Both artists had big opening weeks with record breaking numbers. Check all the data below.
According to Billboard, Drake’s More Life has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 505,000 equivalent album units sold, as 257,000 of that were from streaming only, from 384.8 million streams logged in the U.S. This breaks the Toronto rapper’s previous streaming record set with VIEWS, which earned 163,000 streaming equivalent units in its first week (or 245.1 million song streams). Although, it does not come close in first week numbers, as VIEWS broke a million.
‘More Life’ breakdown:
Streaming Equivalent Albums: 257,000
Track Equivalent Albums: 23,000
Traditional Album Sales: 226,000
On the other side, Rick Ross’ Rather You Than Me has debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 106,000 equivalent album units. 70,000 of those units coming in traditional sales. This marks Rozay’s biggest sales week since debuting at No. 1 with Mastermind in 2014, selling 179,000 copies.
