k, thanks to downloads being sold for $3.99 at Amazon, along with a current five-star customer rating. BTW, Lily also wrestled away the #1 spot last night at iTunes from The Lonely Island. The rest of the Top 10 might very well look like this: Plant/Krauss (Rounder): 80-90k Taylor Swift (Big Machine): 80-90k ** Lily Allen (Capitol): 65-70k The Fray (Epic): 65-70k 2009 Grammy Nominees (Rhino): 60-65k Adele (XL/Columbia): 60-65k Coldplay (Capitol): 60-65k Bruce Springsteen (Columbia): 50-55k ** Bobby Valentino (Capitol): 50-55k ** India.Arie (Universal Republic): 50-55k ** Lonely Island (Universal Republic): 50-55k Edited February 16, 200916 yr by zero
February 16, 200916 yr Lily at #1 would a fabulous! anyway she is doind amazingly in US! considering her debut album did quite well and charted in top20
February 17, 200916 yr highest debut for a british female album since SPIRIT (incidentally I've bought both of them)
February 17, 200916 yr highest debut for a british female album since SPIRIT (incidentally I've bought both of them) Spirit was only released last year lol, it's not like it is the highest album debut for a British female in 10 years or something.
February 17, 200916 yr Spirit was only released last year lol, it's not like it is the highest album debut for a British female in 10 years or something. Well it's not that common by the way! especially for british a pop act. Edited February 17, 200916 yr by thematrix
February 17, 200916 yr 36% is already in and Taylor Swift has 50k at #1, so you are telling me she will only sell about 30k for the remaining 70% of the building chart?
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