Looks like Hive were too quick to pull "BEYONCE brought back albums sales!!1" card.
As if it were any doubt that BEYONCÉ's sales were frontloaded and local, let's 4th month sales:
ALBUMS ARTIST
BEYONCÉ:
WEEK 13: 57,000
WEEK 14: 48,000
WEEK 15: 42,000
WEEK 16: 39,000
=186.000
SINGLES ARTIST:
LOUD:
WEEK 13: Loud - 143.600
WEEK 14: Loud - 160.600
WEEK 15: Loud - 146.300
WEEK 16: Loud - 129.000
=578.000+
Talk That Talk:
WEEK 13: Talk That Talk - 54.000
WEEK 13: Talk That Talk - 54.000
WEEK 13: Talk That Talk - 51.000
WEEK 13: Talk That Talk - 49.000
=208.000+
Unapologetic:
WEEK 13. 84,000
WEEK 14. 74,000
WEEK 15. 73,000
WEEK 16. 75,000
=306.000+
BEYONCÉ's album sales have been extremly BAD for many weeks. It has already dropped to selling 20k per week.
At this rate(3.3m) it will barely outsell Unapologetic(3.9m), album that Hives are calling a flop.
Albums artist indeed.
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