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Chart News: HDD: Drake 541K /497K
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Originally posted by Hunter_13
4,357,364 copies sold for 1989.
About 2 weeks away from outselling Speak Now. (4,460,000)
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That's great! I think it will sell between 7-8 million.
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1989 - 4,357,364
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The Pinkprint Gold. Her sales are very steady. All she needs to do is release these videos.
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Originally posted by Hunter_13
4,357,365 copies sold for 1989.
About 2 weeks away from outselling Speak Now. (4,460,000)
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The DESTRUCTION
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
BEYONCE was very frontloaded, it would not have reached that upper 1m+ echelon even with a full week (since it sold less than 1m in its first ten days). Still a hugely impressive debut nevertheless.
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Frontloaded, backloaded, whatever helps you sleep at night, the album has sold nearly 4 million, get over it.
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Originally posted by King Maxx
Nah.
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Yes he beez
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Originally posted by Ger-55
Chart Date: 02/15/2015
Status: Final
LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index % Change
-- 1 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 497,602 --
#1 selling rap album of the billboard year by next week
-- 2 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
SOUNDTRACK
REPUBLIC 204,925 --
Gonna be the #1 best selling soundtrack of the year
4 3 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 130,596 135%
Is it platinum yet? If not should get it to platinum
2 4 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 92,430 20%
Girl WHAT, can she not slay so effortlessly...at least make it seem like there was some effort involved?
21 8 BECK
MORNING PHASE
CAPITOL 57,149 333%
So happy for the album of the year
8 9 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 52,158 40%
So they need to release bang dem stick for the spring or summer.
19 10 MAROON 5
V
222/INTERSCOPE 33,444 115%
Expected. Yawn.
12 11 HOZIER
HOZIER
COLUMBIA 32,093 49%
Annie lennox ha power
18 17 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 22,664 31%
#2 rap album with barely any promotion
28 19 SIA
1000 FORMS OF FEAR
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 21,898 135%
LOVE IT
13 20 NICKI MINAJ
PINKPRINT
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 20,968 -2%
At least it had 8 weeks or so top 10 not solely based on sales but still
It'll resurge again
-- 48 BEYONCE
BEYONCE
COLUMBIA 7,788 42% Respectable.
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I'd say 6-6.5 million for Taylor with the potential for 7 million in the long, long term.
Drakes sales are amazing for a mixtape + being available to stream everywhere for free + being able to individually download tracks. I'd say it's more impressive than Beyonce's but her impact obviously >
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Originally posted by simon
I think many critics will agree with me that Beyonce's surprise, exclusive 3-day iTunes release is more impressive than others with months of marketing, in-store sales, Target exclusives, and a full week of sales.
But Im glad you agree with me that Beyonce's was more impactful and remembered.
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No, not really, especially when Drake just proved doing those kinds of numbers with the exact same release isn't a once in a blue moon thing. And Beyonce's album was helped immensely by not being able to download each track individually, whereas Drake's album is not all album-only and you can buy each track separately.
Whereas 3 1million+ debuts has NEVER been done by anyone else. And Beyonce had months of marketing, in-store sales, Target exclusives and a full week of sales for the 4 album and only did 310k.
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That 1989 increase when she did nothing on the Grammys outselling Fearless and RED on their Grammy weeks when they had a full performance by Taylor.
That Style effect
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Papi!
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Originally posted by KangBey
Frontloaded, backloaded, whatever helps you sleep at night, the album has sold nearly 4 million, get over it.
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Wow, the hostility. All I did was point out that with a full week of sales, BEYONCE would not be the second biggest debut of this decade. And it's not even an opinion, it's based on numbers. Its total sales have nothing to do with anything.
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
No, not really, especially when Drake just proved doing those kinds of numbers with the exact same release isn't a once in a blue moon thing. And Beyonce's album was helped immensely by not being able to download each track individually, whereas Drake's album is not all album-only and you can buy each track separately.
Whereas 3 1million+ debuts has NEVER been done by anyone else. And Beyonce had months of marketing, in-store sales, Target exclusives and a full week of sales for the 4 album and only did 310k.
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Do not play this game again..
4 leaked A MONTH in advance! Add to that 10M in pirated downloads of the album. When Drake and Taylor achieve the success they do in those aforementioned circumstances, we can have a fair discussion. Good day.
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
No, not really, especially when Drake just proved doing those kinds of numbers with the exact same release isn't a once in a blue moon thing. And Beyonce's album was helped immensely by not being able to download each track individually, whereas Drake's album is not all album-only and you can buy each track separately.
Whereas 3 1million+ debuts has NEVER been done by anyone else. And Beyonce had months of marketing, in-store sales, Target exclusives and a full week of sales for the 4 album and only did 310k.
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One would say that Beyonce set the tone for surprise releases. Her proven success has not only ignited the music industry, but also fans of other artists who would want to experience what the Beyhive experienced. What once seemed taboo now seems like a legitimate marketing strategy - which is why Beyonce is credited for revolutionizing the music industry with "Self Titled."
But, Taylor 3rd one million opener is also impressive. Nice try for mentioning Beyonce's first week sales for "4" - her lowest out of all her solo albums.
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Originally posted by Dingdong123
That 1989 increase when she did nothing on the Grammys outselling Fearless and RED on their Grammy weeks when they had a full performance by Taylor.
That Style effect
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Not to mention an AOTY win for Fearless
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Originally posted by Kisuke
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Come again
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Originally posted by fridayteenage
Drake is the 13th solo male in the digital era with 4+ 200k album selling weeks.
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Deez stats but slay...
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Beck SLAYING that post Grammys increase It might go Gold now
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Wasn't he around 300k...I think gold is a given.
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Originally posted by Notorious K.E.N
First female rap album to go Gold since Roman Reloaded
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and only 5 singles deep in the era...wait until we get to 10 singles (TNISY, GOYK, WSM, BAH, closer single).
Platinum, here we come
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Personally, I'd rather be front loaded when it comes to album sales. More sales however you can get them is great but most people can't sell in a year what Bey and Drake are selling in a matter of seconds.
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Originally posted by slw84
and only 5 singles deep in the era...wait until we get to 10 singles (TNISY, GOYK, WSM, BAH, closer single).
Platinum, here we come
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Exactly, considering other female rappers with 5+ singles released didn't/ haven't scanned gold with their albums being released longer ago
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Originally posted by tigerlily13
1989 - 4,357,364
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Amazing.
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Originally posted by Jennifer
I'd say 6-6.5 million for Taylor with the potential for 7 million in the long, long term.
Drakes sales are amazing for a mixtape + being available to stream everywhere for free + being able to individually download tracks. I'd say it's more impressive than Beyonce's but her impact obviously >
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Yeah it would be great for her to surpass her top selling album.
Yeah good on drake for the sales
BAD ON the bey stans and the anti bey stans trying to make this first week surprise thing a situation
Like c'mon now...Drake did great numbers and let's leave it at that.
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