By Sophie Caraan / Oct . 9,324 Likes, 93 Comments - Forbes (@forbes) on Instagram: "Taylor Swift unleashed her seventh studio album, 'Lover,' into the world on Friday to…" The album retains the #1 position for the fourth week with massive sales of 183,000 equivalent album units. According to Nielsen Music, 'Scorpion' (which was released on June 29) sold 732,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 5, with 160,000 of that number in traditional album sales. Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported . Very, very hard. Any non-lyrical attempt to damage the success of Cash Money Records must go through Drake first, and GOOD Music tried. Via brenovinyl. Biggest Week for an R&B/Hip-Hop Album in Over Two Years: Scorpion's start of 732,000 units is the largest week for an R&B/hip-hop album since Drake's own Views launched with 1.04 million units . These are huge numbers for an album of any genre in 2016, but especially hip-hop. The album retains the #1 position for the fourth week with massive sales of 183,000 equivalent album units. Of the sum, album sales comprise 146,500 units and streaming units comprise 35,000 units . Drake's fifth studio album Scorpion hasn't exactly blown critics away, but it's made a massive impact on listeners since . In its . Canadian rapper Drake shattered records with his new album "Scorpion," which became the first to score one billion streams in its first week and also debuted at No. Today, the publication announced that the project generated 745.9 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. alone - setting a new all-time record for any artist in history. Slowing Drake down slows down Cash Money Records. SCORPIONS' "Comeblack", a new album of classic rock covers and fresh performances of signature repertoire recorded last year, sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 this week with the equivalent of 145,000 sales in . Certified Lover Boy, which is Drake's tenth No. The top 3 remain the same though all are down in sales, the headline goes to Five whose "Let's Dance" becomes their first single to spend more than 7 days at the top but it lost 37% of its sales to record a tally of 52,000, the lowest tally in 30 weeks. Some 44,311 are from pure album sales. Ariana Grande moved 174k units (42k pure sales), Trippie moved 60k (4k pure sales), Busta Rhymes did 38k (17k pure sales) and Queen Naija moved . Drake spoke about Dark Lane Demo Tapes during an appearance on Lil Wayne's Young Money . Here's our weekly overview of Hip-Hop and R&B album sales in the US, including an update on where the albums land at the Billboard 200 chart. While Scorpion, Drake's 2018 studio album, sold 732k copies in its first week of release, 2020's collection of leaks and unreleased named Dark Lane Demo Tapes sold 227k copies in the same time . 23. Getty Image. UPDATE (Nov. 8): The final first week sales are in. Scorpion not only became his eighth consecutive No. On the US Billboard chart, Scorpion debuted with 613,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, setting the record for most first week sales of 2021 in the States. With a total of 732,171 equivalent album units moved (159,771 in pure album . Reports say that Scorpion is expected to move 870-920k equivalent album units; 275-300k of those . Comparatively, Scorpion moved 731,000 units in its first week out. However, 30 logs the largest second week for an album in over three years, since Drake's Scorpion earned 335,000 units . Check Out the Funniest Memes . Certified Lover Boy earned the second-biggest streaming week in history. Certified Lover Boy is Drake's first studio album on his own OVO label, via Universal Music Group / Republic Records . 1 on Billboard's chart with the equivalent of 613,000 sales in the United States, according to MRC Data. He had 743.67 million streams (equivalent to 562,000 album . Scorpion sold over 732,000 total copies in its debut week, with the vast majority of that sum drawn from streaming equivalent albums (SEAs): According to Billboard, Scorpion tracks generated 746 . The . 'Ye previously held the crown for the biggest first week for an album in 2021. Now, the project has officially been streamed over . Scorpion is the fifth studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake.It was released on June 29, 2018, by Cash Money Records, Republic Records, and Young Money Entertainment. That number is comprised of 149,000 pure album sales and 43,000 streaming equivalent album units, which comes from 57.87 million on-demand streams of the album's songs. The last album to do that was Drake's "Scorpion," with one . On Friday, word came that the final total is just under 328,000, with more than 44,000 coming . Drake is the hottest hiphop artist at the moment and today we'll be ranking all his projects based on first-week sales worldwide. Drake's sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy has secured the best first week sales of 2021 with 613,000 units sold, Billboard reports. I find it super interesting to look at this and see how current artists stack up against artists of the past so I broke it down into a few charts. 