Music Business

Drake’s ‘Vlew’ Passes Beyonce ‘Lemonade’ First Week Sales, Streams In Just Two Days

DrakeDrake's new release "Views" topped 740,000 album units in the U.S and 80,000 in Canada in just two days (4/29-30). That surpasses Beyonce's "Lemonade's" first full week numbers, according to BuzzAngle. Apple Music, which has a 1 week streaming exclusive, streamed "Views" 600,000 times on release day alone. Top 5 in the U.S. and Canada:

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UNITED STATES: BuzzAngle Music Album Project Week-to-Date Chart- April 29, 2016 – April 30, 2016

RankTitleArtistTotal ProjectAlbum SalesSong SalesSong Streams
1ViewsDrake741,127671,23289,39091,434,294
2LemonadeBeyoncé128,90191,261252,60518,569,940
3Purple RainPrince & The Revolution22,40715,58467,048177,095
4The Very Best Of PrincePrince16,36616,3660 *0 *
5AntiRihanna12,4053,84637,6587,189,253

 CANADA: BuzzAngle Music Album Project Week-to-Date Chart- April 29, 2016 – April 30, 2016

RankTitleArtistTotal ProjectAlbum SalesSong SalesSong Streams
1ViewsDrake80,14473,23712,0978,545,576
2LemonadeBeyoncé9,4266,89920,437724,413
3The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration DispenserRob Zombie1,7911,73735927,339
4Prayers for the DamnedSixx:A.M.1,5901,54337614,532
5Petit princeRymz1,3321,33200

Album Project Units = Album Sales + (Song Sales/10) + (On-Demand Audio Streams/1,500)* Song sales and song streams can only contribute to one album on the chart

About BuzzAngle Music – BuzzAngle Music’s new charts and analytics offer data at a much more granular level and in a much more timely manner than the most commonly used measurement of sales and streaming available up to this point, leading to an ability to produce over 250,000 unique charts daily, revolutionizing a slow, staid and stale aspect of the music industry. The week-to-date charts are updated each day to reflect the previous day’s sales and streaming activity in both the United States and Canada.

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2 Comments

  1. And this is a surprise why? Drake always sells more than Beyonce. A lot of artists do. It’s just everyone has Bey up on some pedestal she doesn’t deserve to be on. It might be different if it didn’t take hundreds of people to make Lemonade but it did.

  2. Really because Drake’s highest selling album is 3 mil WW. While Beyonce last album sold 5 mil WW which was one of her lowest to date so not true.

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