MILEY VS. SUGARLAND:

Early first-day sales reports have Hollywood’s Miley Cyrus and Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland going head to head for #1 on next week's HITS Album Sales chart, both at around the 300k mark. Sugarland, which is leading off with a deluxe fan package that includes extra tracks and videos, before following up with a regular edition released next week, seems to be right on target with estimates, as buyers are showing no resistance to the slightly higher retail price averaging around $3 more