Eminem 5 Week #1 Stance Threaten By First Week Projected 'Teflon Don' Sales

According to Hits Daily Double, Rick Ross 'Teflon Don' is projected to sell 170-180K in first week sales. This could mean an end to Eminem's sizable reign on his four week #1 spot with Recovery.
Let's revisit this time next week as the Nielsen SoundScan numbers will be officially confirmed.

Usher 'Raymond V Raymond' Projected To Sell 330-350k First Week

According to Hits Daily Double based on first day sales and the digital round up, Usher 'Raymond V Raymond' is on track to sell between 330-350k first full week of release. The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, April 6) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, April 7.

Ludacris 'Battle Of The Sexes' Expected To Sell 120K In First Week Sales

Way to go Luda!!

According to Hits Daily Double, the projected first week sales for Ludacris 'Battle Of The Sexes' 3/9 new release is on track to sell 120K.

The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, March 16) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, March 17.

Lil Wayne 'Rebirth' Projected To Sell 140K-150K First Week

According to Hits Daily Double based on first day sales and the digital round up, Lil Wayne 'Rebirth' is on track to sell between 140k-150k first full week of release. The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, February 9) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, February 10.

A far cry from 'Tha Carter 3' sales of 1 million, but let's be fair. The album leaked before Christmas, Wayne took to guitar playing, it got bumped too many times and hip hop sales are in the toilet. Considering all this, it's right in the pocket with the current trend in sales. Although, 50 Cent may regenerate his bragging rights again as 'Before I Self Destruct' sold 160K first week.

Can Lil Wayne do some last minute promotions to boost sales for 'Rebirth'? Rolling Stone Lil Wayne cover issue may help, but time is ticking fast, his jail time starts Tuesday, February 9.

Young Money On Track To Sell 120K-130K First Week Sales

According to Hits Daily Double based on the first day sales round up, Young Money album 'We Are Young Money' is on track to sell between 120k-130k first week of release.

The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, December 29) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, December 30.

Projected First Week Sales On Alicia Keys & Robin Thicke

According to Hits Daily Double, here are the projected first week sales for 12/15 new releases.



Alicia Keys - 'The Element Of Freedom' (J-Records)
330-350k



Robin Thicke - 'Sex Therapy (Interscope/Star Trak)
100-110k

The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, December 22) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, December 23.

Projected First Week Sales On Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, Clipse, Snoop, Timbaland & B.G.

According to Hits Daily Double, here are the projected first week sales for Super Tuesday 12/8 new releases.

Ranked as follows:



Chris Brown - Graffiti (Jive/Zomba)
95k-100k



Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis (Asylum/So Icey Ent.)
85k-95k



Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland (Doggy Style/EMI/Priority)
55k-65k



B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (E1/Chopper City Records)
40k-50k



Timbaland - Shock Value 2 (Interscope/Mosley Music)
35k-40k



Clipse - Til The Casket Drops (Columbia/Re-Up Gang)
30k-35k

The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, December 15) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, December 16.

Susan Boyle Steals Rihanna's 'Rated R' Thunder *update*

Final Nielsen/Soundscan taley...
Susan Boyle 701K
Rihanna 181K
Lady Gaga 174K

According to the Hits Daily Double, Susan Boyle's debut 'I Dreamed a Dream' is projected to sell 670K first week of release. Also breaking the record for the most sold in first week 2009 sales, Eminem's May release of 'Relapse' which came in at 608K. Rihanna will still pull in a respective number of 180K with plenty of promotion going on prior and during the first week of release, but not enough steam to beat out Boyle's hefty sales.

With Chris Brown's 'Graffiti' coming December 8, this will get interesting as to who will pull in the bigger numbers first week Chris or Rihanna.

On Susan Boyle, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and the other November 23 releases, the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers will be published tomorrow Wednesday, December 2, as Susan will win the chart race by a landslide.

Birdman 'Pricele$$' On Track To Sell 30k-35k 1st Week Sales

According to Hits Daily Double based on the first day sales round up, Cash Money impresario Birdman 'Pricele$$' album is on track to sell between 30k-35k first week of release.

The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, December 1) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, December 2.

50 Cent 'Before I Self Destruct' On Track To Sell 140K-150K For 1st Week

According to Hits Daily Double based on first day sales and the digital round up, 50 Cent's 'Before I Self Destruct' is on track to sell between 140k-150k in it's first full fledged week of release. The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, November 24) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, November 25.

It was also revealed that the exclusive iTunes release of 50's 'Before I Self Destruct' available November 9 sold 46K of its digital formated release which is added to the grand total of sales as it stands. (read related post below for more info).

On a side note, G-Unit's 'Terminate On Sight' sold a little over a 100K in it's first week back in the Summer of 2008. Amazing how things change.

Related:
50 Cent: Fudging the Numbers?

Eminem on track to sell in the mid 500,000 *update*

According to Hits Daily Double based on first day sales, 'Relapse' is projected to sell somewhere in the mid 500k range for the first week and is on track to be next week's number #1 album in the country.

*update* According to Billboard.com as of May 20, Em is now projected to sell up to 650K first week sales on 'Relapse'. Not bad.

(sources Hits Magazine Daily Double & Billboard.com)