Drake is selling a massive pile of albums this week and he hasn’t even released the physical version of his CD. Only 88% of reports are in and he sits at 829K. Most artists would love to sell that many albums over a year let alone a week. And he drops an album almost every 6 months. Dude has come a long way from Degrassi.
Beyonce sits at number 2 with numbers that would have got her a second week at number 1 most weeks. Now 58 features tracks from Zayn and Kelly Clarkson and it is 3rd (and will get no help from SPS because that goes to the original albums). Rob Zombie (you may be surprised to discover that’s not his birth last name) releases “The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration” (from the title, you might think that is a Classical Cross-over album, but it is actually Heavy Metal). is 4th. Prince holds on for another week at 5th and 7th, Chris Stapleton is here for the duration at 6th, Adele is 8th, SIXX is 9th and Aesop Rock is 10th.
Reality singing competitors? Carrie is at 29, Jordan Smith at 38 and Zayn at 40 (time to start thinking about a new single because it is about to peak on radio).
Hits Daily Double Sales (88%)
— 1 DRAKE VIEWS YMCMB/REPUBLIC 829,294
1 2 BEYONCE LEMONADE COLUMBIA 152,346
— 3 NOW 58 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 27,771
— 4 ROB ZOMBIE THE ELECTRIC WARLOCK ACID WITCH SATANIC ORGY CELEBRATION DISPENSER UME 22,785
2 5 PRINCE THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE WARNER BROS. 22,356
8 6 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY NASHVILLE 15,129
3 7 PRINCE PURPLE RAIN WARNER BROS. 11,974
11 8 ADELE 25 XL/COLUMBIA 11,767
— 9 SIXX:A.M. PRAYERS FOR THE DAMNED ELEVEN SEVEN 11,652
— 10 AESOP ROCK THE IMPOSSIBLE KID RHYMESAYERS 9,371
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— 13 EMPIRE CAST EMPIRE: SEASON 2 VOL. 2 ORINGAL SOUNDTRACK COLUMBIA 8,177
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— 29 CARRIE UNDERWOOD STORYTELLER 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 3,260
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37 38 JORDAN SMITH SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL REPUBLIC 2,721
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— 40 ZAYN MIND OF MINE RCA 2,576
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29 50 KEVIN GATES ISLAH BREAD WINNER’S ASSOCIATION 2,088