Silk Sonic's 'An Evening With Silk Sonic' Projected to Debut at No. 2 on Billboard 200

Behind Taylor Swift’s new version of ‘Red.’

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An Evening With Silk Sonic, the debut studio album of Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars‘ superduo Silk Sonic, is projected to open behind Taylor Swift’s Red on next week’s Billboard 200.

According to HITS Daily Double, the Bootsy Collins-hosted project could open with a 102,000 units in total activity including 40,000 in album sales. An Evening With Silk Sonic is forecasted to debut at No. 2 while Swift’s Red will enter the top of the charts with a total of 570,000 units including 353,000 in album sales.

.Paak took to Twitter to tease that he collaborated with the wrong pop icon, tweeting, “Looks like I linked up with the wrong pop star! Hey @taylorswift13 is your number still the same!? Lmk if you need help with 1989, I’m available! #ShakeItOff.”

In related news, Silk Sonic is getting their own Apple Music radio show.

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