After a quiet Christmas break on the music front, artists are back and ready to take over the first quarter of 2016. This past Friday, we saw TONS of new releases from some of our favorite names in music – from Wiz Khalifa’s Khalifa to Future’s Evol, Young Thug’s I’m Up, Boosie’s In My Feelings, Majid Jordan’s self-titled debut and Lion Babe’s Begin. We also saw the physical release of Rihanna’s ANTI, which prior to Friday, had only been available via digital retailers. Though not all forecasts are in yet for the aforementioned artists, we have the numbers for the biggest ones. Hit the jump to see what Wiz, Future, Thugger and Rih are expected to move this week.
Rihanna Debuts At #1 On Billboard, While Kevin Gates Debuts At #2!
Rihanna tops the charts today, after her first official week in stores with ANTI. As we explained last week, her Billboard “debut” didn’t really count, as it was only after a mere couple of hours available before the new chart week started. With her full 7 days, Rih clocks in with 166k – all digital, as physical copies weren’t made available until this past weekend. Also debuting big this week is Kevin Gates, whose new album Islah comes in at number two with 112k. Am I the only one who’s really shocked by this? And congrats to my JERSEY boy Charlie Puth, also debuting high at number 6 with Nine Track Mind, moving 65k. Check out this week’s full top 10 below!
Rihanna Debuted At #27 On Billboard – But There’s More To The Story!
On the Billboard charts that were released on Sunday, Rihanna debuted at number 27 – but don’t consider this a “flop.” As previously reported, Billboard is not taking into account the one million TIDAL sales (as they were purchased by Samsung and given out to fans with a promo code.) Billboard only began tracking sales once Rih released ANTI to iTunes, which happened late on Thursday night. 12am on Friday begins a new sales week, so that means this week’s results for ANTI are only a few hours worth. Next week we will see the official numbers, which are currently predicted to be around 120-130k, solidifying the number one spot. This week, ANTI moved 16k pure iTunes sales, 460 physical sales (which only comes from stores that illegally made the album available early) and more than four million streams. We’ll keep you updated on the official numbers next week!
(Photos) TIDAL Is Saying That Rihanna’s Leaked Album Was A System Malfunction And Not A Publicity Stunt
First off congratulations to Rihanna on her new album, Anti, going platinum after just one day after it was released. Even though the album was leaked TIDAL is saying it’s because of a system malfunction. The streaming service is saying that a “system” error is the blame for Anti’s leak. Check out the rest of the story after the jump.
(Photo) Do It For The Gram: Rihanna Gets Kinky For IG
With her album just dropping, its time to turn up a little. Rihanna was just turning up with Miguel and his Motel party and now she gets a little Kinky for the gram. Turn down for whaaaa?
Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ Album Already Went Platinum In Less Than A Day
Less than 15 hours after premiering her highly anticipated 8th studio album, Rihanna’s Anti has already hit the 1 million download mark – by taking a similar route her label boss Jay-Z did in 2013 for his Magna Carta Holy Grail album. Hit the jump.
