The Taylor Swift set-up�and it�s hard to get away from�has been a massive success.
Her new album, Speak Now, on Scott Borchetta�s Big Machine and the Lipmans� Universal Republic labels, is exploding at retail in a way that has initial first-week sales estimates between 800-900k and could go higher.
Insiders are even giving it a shot at approaching the first-week numbers generated by Lil Wayne�s Tha Carter III album two years ago.
And it couldn�t come at a better time for the record industry as it heads into the all-importhat fourth quarter.
Swift appears a lock to turn back the year�s previous first-week sales record, set by Eminem�s Shady/Aftermath/Interscope album, Recovery, in June, with 742k.
Her new album, Speak Now, on Scott Borchetta�s Big Machine and the Lipmans� Universal Republic labels, is exploding at retail in a way that has initial first-week sales estimates between 800-900k and could go higher.
Insiders are even giving it a shot at approaching the first-week numbers generated by Lil Wayne�s Tha Carter III album two years ago.
And it couldn�t come at a better time for the record industry as it heads into the all-importhat fourth quarter.
Swift appears a lock to turn back the year�s previous first-week sales record, set by Eminem�s Shady/Aftermath/Interscope album, Recovery, in June, with 742k.
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