Been getting a lot of questions about where DEF LEPPARD and WHITESNAKE's new albums will drop on next week's BILLBOARD 200.
DEF LEPPARD'S Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (uMe) has shipped 65,652 units in its first week. Early numbers are promising, but quite frankly Universal have screwed the Leps over again, releasing Sparkle Lounge in the most competitve debut week the charts have seen this year. Def Leppard are competing against Ashlee Simpson's Bittersweet World and Madonna's Hard Candy, along with new releases from Lil' Mama, Steve Winwood, Robyn, Jimmy Eat World, Lyfe Jennings and The Roots. Look for Def Leppard to once again be relegated to the lower end of the Top 20, unless their appearences on Dancing With The Stars and Jimmy Kimmel Live! attract listeners.
WHITENSNAKE's Good To Be Bad is expected to appear on the Top Independent Albums Chart as well as the (hopefully) the bottom portion of the Top 100. The band is getting some decent press and their best reviews in over fifteen years for Good To Be Bad. At the very least, they'll see their best U.S. chart week since Slip Of The Tounge.
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