90 on The Billboard 200 chart.. SCORPIONS' last collection of all-original material, "Sting In The Tail", opened with 18,500 units to land at No. Of course . Drake rules the Billboard album chart for a fifth week in a row, but next week may belong to Travis Scott. It marks the largest tally for any album in 2021 and also the largest first-week sales for a rap album since 2018 when Drake's Scorpion effort landed in the coveted spot. This was also the year Adele released 25, and she finally broke the record N'Sync set in 2000.In fact, Adele broke the record in only 4 days and sold 3.38 million albums in the US. Scorpion remained a streaming juggernaut for weeks to come, racking . His latest project Scorpion. Within a week of its release, listeners have streamed the album more than 1 billion times, breaking the record for most week-one streams in its first three days. Then, she sold an additional 1.11 million records in the second week and 1.16 million in the fifth week. Then there's someone like Taylor Swift who has opened close to one million with albums such as Lover and Folklore but the sales figures in the US after a year are only 1.1-1.5 million for both albums each respectively. By comparison, Drizzy's last studio album Scorpion took the No. That's down 66% compared to its chart-topping debut sum of 839,000 units a week earlier. 1 album overall, earned 743.67 million on-demand streams of the album's 21 tracks. The top dog—back in 2000 and now 20 years later—who lays claim to being the leader of the best first-week sales in rap is Eminem. According to Nielsen Music, "Scorpion" (which was released on June 29) sold 732,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 5, with 160,000 of that number in traditional album sales . 23. Travis Scott's on the ride of his life as the Astroworld first week totals come in, earning him his second No. Drake's last album, 2018's Scorpion, performed even higher numbers when it collectively sold 731,000 copies in the first week while 2016's Views sold 1.04 million units. The G.O.O.D. His official first-week numbers were initially expected to land around 350,000 album equivalent units. His record label Republic Records announced this week that "Scorpion," Drake's fifth album, has crossed the one billion mark in total streams - a first for an album in its first week. Yeah and you were laughing at her because of streaming numbers, she gets ACTUAL sales. The project debuts at no. Now the first week sales projections for the album have arrived. This will sell 157k first week. You can check the top 10 below: Biggest First Week Sales in Hip-Hop in the Last Decade: 1. Billboard states CLB recorded the largest first week for a rap album since Drake's Scorpion garnered 732,000 equivalent album units in 2018. Drake Becomes the First Artist to Hit 1 Billion Streams in One Week. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week after moving 327,270 album-equivalent units in its first week of release. SCORPIONS' "Comeblack", a new album of classic rock covers and fresh performances of signature repertoire recorded last year, sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. Walker's highest entry is "No Love," with SZA, at number 13, followed by "Bitter," featuring Cardi B, at number 25. First Album to Hit 1 Billion Streams for Its Songs Globally in a Single Week: Industry sources previously confirmed to Billboard that Scorpion is the first album to spur 1 billion on-demand audio . Drake's most recent album, Certified Lover Boy, sold and streamed 613,000 copies within its first week of release in September 2021. It's surpassed only by Drake's 2018 album, Scorpion, which earned 745.92 million streams in its first week of release . "Scorpion," which features . 4m. Those 600,000 projected first-week sales will not only be the biggest album debut of 2021 — eclipsing Kanye West's Donda — but it will be the highest first-week sales in Hip Hop since Drake . In its first week out, Drake's album opened at No. Scorpion remained a streaming juggernaut for weeks to come, racking . The debut of his posthumous album Skins was highly anticipated by fans, and is projected to move between 150-160K album equivalent units in its first week. As expected, Drake's fifth album Scorpion has pulled in over 1 billion streams globally in its first week, Drake's label Republic Records confirms to The Verge. The reason behind this low first-week sales is not because of West's low reception with the public. His third studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, sold 1.7 . 