Drake returned last week with the surprise release of his dance-heavy Honestly, Nevermind album. The project drew criticism from some fans and became the polarizing center of debate in music over the weekend.
Speaking to the power of the 6 God, even without any promo and just an Instagram post to announce the LP mere hours prior to its arrival, he’s expected to post another solid first week on the charts.
According to HITS Daily Double, Honestly, Nevermind is slated to move between 210,000 and 230,000 album-equivalent units in the first week and earn Drake his 12th No. 1 album atop the Billboard 200.
Comparatively, Drizzy’s last album Certified Lover Boy earned 613,000 first-week album-equivalent units, while 2018’s Scorpion opened with a 732,000 tally. Honestly, Nevermind‘s sales forecast puts it on par with 2020’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes, which notched 223,000 sales.
Despite its fewer first-week sales, Honestly, Nevermind still made Apple Music history by breaking the record for the most first-day streams for a dance album. The project also posted 61 million streams on Spotify in its first full day on the service, surpassing the 100 million mark by Sunday (June 19).
The Breakfast Club‘s Charlamagne Tha God offered a brutally honest review of Honestly, Nevermind on Friday (June 17), describing it as “elevator music.”
“The vibes, to me, are the vibes you hear when you’re at a Beverley Hills luxury hotel,” he said. “This is lobby, elevator music. This is the vibes when you sitting in the lobby of the SLS hotel having some drinks on a leather couch with the lights dimly lit.
“You got a suit on, no tie, first couple of buttons on your shirt open, some slippers on, loafers no socks. I’m never going to revisit the album again but if it comes on when I’m in the lobby of a luxury hotel, I’m not mad at it.”
Drake Responds To 'Honestly, Nevermind' Reactions While Teasing 'Scary Hours 3'
However, many of Drake’s rap peers — including Jay Eletronica, Joey Bada$$ and Soulja Boy — have come to the album’s defence, with J. Cole declaring it “phenomenal.”
Even Drake himself addressed the polarizing reactions to his latest effort, saying, “It’s all good if you don’t get it yet. That’s what we do! We wait for you to catch up. We in here, though, we caught up already. On to the next.”
Stream Honestly, Nevermind below.
They underaccounted the sales. Drake actually sold closer to 450k this week
are you retarded.
Don’t mind them. They can’t see past the shaft and balls in their mouth to view the actual numbers SMH. Ovo Fans are the worst, they’re herpes of groupies no matter what you say or do they just keep coming back.
You can’t even deny that drake is winning. Meanwhile, your boy kendrick fell off big time in sales
That would be a yes lol
I love Drake and EDM. but this album was a disappointment to me. He needs to try again with Tiesto, Calvin Harris, Topic, 220 Kid, etc. Drake’s talented enough he should find success crossing over, kind of like how Rihanna made We Found Love and This Is What You Came For.
I dont think Flake was attempting edm
I’m actually a fake ass k dot fan by the way
This album was trash.
That’s actually really great for a surprise album that’s hardly had any promotion. He sold around the same amount as Kendrick, who had way more hype and promotion for his album. So King Drizzy still wins.
He’s selling 450k. Not just 210k
First off, Kendrick hasn’t put barely anything out in 5 years so it’s not fair to compare Kendrick and Drake.
Second, if you want a more accurate comparison, Eminem’s suprise album, Kamikaze, sold almost 440,000 within its first week.
Been a HUGE fan of drizz since he first hit the scene (unsigned). This album just doesn’t do it for me, just ain’t my type of ish. He still winning tho! Get em Legend!!
Can’t stand Charlemagne but he’s not wrong on this one.. it’s elevator music or forever 21 Background music
100 million streams is impressive but not as impressive as people think. 1500 streams equal ONE sale. 100 million/1500=almost 66,700