The estimates have started rolling in for last week’s releases, and Drake is expected to drastically outperform all of his competition.
The 22-song More Life playlist is predicted to do 500,000 to 550,000 with sales plus streaming (SPS), with 225,00 to 250,000 coming from straight sales, according to Hits Daily Double. Those numbers will comfortably launch him into the #1 spot on Billboard chart, where his VIEWS album spent much of 2016.
The project came out on all digital service providers to much fanfare on Saturday (March 18) after several delays, but a physical release has yet to be announced. Early reports show that it’s at least on track with his last album, VIEWS, which averaged 35 million plays per day in its first week, and might do substantially more since that release started as an Apple Music exclusive.
More Life has already given Drake two Spotify records, according to a press release sent to HipHopDX. Its 61,302,082 first-day streams on March 19 were the most ever and, as an artist, Drizzy had a total of 76,355,041 streams that day, passing Ed Sheeran for most spins in a 24-hour period.
Rick Ross released his Rather You Than Me album on Friday (March 17), which is expected to pull in numbers ranging from 85,000 to 95,00 SPS, with 40,000 to 50,000 in pure album sales in its first week, again according to Hits Daily Double.
Of course, the rollout wasn’t without controversy. One of the tracks from the project, “Idols Become Rivals,” took aim at Cash Money Records CEO Birdman, which likely helped draw some ears.
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Compared to Rick Ross’ 2006 debut, Port Of Miami, which sold more than 187,000 units in its first week, the Carol City, Florida rap powerhouse’s ninth studio album pales in comparison, but that’s simply a sign of the digital era. Ross still managed to outsell projects from rock veterans Depeche Mode and indie band Spoon.
Rather You Than Me won’t hit #1 this week, but Ross will likely crack the Top 5 — exactly how high he’ll make it will be determined by how well he does compared to the current chart-leaders, British pop sensation Ed Sheeran and hard rockers Metallica.
I remember seeing on HDD last week the “prediction ” of the album selling 850K of actual purchases and 1 million with streaming.
What happened?
Those weren’t predictions, they were Victoria’s “dreams”
I don’t think there’s an artist who can out sell DRAKE at this point of his career. He has such a HUGE fan base……. Hes always gonna do big numbers. But I think that Rick Ross album go hard……
Hip Hop Artist….
Eminem is probably the only one who can match or surpass him. MMLP2 is at around 8 million worldwide, which is almost as much as Drake’s discography. This was also 4 years ago almost, though.
Unless Eminem comes with a single that has mass appeal, I see him struggling to do 600K. He’s still relevant but no where near as close to Drake in that regard.
nah… eminem at this point cannot out sell drake too. (at this point). he is still one of the best rappers alive, n if u want to listen to real rap album, you’ll listen to eminem not drake.. however, the album sales not gonna top drake at the moment. even if eminem puts more pop songs on his upcoming album, people kinda bored with his pop style rihanna-skylar grey-sia type of songs, unless he’s doing it with new song writers, producers, n totally creates something fresh…
I like it for what it is. I don’t go in expecting a bunch of hip hop songs or anything. It has different vibes to it and I don’t need a decoder to figure out who’s mumbling what. Music has been scarce and pretty horrible lately. Sometimes you just need a few songs that are low and mellow.
So this was all a ploy and its not his dads album at all? Im confused. His dad is mad annoying anyway. The nerve if this guy tryna act like he came up with the saying “more life” and lashing out at people on social media like a teenage girl for not supporting his wack ass music career. His son is a star, he is def not. He is holding onto his sons coattails for dear life and seems like a weirdo.
Eminem has still sold more albums than Frake ever will, and he writes his own shit and can freestyle. By the time Drake hits had way what Em did, he will be ousted for the closet homosexual he blatantly is, or a real rapper will Body him.
Not a drake fan but I’ll give the album a listen. Rick Ross album too… Ya know why?
Um…because you have Tidal?
