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

Drake'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

Rank	Title	Artist	Total Project	Album Sales	Song Sales	Song Streams
1	Views	Drake	741,127	671,232	89,390	91,434,294
2	Lemonade	Beyoncé	128,901	91,261	252,605	18,569,940
3	Purple Rain	Prince & The Revolution	22,407	15,584	67,048	177,095
4	The Very Best Of Prince	Prince	16,366	16,366	0 *	0 *
5	Anti	Rihanna	12,405	3,846	37,658	7,189,253

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

Rank	Title	Artist	Total Project	Album Sales	Song Sales	Song Streams
1	Views	Drake	80,144	73,237	12,097	8,545,576
2	Lemonade	Beyoncé	9,426	6,899	20,437	724,413
3	The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser	Rob Zombie	1,791	1,737	359	27,339
4	Prayers for the Damned	Sixx:A.M.	1,590	1,543	376	14,532
5	Petit prince	Rymz	1,332	1,332	0	0

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 chartAbout 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.