Honestly love Donda as well, but this album grew on me crazily in one day  numbers are deserved for both parties  both outdoing newbies years into their careers. 

They might be underestimating the streams as well, no? Didn't Scorpion do 700M+? The main difference is that it did 100k more from pure sales

INSANE numbers  

the album is so bad. even donda deserved more 

Imagine the numbers if he actually released a great album. I checked it out because it’s Drake, but nah the album is really bad.  Congrats though. A beast!

Glad he beat the trump supporter Kanye but its not his best.

Even managing 500K is a huge deal post-bundles because even the biggest artists will struggle to reach 300K. Great numbers! 

Taylor wasn't selling bundles with folklore and Lover. The reason evermore had a weak debut was because there were no physicals on first week. I don't know how many times this has to be said.

 

OT: Great numbers 

And that’s how you win. 

2 minutes ago, DesiredConsternation said:

Taylor wasn't selling bundles with folklore and Lover. The reason evermore had a weak debut was because there were no physicals on first week. I don't know how many times this has to be said.

 

Uh, yes she was

 

Spoiler

 

Aiding Lover’s first week: the set’s release in four collectible deluxe CD editions at Target, as well as dozens of merchandise/digital album bundles sold through Swift’s official website. The album also had a standard CD edition that was available widely at retail, along with an equivalent digital album that was available via all digital retailers. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8528870/taylor-swift-lover-album-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart

 

During the album’s first week, Swift’s webstore sold over a dozen physical/digital album bundles (with a CD, vinyl LP or cassette, plus the digital album). All of the physical/digital bundles delivered the digital version of the album upon purchase to the customer, while the physical version will ship to the customer later. Sales of such bundles -- where two formats of the same album are bundled together -- are counted as one sale, with the album configuration sold determined by the first version of the album that is fulfilled to the customer.

Swift’s store additionally sold an array of merchandise/digital album bundles. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428290/taylor-swift-folklore-billboard-200-number-1

 

Not to mention that beyond just bundles being banned now, physical sales worked differently. IDK about if Lover had physicals ready first week, but folklore didn't so the sales would have not counted.

Kanye 

57 minutes ago, DesiredConsternation said:

Taylor wasn't selling bundles with folklore and Lover. The reason evermore had a weak debut was because there were no physicals on first week. I don't know how many times this has to be said.

 

OT: Great numbers 

Lover had bundles

 

From Billboard:

 

Aiding Lover’s first week: the set’s release in four collectible deluxe CD editions at Target, as well as dozens of merchandise/digital album bundles sold through Swift’s official website. 

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8528870/taylor-swift-lover-album-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart

 

EDIT:

 

And Folklore had bundles too:

 

During the album’s first week, Swift’s webstore sold over a dozen physical/digital album bundles (with a CD, vinyl LP or cassette, plus the digital album). All of the physical/digital bundles delivered the digital version of the album upon purchase to the customer, while the physical version will ship to the customer later. Sales of such bundles -- where two formats of the same album are bundled together -- are counted as one sale, with the album configuration sold determined by the first version of the album that is fulfilled to the customer.

 

Swift’s store additionally sold an array of merchandise/digital album bundles.

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9428290/taylor-swift-folklore-billboard-200-number-1

Great numbers. Drake's streaming power is monstrous.

Monstrous streams

 

Please let us not spend too much time on Taylor or Kanye.

 

Kanye had great numbers

Taylor had great numbers.

Drake has outstanding numbers and it's about CLB.

 

11 minutes ago, slw84 said:

Please let us not spend too much time on Taylor or Kanye.

 

Taylor, Drake has outstanding numbers.

Yes I agrih. Congrats to the king of streaming.

 

Holy sh- that is enormous

KING OF RAP ?? 

1 hour ago, Young Volcanoes said:

The difference is Taylor's sales these days come from her fans who buy multiple copies while Drake has real GP demand and support AND a fanbase. 

You can keep saying that but it isnt true, she didnt have that for her 1mil openings and shes the only female up there with donda and CLB with 80million streams from folklore. She has both the gp and fans, drake just has more GP and Taylor more fanbase. I mean, she was the female aotd for a reason.

 

Drake is a monster damn THE artist of the decade did that

the effortless slayage 

i don't get why this man has the gp on chokehold like that 

2 hours ago, Young Volcanoes said:

The difference is Taylor's sales these days come from her fans who buy multiple copies while Drake has real GP demand and support AND a fanbase. 

You can’t pull 80M+ Spotify streams on the first day with only a fanbase. What a clown

3 hours ago, fridayteenage said:

mmm...scorpion had 160k sales so that would only add potentially 100k

I don't think Scorpion has tour bundles. Drake could easily do like 300k+ pure if he had pre-orders and tour bundles

Folk1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-ore SAFE 

 #1 & #2 AOTD holding their thrones 

His power is unmatched.