Billboard 200: Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Debuts at #1 With Biggest First-Week Sales of the Year

Published: Sunday 12th Sep 2021 by Sam

Drake‘s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ is a certified hit.

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The Rap titan unleashed his hotly anticipated sixth studio album on September 3 and immediately magnetized the attention of the masses, who collectively stopped, looked, and listened in droves.

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All created the perfect storm for the project’s commercial prospects.

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For, the final numbers have been tallied and the sum is seismic.

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‘CLB’ launches at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 613,000 equivalent album units.

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The sum serves as the biggest first-week sales of 2021 to date, besting the 309,000 start of Kanye West’s ‘Donda.’ It’s also the largest first-week sales for any album since Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ premiered at #1 with 846,000 units.

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Streaming unquestionably led the charge for Drizzy’s LP with a colossal 562,000 units of the total sum being amassed via that medium. The figure is so high thanks to record-breaking streams to the tune of 743.67 million spins of the album’s 21 tracks.

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Pure sales were in the ballpark of 46,000 and will likely increase in earnest when ‘CLB’ arrives on CD on October 1. 

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The news comes ahead of what is poised to be the MC’s epic takeover of the upper region of the Billboard Hot 100 with several songs from the album.

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It’s officially Drake season…again.

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  1. marilyn monh-O-E (Da Real DIVA 👠) September 12, 2021

    Big d I c k power🍆 feel that king aura 💅🏿

  2. 🎉 1988 No. 1 🎉 September 12, 2021

    Congratulations Drake!!! 🎉 💯

  3. What would Whitney do September 12, 2021

    Hating ass nugga what do Kanye west got to do with this post he selling s**
    pregnant women whenn yayy had a church on stage. For donda…Drake a ho now

    • Gworl Bye September 13, 2021

      Coonye flopped cuz he sold his soul to trump, Drake is king, coonye is a flopped sellout, period.

  4. What would Whitney do September 12, 2021

    None of you bitvhezx is getting pregnant by lover boy. Keep dreaming

  5. J September 12, 2021

    My certified bottom boy. Congratulations baby. 🍑💦

  6. Dc September 12, 2021

    Album sucks only people that wanna be part of the hype and chasing what’s popular did this album is trash

    • True Tea September 12, 2021

      Agree!

      This will be his most forgettable era.

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