Enuff with drake dick riding. His music soft and he’s a cornball.. That’s a flop if u ask me… Been talking about this dumb ass pop album for months and it’s sells 225,000… Streaming sales is BS… Hoods don’t bump drake anymore… Corporate gonna get the memo soon… He annoying.. We bumping lyrics and trap shit… No more Kermit the frog ass drake.. That’s not hip hop or rap… And that album cover is horrendous …
So is this an album of a playlist? The fuck is a “playlist”? Stop renaming shit, also im old.
Ya know what I think is funny? How many people come in these threads to hate on Drake. It doesn’t bother me one bit. I literally “lol” at the comments people make. But as someone who enjoys music, this album definitely met expectations. Like it better than Views (a lot more) and it’s great music to vibe out with ya girl. That’s all she and I did this weekend and we had a blast, fellas. Try to remember the words DMX once said “Try to keep yo mind, on getting pussy than crime” or at least in this case, hating on Drizzy. Bunch’a jealous males with female traits!
True, this is way better than Views.
DMX would knock the duck outta Drake
So saying something is wack or contrived means ur jealous? No, dick riding a dude no matter what is a feminine trait.
Ross is trash. That ninja ain’t never gonna sell anything close to Drake. Not in the ballpark buddy. Go back to the little league, Officer Ricky.
At least he writes his own fake shit. And he is from the US.
No one pays for Drake it’s all YouTube and Spotify there been a veiws album in the record store since it came out
Spotify pumps its veiws they say the life of Pablo is my favorite album on ig I didn’t even listen to that album all the way threw
Total garbage. Fake Jamaican accent. Fake ATL/TX/NY/LA slang from a Canadian child actor who doesn’t write his own rhymes. A picture of his dad who dogged his mom and left her on the cover to justify the Nbombs. Now those click farms are hard at work trying to put the pop back in the tart. Meanwhile Milli and or Vanilli is going out on fake dates with bitches he ain’t smashing to throw off the scent of gay. And all of these idiots are clapping and applauding this puppet. The New New Kids. Hip-Hop is lost.
I wish people could wake up, this guy is a Culture vulture being pushed on the hip hop community to kill the culture, now he features all these British artists, whats he trying to do, i wish someone will shoot him. All these sissy boys jumping on his dick are gay as fuck.
Drake always trying to ride the next wave. Giggs and skeptah are dry as my feet in the Sahara.listen to the content they do not have bars, I’m from London only kids listen to this rubbish.They are so crap they can’t even call themselves rappers they call themselves grime artists because they can’t rap! Give me some Freddie Gibbs, Conway, Reks,etc any day
Ross is not trash…and unless you know any of these cats personally who are u to say who or what they smashin.
and Hip hop been lost since like ’91 where u been
Be it as it may, I’m rocking with Ross album.
the FAKE ‘Rick Ross’ won’t do a TENTH of DRAKE’S Sales – Officer Ricky need to take that fruity fur coat off & get back to being a fulltime C.O. & knock that weak meek RAT around with his Baton! #BiggestFraudInHipHopHistoryWilliamRoberts
Just another sissy boy dick riding drake. Drake is a fake ass Canadian boy who never lived in the streets, he let someone pee on him in a soap. All you drake stans needs to be met and get mouth busted. He was a correction officer, but you don’t know the half.
Great. Still rocking with Ross. And I get the sense online people are slowly catching on to the marketing gimmick that is Drake. We will look back in 10 years and most people will deny they were Drake fans. Fortunately, social media will tell in them
Last album did a milli out the gate and this one is at half? I guess those Apple numbers no longer need manipulation….. that’s a huge drop, it’s like half of his fans disappeared
70% of fake drake’s fans wear high heels..the other 30% are queer that wear sandals. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK
You ninjas complaining that drake got a few UK artists on MORE LIFE but Ur favourite rapper always talking bout foreign this foreign that.fack out here. Its MORE LIFE over eryting out right now. 6side we made it.
O yeah go listen to a man like Stormzy straight ?
I love seeing hip hop on top, I just wish it wasn’t Drake.
Is drake Hip Hop though? He sings a lot more than he raps. His music is fine. But there’s no way he’s Hip Hop.
