I guess I'm just being really pessimistic about the current album sales climate, lol. Kelly Clarkson did just do around 70k I think, so Carrie should surpass her sales, I think. So, maybe 100k is doable. Storyteller came out right after Apple Music really got going and was having it's 3 month free trial periods, which obviously hurt its first week. She was still close to 200k, though. I do think streaming is eating away at physical sales more and more, so I don't know where that puts Carrie's next album if it sells similarly to Storyteller. And by that, I mean, what would be a comparable number today to 177,000 for Storyteller? What can Carrie sell in today's streaming climate when streaming was just really getting going two years ago? In additional to Apple Music, you have more people doing Spotify and now Amazon has their subscription service (Amazon Music Unlimited, which I use). I think she WILL sell less than Storyteller without a ticket bundle for sure, but how much less is the question.
I kind of look at it like box office sales for movies. Box Office Mojo has charts for most revenue all-time, but then you have charts adjusted for inflation of ticket prices. With albums, it is more like, adjusted for the effect of streaming. So, what does 177,000 look like today with SPS?