Thursday, 26 December 2013

'Beyoncé' album remains #1 with strong sales, 'Drunk In Love' debuts high on Hot 100...

The slayage continues. The 'Beyoncé' album has sold 374,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 22nd, according to Nielsen SoundScan. She occupies the #1 spot again this week on the Billboard 200, as well as on the Digital Albums chart and just about misses the 1 million mark in her sophomore week. Following her Platinum certification, 991,000 copies has been sold in the States so far and in 10 days only. As for her singles...

Her urban single 'Drunk In Love' debuts at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. This is her highest charting single since 'Sweet Dreams' (#10) in 2009. The song also enters Streaming Songs at #3 with 6.3 million first week U.S. streams, as well as entering the R&B Songs chart at #1 and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at #2. Pop single 'XO' debuts at #66 on the Hot 100, while non-single 'Mine' featuring Drake debuts at #99. How's that for some extra tinsel?