Drake Hits No. 1 On Billboard Chart With 658,000 Copies Sold

Drake’s “Nothing Was the Same” earned pretty much the same first week sales as his last CD, 2011’s “Take Care.”
According to figures compiled by Hitsdailydouble.com, the rapper’s new album moved 658,000 copies in its first bow. Its predecessor moved 631,000 during that same period two years ago.

Then again, legit sales keep eroding overall. So even staying fairly even with earlier figures counts as a triumph. Likewise, that figure will be enough to put the disc in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s latest Top 200 Album chart, to be published Wednesday.

Drake’s CD arrived during an especially busy release week. Last Tuesday also saw new albums from Kings of Leon, Elton John, Metallica, Sting, and Cher.





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