Unannounced Beyonce Album Sold About 600K In Four Days
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We’ll have more on Beyonce‘s surprise self-titled LP later this week, but Billboard is reporting big numbers and predicting bigger – speculating that this will be 2013’s biggest debut by a female artist.
Beyonce debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. Three factors to consider: first, the album is available exclusively through the iTunes Store until December 20th. This could be seen as hampering what might be even larger sales, but at the same time carries a unique exclusivity to offset that challenge. Second, there are no singles available for purchase as yet – you must buy the whole record. This would obviously contribute to larger LP sales numbers. Finally, the “visual album” comes with 18 music videos, a bonus at the average cost of an album, $15.99.
For comparison, the second biggest female debut was Katy Perry‘s Prism, at 286K in its first week.
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