Justin Bieber seen topping next Billboard 200

Los Angeles: On next week`s Billboard 200 album chart, look for Justin Bieber to claim his first No 1, as ‘My World 2.0’ is on track to open atop the list.Industry watchers suggest the 16-year old singer`s second album could sell around 250,000 copies by Sunday, March 28.

If that projection holds, it will easily be the singer`s best sales week, besting the 157,000 copies his debut album sold over Christmas week of 2009. That set, titled "My World," peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and returned to the top 10 this week (No. 10 with 33,000, up 21 percent). ‘My World 2.0`s’ first single, ‘Baby’ (featuring Ludacris), became the young artist`s first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart when it debuted and peaked at No. 5 in February. What other albums will join Bieber`s ‘My World 2.0’ next week in the debut parade? We`ll see the ‘Now That`s What I Call Music! 33’ compilation start high in addition to Monica`s ‘Still Standing.’ Other sets looking for notable starts include She & Him`s ‘Volume 2’ and Goldfrapp`s ‘Head First.’ Next week`s Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2009 when: the ‘Now 30’ compilation debuted at No. 1 with 146,000 and the ‘Hannah Montana: the Movie’ soundtrack started at No. 2 with 139,000. Bureau Report