So Britney Spears' "Blackout" album is on pace to sell between 330,000 and 350,000 copies this week, which should put her safely ahead of Carrie Underwood's second-week sales and in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 next week. However, it seems The Eagles ' new album "Long Road Out of Eden" will actually sell more copies.
Since The Eagles album is only available at Wal-Marts, it is ineligible for Billboard's main album chart. However, if Wal-Mart decides to release the album's sales figures, it would be eligible for Billboard's Comprehensive Albums Chart -- putting an asterisk next to Spears' potential chart win. Wal-Mart has until tomorrow to decide whether or not to release the figures, according to Billboard.com.
"If the Eagles were SoundScanning this week, even though it's only available at one retailer, Britney wouldn't be No. 1," Eagles manager Irving Azoff told Billboard.
"Blackout" will be Spears' fifth chart-topper. Her last album "In the Zone" sold 609,000 copies in its first sales week in 2003.