[BANNEDACCOUNT33]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1566542/kanye-wests-yeezus-album-could-sell-a-half-million-in-first-week

Those in the know suggest the album, due out June 18, may sell 500,000 copies in its first week. Readers might wonder: How do said forecasters come up with a projected sales figure -- when the album isn't even on sale yet?

Basically, these skilled sources make it their business to crunch numbers all day long. Sales forecasts, such as this one for "Yeezus," are based on early orders from retailers, first-week performance of comparable albums, media exposure, radio and YouTube trends for an album's first single, and so forth. These sources each have their own forecast model, so to speak, that helps generate sales projections.

Sometimes, depending on how far out we are from an album's release, a forecast can be wildly different from the final outcome. In general, you can best guess an album's debut sales week once it's actually on sale.

 

[Trek]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1566542/kanye-wests-yeezus-album-could-sell-a-half-million-in-first-week

What

 

[Lowkey.]

Win

 

[D A N]

Would be VERY surprised.

 

[Heartless G]

Gossip Gossip nigga just stop it

 

[BANNEDACCOUNT33]

What

according to Billboard

 

[B-ri]

Would be VERY surprised.

 

[El Señor]

Would be pleasantly surprised.

 

[OvO2011]

400-500k imo been saying this forever.

 

[D A N]

this too

 

[ASH BLAST]

They probably based the article on the "How much will Yeezus Sell?" thread poll

 

[Sgt.Leaf]

We'll just have to see

 

[BANNEDACCOUNT33]

would be just a bit over MBDTF

 

[Ramses]

theres no way

 

[Brobama]

400-500k imo been saying this forever.

 

[illWill]

if every stan buys 3 would it push a milli?

not buying the album btw since it's not called Black American Psycho... and Kanye doesn't care about numbers remember guys bvlivious:

 

[B-ri]

what are they basing this off tho? lol aint like there's pre-orders

 

[Kid.Cudifan 227]

what are they basing this off tho? lol aint like there's pre-orders

tbh. I don't get it

 

[Lambo Jones]

theres no way

 

[B-ri]

This says it all
"Sometimes, depending on how far out we are from an album's release, a forecast can be wildly different from the final outcome"