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The album was certified platinum on the day it was released [11] and became the first album to be streamed over one billion times in its release week. [12] It sold 732,000 album-equivalent units , which included 160,000 pure album sales, making it the biggest first week of the year.
Some Sexy Songs 4 U opened with first-week sales of 246,000 album-equivalent units in the U.S. and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, marking PartyNextDoor's first chart-topper and Drake's fourteenth, tying him with Jay-Z and Taylor Swift for the most number-one albums on the chart by solo artists. Internationally, it peaked in the top ...
[46] [47] When Thank Me Later was released, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States and sold 447,000 copies in its first week. [48] It also debuted at number one in Canada with first-week sales of 31,000 copies. [49] By August 2015, the album has sold 1.8 million copies in the United States. [50]
The album set various regional and global sales records. In the United States, it opened with first-week sales of 402,000 album-equivalent units and topped the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the year's highest-selling rap album. It also earned 514.01 million global on-demand streams in the debut week, which was the largest streaming week of 2023.
In the United Kingdom, Certified Lover Boy debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 46,000 units sold in its first week while the tracks were streamed 70.4 million times, accounting for 96% of his first-week sales, becoming Drake's fourth album to reach the top spot in the country. [95]
Honestly, Nevermind sold 204,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, becoming Drake's eleventh US number-one album and making him the fifth artist with over 10 number one albums, after the Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen, and Barbra Streisand (both 11). [219] "Jimmy Cooks" also became Drake's eleventh US number-one song. [220]
It became his eighth entry in a row to top the chart and broke the country's streaming record with 745.92 million streams in its first week. [60] Although debuting at number one, the album serves as Drake's lowest first-week pure sales of his career, selling 692,000 less pure copies than Views, and 66,000 less than More Life. [60]
Scorpion by Canadian rapper Drake earned 732,000 units in its first week, marking the largest opening week sales of 2018–followed by American rapper Travis Scott's third studio album Astroworld, and American rapper Lil Wayne’s twelfth studio album Tha Carter V, which moved 537,000 and 480,000 units in their first weeks respectively. [3]