Bolstered by strong sales from the Christian market, tobyMac should win the fight for #1 next week, the first Christian/gospel artist to do so in recent memory. Here’s how it looks headed into the Labor Day weekend, with no releases sellingĀ in six figures:
*tobyMac (Forefront) 60-65k
*Slaughterhouse (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 50-55k
Trey Songz (Atlantic) 40-45k
*Alanis Morissette (Collective Sounds) 35-40k
Now 43 (Capitol/EMI) 30-35k
2 Chainz (Def Jam/IDJ) 27-30k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 21-24k
fun. (Fueled By Ramen) 19-22k
Maroon 5 (A&M/Octone) 19-22k
Rick Ross (Def Jam/IDJ) 18-21k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 17-20k
One Direction (Syco/Columbia) 17-20k
Zac Brown Band (Atlantic) 14-17k
Lumineers (Dualtone) 13-15k
DJ Khaled (Cash Money/Republic) 13-15k
Of Monsters & Men (Republic) 13-15k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 13-15k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 13-15k
*Debuts (8/30p) [HitsDailyDouble]