I have much love for dude but look at Jeremih -- smashing urban and top 40 much harder with another Mustard track, bigger name recognition owing to his past hits and the 5 years he's had to build up a fanbase, and I know his album will open with less than hers because his most recent started with 18,000 four years ago coming off of an even bigger hit.
Or Tove Lo -- exploding pop smash coming off big peaks all around the world, similar reviews, years and years in the industry building goodwill incl. a buzzed about previous release, and this adds up to JUS over 20,000?
How did All About That Bass girl's first release do?
She is more than fine for now.