90 on The Billboard 200 chart.. SCORPIONS' last collection of all-original material, "Sting In The Tail", opened with 18,500 units to land at No. Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' Could Be First Rap Album of 2021 to Spend Five Weeks at No. We have listed the biggest first week selling rappers of the decade in the United States and it is quite obvious Drake ruled the hip-hop industry in the last 10 years but Eminem is still a big competition to everybody in the game. The Boy's album nearly doubled the 309,000 units Kanye West's Donda earned last week. Billboard further notes that "30" is the first album in more than three years to top 200,000 units for at least three weeks. Welcome to r/WestSubEver, a community dedicated to news, theories, and discussion about recording artist & designer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and his collaborators. While this is technically a drop-off for Drake, none of his albums have ever sold below 400,000 first week, so he's definitely . The last time a rap album went platinum first week was Lil Wayne's Carter 3 in 2008. 80.3k. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. However, 30 logs the largest second week for an album in over three years, since Drake's Scorpion earned 335,000 units its sophomore frame (chart dated July 21, 2018), following its No. There's probably no fan of hip-hop right now who isn't discussing Kanye West's latest offering Donda. 1 this week with the equivalent of 145,000 sales in . In 2015, CD sales had been declining for over a decade. And I already said Adele will do well in pure sales, the . She knew to move her album up. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with Eternal Atake, marking his second chart-topper and the biggest streaming week for an album since 2018.. Drake has been at the forefront the pop culture conversation in the past few months, and the first week sales of Scorpion back up his status as one of the biggest names in music. The fact that no artist has managed to crack a million first-week in the streaming era says a lot. Click to expand. . Drake Owns Six of the Top 10 Largest Streaming Weeks for an Album: Drake's Scorpion has the first, third and seventh-biggest streaming weeks for an album. While the album suffered numerous delays and push backs before its December 2011 release date (almost 3 years since Jeezy's last album), TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition still managed to debut at number 3 on the charts, moving 233,000 copies in its first week album sales. Scorpion, the fifth album from musician Drake, has become the first album to achieve 1 billion streams globally in a single week, a feat that aided the artist in reaching the top of the Billboard 200 album chart in the same week as the chart altered how streams are weighted in results. After Scorpion dropped, Birdman went on record admitting Drake "kept this shit alive for the last four-five years consistently". Drake's new album Scorpion has been breaking records left right and center. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). . Kanye West has the number one album in the United States. Drake's "Scorpion" holds at No. [Discussion] First Week Album Sales Since 1991 & The Top 100 Hip-Hop First Weeks of All Time (2021 Edition) 1991 was the first year that Nielsen started tracking music sales data. 5 albums in 5 weeks hard. First Week Album Sales: 233,000. 23. The bulk of its total came from a staggering 745.92 million audio streams, by far the biggest streaming week ever for an album. 1 album and the biggest album debut . Folklore sold 845K pure during the summer of the pandemic lockdown…this is not the drag you think it is. A record-breaking week. Scorpion's opening sum of 745.9 million is the biggest streaming week ever, while the album's second week total of 391 million is the third-largest. The album was released in March 2020 and beat all the group's previous sales records. SCORPIONS' "Comeblack", a new album of classic rock covers and fresh performances of signature repertoire recorded last year, sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. Get Mp3 New Drake Take Care Album Sales First Week, Drake's Albums Ranked by First-Week Sales | Scorpion Sales |, ETLifestyle, 04:41, PT4M41S, 6.43 MB, 5,633, 163, 0 . Ahead of the weekend, Nielsen Music reported that Drake's latest album Scorpion