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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.
The top two sales records were achieved in the same week, on March 28, 2001, as both albums were promoted as a direct competition between J-pop singer-songwriters Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki by their respective labels. [36] Distance would debut at Number 1 in the first week, while A BEST would also reach Number 1 in the following week.
[44] The album was released June 15, 2010, by Aspire Music Group, [45] with Young Money Entertainment under a joint venture with Cash Money Records and distribution by Universal Motown. [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]
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 ...
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.
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]
This achievement marked Drake's fourth time at the top of the chart. The mixtape also broke Spotify's first-week streaming record with over 17.3 million streams in the first three days. It was previously held by Drake himself, with his album Nothing Was the Same (2013), with 15.146 million streams in the first week. The album was nominated for ...
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]