''Femme Fatale'' To Sell 300K

Britney’s back… and on top of the HITS’ Album chart for next week, as her new Jive/JLG album, Femme Fatale looks set to score sales in the 275-300k range.

The album has actually been well-received by some critics, earning a four-star review in Rolling Stone, while last night, she performed on Jimmy Kimmel and appeared in footage shot for Jackass 3 in which she was bungied while inside a porta-potty.

That gives RCA/Jive the #1 spot for the second week in a row. This week, the label held four out of the Top Five spots on the HITS Album sales chart.

Source: Hits Daily Double

"Circus" Album Expected To Sell 175-190K This Week!

According to estimates from Hitsdailydouble, Britney will reportedly slide down to the #4 spot selling 175-190k, with Jamie Foxx coming in at #3 (230-245k) and Keyshia Cole at #2 (300-315k). Taylor Swift is expected to remain in the #1 spot, selling around 340-355k.

Source: Hits Daily Double

'Circus' Sells 192,396 Copies In Its 2nd Week

'Circus' sells 192,396 copies in its 2nd week of release bringing the total to nearly 700,000 copies!

Next stop? 800.000!

Congratz B!

Source: Hits Daily Double

'Circus' Sells 500k+!

She did it! Britney's new album Circus is number one!

According to Hitsdailydouble.com, Britney sold 504,507 albums in her first week - making her #1 this week in the United States!!! SHE SOLD OVER 500,000!!!

You are an amazing talent with the world in the palm of your hands!

Congrats Britney!!!

Source: Hits Daily Double

'Circus' To Sell 470.000 - 490.000 Copies

As we head into the home stretch of the sales week, it’s all about the resurgent Britney Spears, whose Circus (Jive/ZLG) has far exceeded expectations and now appears headed toward 470-490k. Just what the doctor ordered—a feel-good story heading into the holidays. The only other debut that will make the leader board is Akon’s Freedom (SRC/Universal Motown), which should wind up at #8 with a projected 90-95. Otherwise it’ll be the usual suspects: #3 Taylor Swift (Big Machine), 170-180k; #4 Beyonce (Music World/Columbia), 160-170k; #5 Kanye West (Roc-a-Fella/IDJ), 150-160k; #6 Twilight (Chop Shop/Atlantic), 120-130k; #7 Nickelback (Roadrunner), 110-120k; #9 Now 29 (UMe) 85-90k; and #10 a dust-up between David Cook (19/RCA/RMG) and High School Musical 3 (Walt Disney), both trending toward 80-85k. Speaking of trends, next week’s Top 10 will break the recent pattern of domination by one or two labels and will instead be spread among 10 different ones.

Source: Hits Daily Double

'Circus' To Sell More Then 450.000 Copies

The following Italicized article is from www.hitsdailydouble.com:

Britney might not want to call her latest release a comeback, but whatever you dub it, her new Jive/ZLG album Circus is soaring past all expectations.

Thanks to a barrage of good publicity for a change, the pop star, who just celebrated her 27th birthday yesterday with a performance on ABC’s Good Morning America, will debut at #1 on next week’s HITS Album Sales chart with a total that seems to be in excess of 450k, and very capable of climbing even higher.

According to retailers who haven't been clubbed into submission by the economy, first-day sales were brisk for the album, coming on the heels of MTV’s highly rated documentary, Britney: For the Record, a Rolling Stone cover story and surprisingly rave reviews. Hey, the media owes her.

With initial guesstimates in the 350k range, Spears appears to be blowing away the pundits' first-week predictions. Based on first day sales reports, the album seems poised to top the recent first week total of the current #1, Kanye West, and, possibly, even Beyonce.

Meanwhile SRC/Universal Motown’s Akon, fresh off a hit single, will be the next highest debut of the week in the 80-90k range, while Asylum rapper (and one-time Geto Boy) Scarface looks to scare up some 30-40k in sales.

The market was up 29% vs. last week, thanks to Black Friday, basically flat vs. the same week last year and still down 14% year to date.

Source: Hits Daily Double