Dream Your Night Away, Vance Joy
Release date: Sept. 9
Hit singles: "Riptide" is the right kind of TV-commercial ubiquitous, but that's likely to be the only one.
First-week sales: He's not quite popular enough to generate good heat. 50,000.
Tour? He hits the U.S. starting in October.
X, Chris Brown
Release date: Sept. 16
Hit singles: Two, maybe three. It's par for the course from his last few records.
First-week sales: Between 100,000 and 150,000.
Tour? No set dates yet, but it appears he's going on tour with Trey Songz.
Bulletproof Picasso, Train
Release date: Sept. 16
Hit singles: One über-catchy hit that breaks out.
First-week sales: They did 76,000 with their last effort, so let's stay in the same neighborhood. 70,000.
Tour? Playing a few dates in major cities, but nothing expansive yet.
Black Star Elephant, Nico & Vinz
Release date: Sept. 16
Hit singles: "Am I Wrong" might be the one-hit of their wonder.
First-week sales: 55,000. Competing with Brown won't help.
Tour? No news so far.
Cheek to Cheek, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett
Release date: Sept. 23
Hit singles: None; this is an album of standards.
First-week sales: This could be huge. 400,000 seems totally attainable. Great American Songbook sets sell well, and this has a nice hook to it with Gaga's involvement.
Tour? Shockingly, maybe! Gaga's alluded that they might do it.
Point of No Return, Keyshia Cole
Release date: Oct. 7
Hit singles: Probably zero. It's never really broken through to Top 40 before; why would it now?
First-week sales: Her last album did 96,000, but this one likely won't do as well. 80,000.
Tour? None announced.
Heart on My Sleeve, Mary Lambert
Release date: Oct. 14
Hit singles: We have faith that Lambert will strike gold with at least one. Her record label (Capitol) and its promo machine really seems to be behind her.
First-week sales: This is an absolute guess without prior work or precedent. She's been on a massive hit single, but few know her name, and there's no hit single yet. 55,000?
Tour? No, though she is playing scattered shows.
Tough Love, Jessie Ware
Release date: Oct. 21
Hit singles: None, probably, but "Say You Love Me" should be everywhere on U.S. radio. It's gorgeous.
First-week sales: Can't expect much more than modest; 40,000.
Tour? She's currently on a world tour, but there are only a few U.S. dates.
Sucker, Charli XCX
Release date: Oct. 21
Hit singles: "Boom Clap" has done well, and she could really break out with this record. (She needs to get Americans to recognize her slightly odd name, though.) We'll guess two hits, "Boom Clap" included.
First-week sales: A little less than 100,000, probably.
Tour? Yes, but not many dates on the books.
1989, Taylor Swift
Release date: Oct. 27
Hit singles: Swift has had less luck with singles than you'd imagine. Her albums tend to do better – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was her first and only number-one single before "Shake It Off." With the laser-tight pop focus, though, she might be in better shape. We'll guess four.
First-week sales: Two gazillion. (Over a million.)
Tour? She hasn't announced one, but come on.