May 5, 2016

http://pitchfork.com/news/65282-dra...-sells-12-million-copies/?mbid=social_twitter

@DrakeSXN

After releasing his new album VIEWS last week, Drake claimed at the record launch party that he'd sold over 600,000 copies of it on the first day alone. His estimate may not have been too far off, according to new numbers released today by Republic Records. The label reports that VIEWS has sold 1.2 million copies (including streaming album equivalents) across the world in less than six days after its release, with over a million of those sales coming from the U.S. In addition, in that same time frame, VIEWS was streamed over 250 million times, with over 200 million of those coming from within the United States.

VIEWS is currently available only on Apple Music and the iTunes Store. Tomorrow, May 6, it will get a physical release and will also be available on all digital download retailers. On May 13, the Apple Music exclusivity expires and the album will expand to all streaming platforms.

Read "Drake's VIEWS: The 5 Most Important Things to Know" on the Pitch, and check out our interview with Stwo, who co-produced the album's "Weston Road Flows."

Watch "Started From the Bottom: A Drake Timeline" below on Pitchfork.tv:

 

May 5, 2016

NWTS deserved to do these numbers

 

May 5, 2016

Jesus Christ. Wow. Drake a GOAT for selling 1.2 million albums of one of his most mediocre projects.

 

May 5, 2016

Kennedy road taught me not to trust people like you

 

May 5, 2016

The boy got powers

 

May 5, 2016

Key Chains go jangalang

 

May 5, 2016

Peep these numbers @Slyk you nerd

 

May 5, 2016

Chaining Tatum made it