Drake’s ‘Vlew’ Passes Beyonce ‘Lemonade’ First Week Sales, Streams In Just Two Days
Drake's new release "Views" topped 740,000 album units in the U.S and 80,000 in Canada in just two days (4/29-30). That surpasses Beyonce's "Lemonade's" first full week numbers, according to BuzzAngle. Apple Music, which has a 1 week streaming exclusive, streamed "Views" 600,000 times on release day alone. Top 5 in the U.S. and Canada:
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UNITED STATES: BuzzAngle Music Album Project Week-to-Date Chart- April 29, 2016 – April 30, 2016
| Rank | Title | Artist | Total Project | Album Sales | Song Sales | Song Streams |
| 1 | Views | Drake | 741,127 | 671,232 | 89,390 | 91,434,294 |
| 2 | Lemonade | Beyoncé | 128,901 | 91,261 | 252,605 | 18,569,940 |
| 3 | Purple Rain | Prince & The Revolution | 22,407 | 15,584 | 67,048 | 177,095 |
| 4 | The Very Best Of Prince | Prince | 16,366 | 16,366 | 0 * | 0 * |
| 5 | Anti | Rihanna | 12,405 | 3,846 | 37,658 | 7,189,253 |
CANADA: BuzzAngle Music Album Project Week-to-Date Chart- April 29, 2016 – April 30, 2016
| Rank | Title | Artist | Total Project | Album Sales | Song Sales | Song Streams |
| 1 | Views | Drake | 80,144 | 73,237 | 12,097 | 8,545,576 |
| 2 | Lemonade | Beyoncé | 9,426 | 6,899 | 20,437 | 724,413 |
| 3 | The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser | Rob Zombie | 1,791 | 1,737 | 359 | 27,339 |
| 4 | Prayers for the Damned | Sixx:A.M. | 1,590 | 1,543 | 376 | 14,532 |
| 5 | Petit prince | Rymz | 1,332 | 1,332 | 0 | 0 |
Album Project Units = Album Sales + (Song Sales/10) + (On-Demand Audio Streams/1,500)* Song sales and song streams can only contribute to one album on the chart
About BuzzAngle Music – BuzzAngle Music’s new charts and analytics offer data at a much more granular level and in a much more timely manner than the most commonly used measurement of sales and streaming available up to this point, leading to an ability to produce over 250,000 unique charts daily, revolutionizing a slow, staid and stale aspect of the music industry. The week-to-date charts are updated each day to reflect the previous day’s sales and streaming activity in both the United States and Canada.
And this is a surprise why? Drake always sells more than Beyonce. A lot of artists do. It’s just everyone has Bey up on some pedestal she doesn’t deserve to be on. It might be different if it didn’t take hundreds of people to make Lemonade but it did.
Really because Drake’s highest selling album is 3 mil WW. While Beyonce last album sold 5 mil WW which was one of her lowest to date so not true.