<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Look for Lady Antebellum to retain its No. 1 spot on the U.S. pop album chart when data are released next Wednesday.</p><p>The Grammy-winning country trio's second album "Need You Now" could sell between 190,000 to 220,000 copies sold by week's end on February 9.</p><p>That sales forecast is based on how, in the past year, most big-selling country albums generally dropped by 55-60% in sales in their second week. However, throwing a wrench into predicting Lady Antebellum's second week is this past Sunday's Grammy awards, where the group performed. It's likely that a full-week's worth of impact from the show will help soften "Need You Now's" second-week decline.</p><p>The highest debut will likely be Lil Wayne's almost-mythical rap/rock "Rebirth" album, which industry sources are suggesting may sell 125,000 to 150,000 copies, a sharp drop from the million-unit start for "Tha Carter III" in June 2008. The repeatedly delayed -- and widely pirated -- "Rebirth" finally arrived in stores this week, nine months after its initial announced release date.</p><p>The album was originally slated for an April 7, 2009 release, but that changed a number of times last year until the album was finally set to drop on December 15, 2009. At the last minute, its release was postponed -- but not before a number of copies of the CD were accidentally shipped by Amazon.com to some customers who pre-ordered the album.</p><p>Other albums headed for notable debuts on next week's Billboard 200 include Nick Jonas and the Administration's "Who I Am" and Rob Zombie's "Hellbilly Deluxe 2."</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68422542&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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