UPDATE: The numbers are in — Rick Ross’ Mastermind officially tops Billboard with about 185,000 units sold, which Pharrell coming in second with about 110K (BUT, over in the UK, Pharrell hits number one, so congrats to both). Ashanti did marginally better than expected with 28,000 copies sold.
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So, the forecasts are in for three big album that dropped this week, and — courtesy of Hits Daily Double — they are:
Rick Ross – Mastermind: 145-160K
Pharrell Williams – G I R L: 85-95K
Ashanti – Braveheart: 18-21K
I’m not surprised at all by any of the above numbers for varying reasons (sorry Ashanti, you’re along way from Murder Inc….but you probably know that already).