is at the top of the charts for the second week in a row. Becomes First Album to Reach 1 Billion Streams in a Week. This week's overview includes the first week sales of DJ Khaled's new album Khaled Khaled, which debuts at #1. The set was released March 6 . That 700 million is the most that he's gotten since his 2018 release, Scorpion. "Scorpion," in 2018. The "God's Plan" rapper has also maintained his stellar sales record as none of his albums have ever sold below 400,000 first week. Drake rules the Billboard album chart for a fifth week in a row, but next week may belong to Travis Scott. Lil Uzi Vert blasts in at No. A much quieter week this time around with only 2 new hits to report. The result is down on the first week of Drake's last album proper, Scorpion, which opened with 63,690 sales in July 2018 (again, there was no physical edition in week one). Taylor can't even so 1M first week anymore. Scorpion is set to move 870k - 920k copies first week with 275k - 300k pure sales, falling just shy of the 1m mark. It shipped over 400,000 units in its first week in the USA and over 3,37million units in South Korea. In its . 25 CD by Adele. In its first week out, Drake's album opened at No. Scorpion is a double album consisting of 25 tracks. Drake's "Scorpion" holds at No. According to . 1. r/WestSubEver. Kanye West's tenth studio album Donda (G.O.O.D./Def Jam) was released off-cycle on Sunday, August 29.. Def Jam confirmed yesterday (September 5), that the album racked up over 520,000 equivalent units globally in its first week (seven days) of streaming, having accumulated over 775 million global streams in that period. 1 debut . Of the sum, album sales comprise 146,500 units and streaming units comprise 35,000 units . 1 on the Billboard 200 album . 1 on Billboard's chart with the equivalent of 613,000 sales in the United States, according to MRC Data. Adele's third week total makes for the largest third week on the album charts since Drake's Scorpion sold 260,000 units in its third week back in the summer of 2018. As previously reported, Still Over It earned 166,000 units in its first week. Adele's 30 spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 288,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 2, according to MRC Data. 1 Projections state that the 21-track record could return to the top of the chart. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart, but the record also received its respect when it spent five weeks in the top spot on the same listing . The following is a comprehensive discography of Scorpions, a German rock band.The band have released 18 studio albums, six live albums, 13 video albums, 29 compilation albums, 15 cover albums, 92 singles and 43 music videos.They have sold between 75 and 100 million records worldwide. But only 29,000 copies were sold in the week of July 12th. 1 slot with 732,000 units in its first week. According to first-week projections, it's looking to be the biggest album of the year thus far. In addition, his 2017 set More Life . Drake's Scorpion has put him in a whole new category, as the first artist to reach a billion streams in one week. Music rapper's new album Donda debuts at No. Scorpion did a bit better moving 731,000 units in its first week of release. Upon its release on Valentine's Day, The Life of Pablo was a Tidal . So far, West hasn't reacted to the news of Drake beating him in first-week sales, but that doesn't mean that fans shouldn't expect some sort of rant from Kim . Drake holds the overall record for the most single-week entries, 27, in July 2018, from his five-times platinum Scorpion album. The bulk of its total came from a staggering 745.92 million audio streams, by far the biggest streaming week ever for an album. Drake's Scorpion final first week album sales have officially been revealed by Billboard. In 2016, West made headlines with his The Life of Pablo album, supported by the controversial single Famous that features nude wax sculptures of A-list Hollywood faces, like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Chris Brown, and many others.. 50-55k of those come from pure sales . Its first disc is primarily hip hop, while its second disc has been described as R&B and pop.It is executively produced by Drake himself, alongside frequent . 90 on The Billboard 200 chart.. SCORPIONS' last collection of all-original material, "Sting In The Tail", opened with 18,500 units to land at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 732,000 equivalent . Scorpion. It's Drake's 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and finally dethroning Drake's Scorpion . "Scorpion," in 2018. 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