With the mega success of Lemonade which just dropped on Saturday (April 23), Beyonce is on course to do some major numbers in her first week AND is on course to make Billboard chart history. According to Billboard:
The diva’s latest release is set to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart dated May 14, according to industry forecasters. IfLemonade arrives atop the list, she will become both the first act to reach No. 1 with her first six studio albums, and also the first to debut at No. 1 with her first six studio sets.
Lemonade is on track to earn 550,000-plus equivalent album units in the week ending April 28, with 450,000 (or more) comprised of traditional album sales for the set.
When Beyonce’s last album, her self-titled effort, debuted at No. 1 in 2013, she becamethe first woman to hit No. 1 with their first five studio albums. Presently, only three acts have taken their first five studio sets to No. 1: Beyonce, rapper DMX and folk group The Kingston Trio.
DMX is the only other act, aside from Beyonce, to debut at No. 1 with their first five studio efforts. (The Kingston Trio reached No. 1 with their first five albums — between 1958 and 1960 — by climbing up the chart after debuting at a lower rank.)
Beyonce previously debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 4 (in 2011), I Am…Sasha Fierce (2008), B’Day (2006) and Dangerously In Love (2003).
Major!
