Kelly Clarkson‘s latest LP, the June 23-released ‘Chemistry,’ didn’t divorce her from the longstanding top 10 streak she’s collected on the Billboard 200 since opening at #1 with her 2003 debut album ‘Thankful.’
Her first traditional studio effort since 2017’s ‘Meaning of Life,’ ‘Chemistry’ mixes themes of love, loss, and was conceptually inspired by her 2022 split from ex-husband Brandon Blackstock as evidenced by its lead singles ‘Me/Mine,’ ‘I Hate Love,’ ‘Red Flag Collector,’ and ‘Favorite Kind of High.’
Uniquely her first non-holiday studio project to go to chart battle without a Hot 100-charting single to precede it, the 14-track opus – which features high-profile guest appearances or contributions from music legend Sheila E., award-winning actor Steve Martin, and famed songwriter/producers Erick Serna, Jane Black, Jesse Shatkin, and Jason Halbert – was forecast by industry analysts to shift 40,000-50,000 units sold by the end of its inaugural sales tracking week.
Look inside to see how it fared compared to that prediction.