Update:<\/b> Billboard has made the news official: Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” debuts at #1 on the Top Album Sales and Billboard 200 charts.<\/p>\n
It tops the former thanks to what Billboard reports as 232,000 in pure opening week US sales. The inclusion of SEA (track streams\/1500) yields an opening week consumption total of 276,000, which easily scores “Blonde” #1 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
Both figures are the third-best opening week tallies this year; only Drake’s “Views” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade” got off to hotter starts.<\/p>\n
The Top 5 of this week’s Billboard 200 also features two other debuts: Tory Lanez’ “I Told You” at #4 with 52,000 units and Lindsey Stirling’s “Brave Enough” at #5 with 49,000.<\/p>\n
Drake’s “Views” (#2, 77,000 units) and “Suicide Squad: The Album” (#3, 76,000 units) also appear in the weekly Top 5.
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It did not launch until the second day of the tracking period, but Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” had no trouble dominating the weekly US sales race.<\/p>\n
Its consumption total also easily ranks as the week’s best.<\/p>\n
According to Hits Daily Double, “Blonde” sold approximately 232,140 US copies during the August 19-25 tracking week. The sales figure more than quintuples that of the week’s #2 seller.<\/p>\n
The inclusion of SEA (track streams\/1500) results in an opening week consumption total of ~278,361 units (because the album’s songs were not available for individual purchase, TEA — track sales\/10 — was not a factor). The tally more than triples that of the closest competitor.<\/p>\n
Due later this weekend, Billboard’s more authoritative data may differ slightly from that reported by Hits. The discrepancy will not, however, change the outcomes: the sales figure will earn “Blonde” #1 on Top Album Sales, while the consumption sum will position Ocean’s album atop the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
This week’s other pure sales leaders: Lindsey Stirling’s “Brave Enough” (~42,690 US sales), “Suicide Squad: The Album” (~36,412), Tory Lanez’ “I Told You” (~31,403), Drake’s “Views” (~22,281) and Dolly Parton’s “Pure & Simple” (~21,040).<\/p>\n
This week’s other consumption leaders: “Views” (~77,316 units), “Suicide Squad” (~74,176), “I Told You” (~53,382), “Brave Enough” (~46,828), and “Blurryface” (~32,469).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047,206],"tags":[7157,7138,2357,54,1398,7154,2143,7027,5193,2167],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n