Vine superstar-turned-major label recording artist Shawn Mendes is aiming for a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week. The 16-year-old singer released his debut full-length album Handwritten on April 14 through Island Records. Industry forecasters suggest the set could move over 100,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 19.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Billboard 200’s top 10 will be revealed on Wednesday, April 22.
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