Ariana Grande find herself in a familiar position: Billboard history books.
See the latest win inside:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Nearly 6 months after debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 with her latest album, ‘Positions,’ Grande’s still found in the tally’s top 10 – landing at #6 on this week’s refreshed chart (as we reported here).
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)While streams of the effort remain strong, one of the larger components of its ongoing success are pure sales thanks to the commercial performance of physical CDs, cassette tapes, and vinyls.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)In relation to the latter, Billboard reports:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)‘Positions’ sold 35,000 copies in the U.S. [over the last sales tracking week] – up 1,614% compared to the previous week’s sales (2,000). The majority of the album’s sales in the most recent week were from its vinyl LP, with a little over 32,000 sold via the format (across a couple of colorful variants, including a glow-in-the-dark version exclusive to Target).
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Because of those massive vinyl sales figures, Grande now owns the record for the largest sales week for a female vinyl album since the Soundscan era began in 1991.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Ranking #3 overall, only Jack White’s ‘Lazaretto’ (40,000) and Pearl Jam’s ‘Vitalogy’ (nearly 34,000) have sold more.
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Gotta be honest… her music often leads a lot to be desired but she has a heck of a fanbase.
Agreed
The green goose poop vinyl is ugly as hell