At midweek, Now 56 looks likely to take the #1 spot on both the album and SPS charts this Friday. Wednesday night’s CMA Awards may be prove to be a wild card, as Carrie Underwood hosts and performs. Can her Storyteller album, in its second week, benefit enough from the show to overtake Now for #1? Here’s how it looks at midweek.

*Now 56 (NOW/UMe) 54-59k Sales, 54-59k SPS
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 42-47k, 48-53k
*Def Leppard (Mailboat) 24-27k, 25-28k
*We Love Disney (Verve) 20-24k, 22-26k
*The Neighbourhood (Columbia) 20-24k, 23-27k
5 Seconds of Summer (Capitol) 19-23k, 25-28k
*Chris Janson (Warner Bros. Nashville) 16-20k, 18-23k
Kidz Bop 29 (Razor & Tie) 16-19k, 17-20k
*Elvis Presley (RCA) 16-19k 17-20k
Blake Shelton (Warner Bros. Nashville) 15-18k, 19-22k
The Weeknd (XO/Republic) 15-18k, 45-50k
Taylor Swift (Big Machine/BMLG) 15-18k, 28-31k
Pentatonix (RCA) 15-18k, 19-22k
Andrea Bocelli (Verve) 12-15k, 13-16k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 12-15k, 17-20k

*Debuts

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