Colson wrote:
HITS:
SOUNDTRACKS LAY CLAIM TO TOP SPOT
Can Twilight Saga Eclipse Another Glee Cast Album?
June 9, 2010
The summer sales doldrums lift briefly this week as a pair of soundtracks tries to take a bite out of the chart.
Chop Shop/Atlantic’s Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third in the series of popular teenage vampire movies, goes up against yet another Columbia Glee Cast album, Journey to Regionals, in a race for the top spot on next week’s HITS sales rundown.
Give Twilight a slight edge at 150-170k, with Glee at 140-160k, though the full effect of last night’s finale hasn’t quite impacted physical, meaning the franchise could well score its third #1 in less than two months. So don’t stop believin’ Gleeks.
That, of course, is based on results from those retailers around the country who are using CD sales to bring in toothpaste customers.
The week’s other big debut is RCA/RMG diva Christina Aguilera’s techno-heavy Bionic, just her fourth studio album since her self-titled 1999 bow, and expected to do between 120-125k. Her previous studio album, Back to Basics, came out in August 2006. A greatest hits album was released in Nov. 2008, selling 350k its first week.
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wow... those #s are HORRIBLE.