Top 15

YOUR TOP 15: As expected, Ariana Grande will top next week's chart, and Queen Bey may return to the Top 15 following her MTV VMAs performance. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

*Ariana Grande (Republic) 150-170k
*Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville) 48-53k
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 (Hollywood) 45-50k
* KEM (Motown) 45-50k
Sam Smith (Capitol) 28-32k
Wiz Khalifa (Atlantic) 23-26k
Now 51 (NOW) 23-26k
*Avenged Sevenfold (Hopeless) 23-26k
Frozen (Walt Disney) 21-24k
5 Seconds of Summer (Capitol) 19-22k
Chase Rice (Dack Janiels/Thirty Tigers/Columbia Nashville) 15-17k
Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 15-17k
Iggy Azalea (Grand Hustle/Def Jam) 13-15k
*G-Unit (G-Unit) 12-14k
Beyoncé (Columbia) 12-14k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 12-14k
*Steffany Gretzinger (Bethel Music) 12-14k
*Thousand Foot Krutch (TFK) 11-13k
*The New Pornographers (Matador) 11-13k

* Debuts

In other news, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger. Unless it's the forthcoming HITS 28th Anniversary Issue. (8/28p)