Republic Touts Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” As “#1 Selling Album In The World”

It may not have debuted at #1 in the United States, but Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” was the week’s “#1 selling album in the world.”

So says label Republic Records, which issued a press release trumpeting the achievement Tuesday.

The press release does not explicitly specify whether the distinction applies to pure sales or total consumption (or both), but it generally seems focused on the latter. When discussing the album’s performance in the US, for instance, it references the 175,000 opening week consumption figure rather than the 129,000 pure sales figure.

The press release also fails to offer a specific opening week global sales (or consumption) figure.

It does, however, confirm that global consumption for the album now exceeds “1 million album equivalents.” In this case, global consumption presumably accounts for opening week album sales as well as release-to-date TEA (track sales/10) and SEA (track streams/1500) for the album’s individual songs, including lead single “Dangerous Woman.”

Brian Cantor

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