usatoday.com: Without a note yet heard by the public, upcoming albums by U2, Eminem and Destiny's Child are expected to top the chart, reap fat holiday sales and drive traffic into stores.
"There isn't really any doubt about those three," says Alan Light, editor of music magazine Tracks. "At this point, I'm loath to say anyone is guaranteed a million-selling first week, given the way the world is, but Eminem is as much a lock for that as exists anywhere. And the others are big records that have been long anticipated and well set up. These are people who are not following fluke hits. They consistently deliver the goods." [ more]
"There isn't really any doubt about those three," says Alan Light, editor of music magazine Tracks. "At this point, I'm loath to say anyone is guaranteed a million-selling first week, given the way the world is, but Eminem is as much a lock for that as exists anywhere. And the others are big records that have been long anticipated and well set up. These are people who are not following fluke hits. They consistently deliver the goods." [ more]