On the other hand, Cole blew past expectations, selling about 100,000 copies more than the 150,000 to 200,000 that was forecast on June 14. However, a week later, its sales projection had fallen to 330,000 to 340,000. On the Friday before its release (June 14), it had been tipped to start with perhaps 500,000.

The sales launch for Yeezus is softer than industry sources had forecast. 3-debuting Here I Am.īut let’s get back to West. The arrival is Rowland’s smallest start, dipping below the 77,000 that launched her last album, 2011’s No. Kelly Rowland‘s fourth studio album, Talk a Good Game, is the fourth and final arrival in the top 10. 1 with 496,000.īehind Cole this week is the third rap debut in the top three: Mac Miller’s Watching Movies With the Sound Off, starting at No.

That week, his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy launched at No. Coincidentally, she was stuck behind a debut from West as well. 11, 2010, chart, when Nicki Minaj‘s Pink Friday bowed with 375,000. 2 this week with 297,000, his best sales week yet. It’s bested only by the debuts of Justin Timberlake‘s The 20/20 Experience (968,000) and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories (339,000). West’s Yeezus arrives with 327,000 - the third-largest sales week of the year. Led by Kanye West‘s Yeezus, all of the top four albums on the Billboard 200 this week are new entries.

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