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Thursday, April 8, 2010

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YOUR WEAKEND TOP 15 CHART PREVIEW

After an impressive debut, Usher will fall to his protégé as Justin Bieber reclaims the #1 spot on next week's album chart. It also appears that EMI—the Butler of mid-major music groups—will have three titles in the Top 5. Here's a look at the first-day leader board heading into Masters weekend:
Justin Bieber, My World 2.0 (Island/IDJ) 105-115k
Usher (LaFace/JLG) 85-90k
* Slash (Dik Hayd/EMI) 55-60k
Now 33 (Capitol/EMI) 50-55k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 50-55k
Monica (J/RMG) 35-40k
* Madonna (Warner Bros.) 28-32k
Lady Gaga (Interscope) 28-32k
Justin Bieber, My World (Island/IDJ) 28-32k
Erykah Badu (Universal Motown) 25-28k
Alan Jackson (Arista Nashville) 25-28k
Ke$ha (RCA/RMG) 22-25k
Black Eyed Peas (Interscope) 22-25k
Ludacris (DTP/Def Jam/IDJ) 19-22k
* Jakob Dylan (Columbia) 19-22k
* Denotes debut
You may now return to ESPN’s wall-to-wall coverage of Tiger on the second round at Augusta National. (4/9a)

 
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