Mid-Weeks

YOUR TOP 15 (PLUS TWO): As expected, Katy Perry will debut at #1, giving Steve Barnett’s Capitol Records its first #1 since the exec took the helm late last year. The bow of Perry’s PRISM will best by about 100k her previous release, Teenage Dream, which opened with 192k in August of 2010. TLC’s 20, which came out last week, leaps into the Top 15 after Monday night’s premiere of the VH1 biopic CrazySexyCool; with 4.5 million viewers it’s the highest-rated cable movie of the year, as well as VH1’s biggest original movie ever, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Here’s how things look headed into the weekend:

*Katy Perry (Capitol) 275-300k
Miley Cyrus (RCA) 40-45k
Drake (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic) 40-45k
Lorde (Lava/Republic) 40-45k
Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench/Republic) 35-40k
*Fifth Harmony (Syco/Epic) 30-35k
*AFI (Republic) 25-30k
Justin Timberlake (RCA) 24-27k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 22-25k
*DJ Khaled (Cash Money/Republic) 22-25k
Scotty McCreery (Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope) 21-24k
TLC (Epic) 19-22k
Paul McCartney (Hear Music) 19-22k
*Def Leppard (Frontiers) 14-16k
*Tori Kelly (Capitol) 14-16k
Imagine Dragons (KidinaKorner/Interscope) 14-16k
Avett Brothers (American/Republic) 14-16k

*Debuts

In other VH1 biopic news, look for the HITS-themed flick CrazyMenacingStoned to be stuck in turnaround sometime soon. (10/24p)