The predictions are in for Friday’s pop chart.
Taylor Swift’s “Tortured Poets” have tortured Kanye West.
The right wing, antisemitic rapper’s new album, “Vultures 2” will drop to number 11. Total sales for this week are approximately 31,000. On iTunes, “Vultures 2” has already dropped out of the top 20.
“Poets” remains at number one well into its fourth month, with 75,000 copies predicted for this week.
Mind you, 75,000 is not much for a number 1 album. The chart is stalled, and nearing an all time low. The new release of this week is Latto’s “Sugar Honey Iced Tea.” But that will sell the equivalent of just 26,800, all from streaming. Not a great success. (I do get Latto and Lizzo mixed up.)
The one album to get a nice bump this week is Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft, ” thanks to the Olympics. Billie sang “Birds of a Feather” on the NBC Olympics finale, and the song went to number 1.
The next big release is this Friday, Post Malone’s country album. But I’m interested always in the amazing Karen Clark Sheard’s new gospel album, “Still Karen,” on August 23.
