Perfect and concise rollout too, it was destined to have a huge debut. The core Drake/hiphop fans were already anticipating the project since 2014, but for the general public:
I’m no Views fan but this was effective
Highest First Week Album Sales In Hip-Hop History
1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (1,760,000)
2. Eminem - The Eminem Show (1,322,000)
3. 50 Cent - The Massacre (1,150,000) 5 days
4. Drake - Views (1,040,000)
5. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (1,006,000)
6. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (964,000)
7. Kanye West - Graduation (957,000)
8. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (872,000)
9. Eminem - Encore (871,000)
10. Kanye West - Late Registration (860,000)
Wasnt it one of the first albums to have streams added to sales?
I was under the assumption it did but every site is showing me 800k plus
SPS wasn’t the industry norm at the time, VIEWS was instrumental in making it the new normal
Second best Drake project for me tbh
Really great Drake project, doesn't deserve the hate it gets
Wasnt it one of the first albums to have streams added to sales?
Nah lol. Even IYRTITL had stream sales
Highest First Week Album Sales In Hip-Hop History
1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (1,760,000)
2. Eminem - The Eminem Show (1,322,000)
3. 50 Cent - The Massacre (1,150,000) 5 days
4. Drake - Views (1,040,000)
5. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (1,006,000)
6. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (964,000)
7. Kanye West - Graduation (957,000)
8. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (872,000)
9. Eminem - Encore (871,000)
10. Kanye West - Late Registration (860,000)
https://ktt2.com/highest-first-week-sales-in-hiphop-history-69400
And people try to act like Late Registration is some kind of cult classic nobody heard
Amazing album. Deserves it.
Y’all not gonna do this with every drake album lol.