Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ First Week Album Sales Revealed

Drake’s Scorpion final first week album sales have officially been revealed by Billboard. Today, the publication announced that the project generated 745.9 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. alone – setting a new all-time record for any artist in history.

The project debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 732,000 equivalent album sales, of winch 160,000 were in traditional album sales.

The effort marks the OVO Sound artist’s eight no. 1 album on Billboard, as well as tying Kanye West and Emimem for second-most credited no. 1 projects behind JAY-Z with 14.

Scorpion also went to earn the biggest streaming week ever for an album; breaking Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys project, which previously held the record 431.3 million.

However, the biggest news, was Drake becoming the first artist to generate one billion on-demand audio streams globally for a single week, as he shared the news last night on Instagram.

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