”***Flawless” by Beyonce featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or Nicki Minaj is the week’s second highest new entry at #82. It’s the fifth Hot 100 hit from Beyonce.
VMA-Related Music Sales Up 41%, 'Beyonce' Rises By 181%
The songs performed during Beyonce's long medley -- celebrating her Video Vanguard Award win -- saw their sales rise by 155 percent (126,000 downloads sold, up from 49,000 the previous week).
In terms of album sales, Beyonce was also the big winner, as her self-titled album (which was the focus of her performance) earned a 181 percent gain (16,000; up from 6,000 the week previous). That is the largest unit gain and percentage increase among VMA-related albums.
Beyonce's 10,000 unit gain accounted for nearly half (49 percent) of the overall increase earned by VMA-related albums (just over 20,000). The second-largest gaining album among the VMA performers is Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour, which rose by 6,000 units to 30,000 for the week (up by 24 percent).
I wish they specified which singles sold around what, but oh well. Great results from the VV award & performance! And ***Flawless having the second highest debut of the week!
I'll be adding ***Flawless to the OP under "singles" tonight. Already updated some things earlier.
Fastest-selling iTunes album: Beyoncé features in the new 2015 book for the release of her incredible sold 828,773 copies worldwide in the first three days of availability.
