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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Weakend Chart Preview

Adele should land her 24th non-consecutive week at #1, though she will be pressed by Country star Alan Jackson’s Capitol Nashville debut, while nearly half of the Top 15 is made up of new releases. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

Adele (XL/Columbia) 73-78k
*Alan Jackson (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 68-73k
*Beach Boys (Capitol/EMI) 60-65k
*Big K.R.I.T. (Def Jam/IDJ) 40-45k
John Mayer (Columbia) 40-45k
*Curren$y (Warner Bros.) 40-45k
One Direction (Syco/Columbia) 40-45k
*Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Reprise) 28-32k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 27-30k
*Brandi Carlile (Columbia) 27-30k
Now 42 (Capitol/EMI) 24-27k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 21-24k
Lionel Richie (Mercury Nashville) 19-22k
*Joe Walsh (Fantasy) 19-22k
Gotye (Fairfax/Universal Republic) 18-21k

*Debuts (6/7p)

 
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