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It’s about to be party time for Kelly Rowland. The r&b/pop singer released her new album, Here I Am, this week and if predictions are correct, she’ll have a big debut to celebrate.
Industry insiders are predicting that Kelly’s new album will have a strong debut, coming in at No. 2 on next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart.Early indications has her selling around 70-75k copies.
Should things pan out, this will be Kelly’s highest charting first week of her solo sets. 2007′s Miss Kelly debuted at No. 6–although it sold over 82k copies in its first week– and 2002′s Simply Deep landed at No. 12 with 77k albums sold.
Here I Am, led by the super sexy Lil Wayne-assisted track Motivation, is her first release on her new label home, Universal Republic.
Expected to debut at No. 1 is country singer Eric Church. His new album, Chief, is on pace to sell between 120-130k copies.
[...] third solo project, it is her first for her new label home, Universal Republic. The album is expected to debut at No. 2 on next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart off the strength of 70-75k copies sold. To [...]