Pearl Jam is on track to score their first number one album on the charts in thirteen years, according to a report on Billboard.com.
According to Billboard, music industry prognosticators are predicting that the album, Backspacer, which was released Sunday, could shift anywhere between 175,000 to 200,000 copies by week’s end. That sales figure should easily move it ahead of the competition when the Billboard 200 chart for the period ending September 27 is published next Wednesday.
The new album — Pearl Jam’s first not with a major label — is sold exclusively in the United States through Target, iTunes, Pearl Jam’s Web site and independent retailers.
The Seattle-based grunge band has had a spate of number two albums on the charts, including their last release, 2006’s self-titled set. Their last number one album was No Code, released in 1996.
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MusicVixen says...
This album is horrible. I'm sure it'll sell a billion copies.
