Below is this weeks US album chart with number of units scanned. WIth Musiology being released on Tuesday and no othermajor acts dropping albums (unless you count Hanson )

Where do you see Musicology falling in this group?

My optimistic prediction : 100,000 and a number 5 debut.

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lw-tw-artist-label-units sold-% change from last week-
title

1 1 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 452,376 -4%
CONFESSIONS
3 2 NOW 15 CAPITOL 274,266 +30%
VARIOUS
2 3 JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 138,646 -64%
DAMITA JO
12 4 JESSICA SIMPSON COLUMBIA/CRG 109,287 +52%
IN THIS SKIN
10 5 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 105,653 +29%
FALLEN
8 6 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 105,419 +7%
FEELS LIKE HOME
14 7 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 99,418 +50%
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
4 8 LIL' FLIP COLUMBIA/CRG 91,591 -54%
U GOTTA FEEL ME
9 9 GUNS N'ROSES GEFFEN 91,052 +1%
GREATEST HITS
6 10 J-KWON SO SO DEF/ZLG 88,650 -29%
HOOD HOP
11 11 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJ 85,363 +5%
COLLEGE DROPOUT
5 12 AEROSMITH COLUMBIA/CRG 77,493 -48%
HONKIN' ON BOBO
17 13 HOOBASTANK ISLAND/IDJ 76,363 +44%
THE REASON
22 14 JOSH GROBAN 143/REPRISE 76,046 +71%
CLOSER
15 15 MAROON 5 OCTONE/J RECORDS/RMG 75,834 +35%
SONGS ABOUT JANE
16 16 OUTKAST LAFACE/ZLG 74,506 +38%
SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW
-- 17 TAMIA ELEKTRA/EEG 73,083 --
MORE
7 18 ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 67,369 -37%
ME AND MR. JOHNSON
20 19 SHERYL CROW A&M/INTERSCOPE 66,639 +41%
VERY BEST OF
28 20 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 65,306 +77%
THE DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS
37 21 HILARY DUFF BUENA VISTA/HOLLYWOOD 65,127 +105%
METAMORPHOSIS
26 22 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 57,486 +50%
IN THE ZONE
-- 23 MODEST MOUSE EPIC 53,449 --
GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE...
24 24 JAY-Z ROC-A-FELLA/IDJ 48,738 +14%
THE BLACK ALBUM
21 25 N.E.R.D. VIRGIN 46,876 +4%
FLY OR DIE
29 26 JET ELEKTRA/EEG 46,143 +27%
GET BORN
43 27 YELLOWCARD CAPITOL 45,371 +59%
OCEAN AVENUE
23 28 TWISTA ATLANTIC/ATL G 44,875 +2%
KAMIKAZE
31 29 BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE 44,455 +27%
ELEPHUNK
13 30 CARL THOMAS BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 43,943 -35%
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT
39 31 BLINK 182 GEFFEN 43,886 +44%
BLINK 182
50 32 LUDACRIS DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJ 43,876 +72%
CHICKEN & BEER
47 33 LOSTPROPHETS COLUMBIA/CRG 43,755 +59%
START SOMETHING
32 34 BEYONCE COLUMBIA/CRG 43,630 +25%
DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE
30 35 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER/IDJ 43,021 +22%
LONG ROAD
48 36 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 41,146 +51%
METEORA
-- 37 BARRY MANILOW BMG HERITAGE 40,928 --
2NIGHTS LIVE
25 38 BAD BOY'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY... BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 40,233 -2%
VARIOUS
-- 39 WILLIAM HUNG KOCH 39,581 --
INSPIRATION
-- 40 PASSION OF THE CHRIST INTEGRITY/COLUMBIA 39,434 --

Do the copies you get with the concert and theatre shows count as sales?

I think it will chart somwhere between No. 10 and 20. But I´ll be happy if it does better of course

um... somewhere below Hanson

EvilWhiteMale said:

yes. but not for Soundscan/Billboard.