A$AP Rocky”s “Long.Live.A$AP” will handily top the Billboard 200 album chart next week with projected sales of up to 150,000.
The hip-hop artist”s latest set, which features Kendrick Lamar, Santigold, Drake, 2 Chainz and more, will easily surpass the only other debut in the Top 10, the 865th volume of Kidz Bop Kids, which will come in at No. 2 with up to 70,000 copies. (OK, we admit, it”s only “Kidz Bop 23”).
The rest of the Top 10 is filled with familiar faces: The soundtrack to “Les Miserables” will be at No. 3 with 45,000 units sold, according to Hits Daily Double. Bruno Mars” “Unorthodox Jukebox,” the soundtrack to “Pitch Perfect,” and Taylor Swift”s “Red” are all too close to call for the Nos. 4, 5, and 6 slots, with each targeted to sell between 35,000 and 40,000.
The Lumineers” self-titled set will come in at No. 7, followed by fellow folk rockers Mumford & Sons” “Babel” at No. 8, Phillip Phillips” “The World From The Side Of the Moon” at No. 9 and One Direction”s “Take Me Home” at No. 10. This week”s No. 1 title, Chris Tomlin”s “Burning Lights” likely falls to No. 11.