Can The Shins Pull Off A #1 Album??

Whoa!

Just when you thought it couldn't get any stranger. HITS is reporting that the new Shins album is on target to sell close to 100,000 copies this week! The (lackluster) SNL appearance and an 'impressive pre-order at iTunes' are the main reasons for the huge numbers, the article claims.

For anyone who's been following the current state of album sales, 60,000 is now enough to top Billboard's Album Sales chart (Dreamgirls and Chris Daughtry are currently #1 and 2 with figures close to that total). The only thing standing in the way for The Shins is R&B act Pretty Ricky whose numbers are being estimated around 110,000...

The massive first-week tally, regardless if it's at #1 or #2, will easily give Sub Pop their best selling debut week in its history.