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BEYONCÉ debuts @ #1 worldwide
'BEYONCÉ' Already No. 24 Biggest-Selling Album of 2013
After only three days on sale, Beyoncé's new self-titled album is the No. 24 biggest-selling album of 2013 in the U.S.
With 617,000 sold through Dec. 15, according to Nielsen SoundScan, "BEYONCÉ" is sandwiched between Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (No. 23 with 633,000) and Kanye West's "Yeezus" (No. 25 with 607,000).
The year's top selling album remains Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience," with 2.4 million. It's the only album to move more than two million copies this year. It's unlikely "20/20" will lose the No. 1 throne between now and the end of the calendar year, as its so far ahead of the No. 2 title (Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," with 1.5 million).
A total of 10 albums have shifted at least a million copies in 2013.
There are two more sales weeks left this year: the weeks ending Dec. 22 and Dec. 29. The top selling albums of 2013 will be unveiled on Jan. 2.
BEYONCÉ Shatters iTunes Store Records With 828,773 Albums Sold in Just Three Days
Best First Week Album Sales & Number One in 104 Countries
CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2013—Apple® today announced that BEYONCÉ has become the fastest selling album ever on the iTunes Store® worldwide with an unprecedented 828,773 albums sold in just its first three days. BEYONCÉ also broke the US first week album sales record with 617,213 sold and proved to be a global success going to number one in 104 countries.
The self-titled, BEYONCÉ, is the fifth solo studio album from Beyoncé, which was made available exclusively worldwide on the iTunes Store on December 13 by Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records. The self-titled set is the artist’s first visual album. BEYONCÉ is infused with 14 new songs and 17 visually stunning, provocative videos shot around the world from Houston to New York City to Paris, and Sydney to Rio de Janeiro, all before the album’s release. The album represents Beyoncé’s biggest sales week ever.
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Beyoncé Breaks U.S. iTunes Sales Record, Sells 617,000 in Three Days
After only three days on sale, Beyoncé's new self-titled album has broken the U.S. iTunes Store's record for the largest sales week for an album.
According to multiple industry sources, "Beyoncé" sold 617,000 downloads through the close of business on Sunday, Dec. 15. The album bowed -- without any pre-release announcement -- in the iTunes Store at midnight EST on Friday morning, Dec. 13. None of its songs are available a la carte (which is likely helping encourage full album purchases). The 14-song set is selling for $15.99 and additionally comes with 18 music videos. 14 of those are for each of the album's songs.
"Beyoncé" breaks the previous one-week iTunes record, set by Taylor Swift's "Red" when it sold 465,000 in the week ending Oct. 28, 2012. (The digital version of "Red" was exclusively sold through iTunes for its first week. It became available to all digital retailers after its first week on sale.)
To note: The music industry tracks weekly sales on a Monday through Sunday basis, hence why Beyoncé's feat is being measured after only three days on sale. "Red" had seven days of sales in its first tracking week, as it was released on Monday, Oct. 22.
"Beyoncé's" iTunes launch is also the second-largest digital sales week overall -- counting all digital retailers. It's second behind the debut frame of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," which sold 662,000 downloads in its first week. (That number was enhanced by Amazon MP3's decision to sell the set for 99-cents for two days during its first week. Billboard has estimated that Amazon MP3's 99-cent version resulted in 440,000 copies sold.)
"Beyoncé" is all but guaranteed a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart this week, giving the diva her fifth consecutive No. 1 (her entire output of albums). The new Billboard 200's No. 1 will be officially announced mid-week.
"Beyoncé" will also lock in the largest sales week for Beyoncé herself, surpassing her previous high, set when second album, "B'Day," bowed with 541,000 in 2006 (according to Nielsen SoundScan).
Finally, "Beyoncé" notches the largest sales week of 2013 for a woman, and the biggest since Swift's "Red" debuted with 1.2 million in October of 2012.
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