TOP 15: VIEWS FOR MILES
Drake will handily top both our sales and streaming charts this week as he goes on to break the one-week streaming record...
Drake will shatter the one-week streaming record as Views is on track for up to 250m streams in its first week. This is more than double that of Beyoncé’s Lemonade, which just set a new record last week. View’s sales will be the biggest debut for an artist not named Adele or Taylor Swift since Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience debuted with 968k in March of 2013. Here’s how it looks at midweek.
SALES
*Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 850-900k
Beyoncé (Columbia) 190-210k
Prince, The Very Best Of Prince (Warner Bros.) 35-40k
*Now 58 (NOW) 35-40k
*Rob Zombie (UMe) 30-35k
Prince, Purple Rain (Warner Bros.) 28-33k
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 24-28k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 18-22k
*Sixx: A.M. (Eleven Seven) 16-20k
Hamilton (Uptown) 15-18k
Rihanna (Westbury Road/Roc Nation) 14-18k
*Martina McBride (Nash Icon) 14-18K
Joey + Rory (Gaither) 12-15k
The Lumineers (Dualtone) 12-15k
*Empire Season 2, Vol. 2 (Columbia) 11-14k
SPS
*Drake (YMCMB/Republic) 1.045-1.07m
Beyoncé (Columbia) 300-315k
Prince, The Very Best Of Prince (Warner Bros.) 100-110k
Rihanna (Westbury Road/Roc Nation) 45-50k
Prince, Purple Rain (Warner Bros.) 37-42k
*Now 58 (NOW) 35-40k
*Rob Zombie (UMe) 34-39k
Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 30-35k
Justin Bieber (Def Jam) 27-31k
Prince, The Hits/B-Sides (Warner Bros.) 27-31k
Hamilton (Uptown) 27-30k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 24-27k
Kanye West (G.O.O.D./Def Jam) 24-27k
Twenty One Pilots (Fueled by Ramen) 23-26k
Kevin Gates (Bread Winner’s Association) 21-24k
*Debuts