Mary J. Blige's "Tear" En Route For 300K First-Week
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R&B veteran Mary J. Blige's Stronger With Each Tear is reportedly en route to debut next week with roughly 320,000 sold copies.
According to weekend estimates, Blige will likely fall behind singer Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream.
With one week remaining in the chart year, Susan Boyle and Taylor Swift are now less than 100k apart in their battle for the best-selling album of 2009. Susan Boyle (Columbia) 600-625. Mary J. Blige (Geffen) 300-320K. Alicia Keys (J/RMG 280-300K. Young Money (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 120-130K. (Hits Daily Double)
The album is her latest since 2007's Growing Pains.
Blige's just-released "Stronger With Each Tear," is on course to sell perhaps around 300,000 and possibly more. The queen of hip-hop/soul's last release, "Growing Pains," was released on Dec. 18, 2007 and bowed at No. 2 with 629,000. It moved to No. 1 the following week. "Stronger" is Blige's third studio set in a row to be released on the eve of Christmas. "The Breakthrough" started the trend back in 2005, when it launched at No. 1 with 727,000 following its release on Dec. 20. (Billboard)
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