New Releases

YOUR NEW RELEASES: Hip-hop supplants snowbound fantasy on next week's album chart, as Schoolboy Q is set to debut at #1. Romeo Santos, meanwhile, will score a career-best first week and the largest debut by a Latin artist since RBD debuted in December 2006 with 94k. Santos' previous release, Formula, Vol. 1, opened with 62k in November 2011. Here are this week's key debuts:

Schoolboy Q (TDE/Interscope) 150-160k
Kid Cudi (Republic) 90-95k
Romeo Santos (Sony Music Latin) 90-95k
Beck (Capitol) 65-70k
Dierks Bentley (Capitol Nashville) 50-60k
The Fray (Epic) 35-40k
St. Vincent (Republic) 20-25k

We have to admit that we're pretty preoccupied with what to wear on Oscar night. But we're leaning toward sweatpants. (2/26p)