Lorde's second album Melodrama is on its way to topping the Billboard 200 international charts.
Billboard magazine quotes industry forecasters who say the 20-year-old Kiwi songstress' second album may launch at No 1, earning the equivalent of between 80,000 and 90,000 "album units" in the week after it launched on June 16.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums each week based on a number of measures, including streaming and traditional album sales.
Reviewers have raved about the moody, intimate album, which was leaked online a day early.
Rolling Stone gave it four stars and said the album was a "production tour de force" while Slate called it "the best pop album of the year".
