Early signs indicate that Rod will miss topping next weeks American charts by around 70,000 copies. It looks as if 21-year-old rock starlet Ashlee Simpson will pip Rod to the post with sales of her new album at 260k-270k.
Rod is 39 years older than Simpson, but his career, though redirected, is as vital as ever, with The Great American Songbook Vol. IV foxtrotting its way toward 190k-200k. That’ll easily put Clive’s most recent reclamation project at #2 on next week’s chart.