The media houses are doing it again,smh_ why promotin this gay ass drake on media all the time? This corny ass rapper is not doing anytin that is worth listenin and you keep promotin him,that’s fuck. Is he the only rapper alive on planet? I quess this is not ordinary/illuminati all through his body
Can Drake fans please leave this HIPHOP website. I’m sure there’s a more suitable RnB -singy-songy website.
Every fan I see excited for his release is female. And young. If you see a grown man excited for this album release you legally have the right to bitch slap him.
Bruh fuck this sight it’s always in drake dick and slick dissing meek and ross and even kendrick…allhiphop
It’s funny how everyone insults drake,his fans or his work yet none of their fav rappers can outsell him or are as popular as drake is. People make excuses as he doesn’t come from the streets,he was accused of having ghost writers yet he ghosted the person who accused him,he has a solid fan base etc yet who says in order for you to be successful in the entertainment industry you need to come from the streets? Drake grew his own fan base and it wasn’t given to him. I mean who gets given a fan base!Eminem is my fav rapper of all time but he is not from drake generation so I don’t see why people are comparing these two artists.As much as people do not want to admit it but Drake has revolutionized the hip-hop game of his generation and is breaking boundaries which most hip hop cats can’t understand and don’t like.They say he isn’t a hip-hop artist as he sings pop yet he kills all the hip-hop songs that he is featured on and he shows his versatility with other genres. Drake doesn’t see himself as a hip-hop artist he is a pop star and wants that image!My Question will always be why hasn’t any other hip-hop artist in drake generation Had the same impact as drake has had? There is j cole,Kendrick,meek mill,Rick Ross,Big Sean,Kanye West and the list goes on can somebody answer me this Q without making excuses for other artists ?
Fanboy..when popular or an internet sensation you will sake no matter what…when Wayne was add he sold 1mil. Carter 4..that shit was ass….drake put out a playlist that’s slightly better than views not better than take care…or thank me later …lol rick ross made an album better than his debut…can’t sell shit ….it’s just that era where you popular you will sell more talented or not…fuck hip hopdx for that pussy add review too. . Talkinon bout diss record is what sold them pussy stay on drake dick and dissing mmg. .allhiphop is that right fuck these bitches
It was Carter III and Carter IV and both were classics. Even real rap fans loved C4. You sir are an idiot. Get off the internet
Neither C3 or C4 are classics. Only pop music fans like C4. Leave that shit in the Recycle Bin where it belongs.
You missed the point. People don’t care about sells if dude is wack. And he hasn’t “revolutionized” anything. He’s doing nothing Nelly, Mc Hammer etc haven’t dine before.
Rappers couldn’t outsell Hammer during his time so what’s your point????
How is Kanye even in your list? He has out sold Drake in nearly every area especially if you’re talking physical CDs’ How many Grammy’s does Drake have? So maybe you can compare the others but Yeezy is light years ahead of Drake if it comes to just selling records.
J Cole sold 511k of 4 your eyez only in it’s first week and was the highest paid rapper in 2015 and is at the top of the rap game. Just because you don’t hear about him on every news channel is the only reason why you don’t think this. I think Drake is brilliant and I listen to him and in terms of pop culture he definitely is but there’s no excuse. J Cole is the only artist that matches him. Why you’ve put J Cole and Meek Mill in the same sentence i’ll never know. Do your research.
Drake #1…Rick Ross trash
@Jdamizzle Drake def did not grow his own fan base it’s not even close, he came in with wayne who at the time was damn there hotter than tupac when pac got shot, If drake would have went to any other label besides cash money/young money I’m sure he doesn’t blow like he did, may have not blown at all. He rode waynes wave
Waitin to buy the physical copy. Comment section is filled with so much salt, just listen to something else! Why come here and just complain about Drake making music, he’s an artist. That’s his job. Go get one. I enjoy this shit and idgaf who else agrees or disagrees. Stop complaining.
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“Of course, the rollout wasn’t without controversy. One of the tracks from the project, “Idols Become Rivals,” took aim at Cash Money Records CEO Birdman, which likely helped draw some ears.” Very biased comment