Here Are the First Week Album Numbers in 2016

A look at the first week albums numbers for everyone from Drake to Childish Gambino.

December 29, 2016

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We were spoiled rotten with the amount of music that was released this year. Think about it: in 2016 we got projects from Drake, Beyoncé, Kanye, Rihanna, J. Cole, Childish Gambino, Solange, Chance the Rapper, the list goes on. Even Frank Ocean broke his musical hiatus. Shoot, A Tribe Called Quest came back in full effect this year.

One thing that was difficult to keep up with—along with the music—was how each project sold, so we have rounded up their first week sales numbers in one place. This is not an exhaustive list (although it's pretty lengthy) but rather a look at the first week numbers for music we and our readers definitely bumped at some point this year.

The figures shown are album-equivalent units, which consists of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Check out the list below to get a better grasp at who was truly moving units in 2016.

Danny Brown, 'Atrocity Exhibition'

Released: Sept. 27

First Week Sales: 7,889

James Blake, 'The Colour in Anything'

Released: May 6

First Week Sales: 9,000

Snoop Dogg, 'Coolaid'

Released: July 1

First Week Sales: 11,127

Joe Budden, 'Rage & The Machine'

Released: Oct. 21

First Week Sales: 11,341

Ty Dolla Sign, 'Campaign'

Released: Sept. 23

First Week Sales: 14,795

Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, and TM88, 'TGOD Mafia: Rude Awakening'

Released: June 3

First Week Sales: 15,451

Desiigner, 'New English'

Released: June 26

First Week Sales: 15,662

Rihanna, 'Anti'

Released: Jan. 28

First Week Sales: 15,896

Common, 'Black America Again'

Released: Nov. 4

First Week Sales: 15,923

The Game, 'Streets of Compton'

Released: June 17

First Week Sales: 17,519

D.R.A.M., 'Big Baby D.R.A.M.'

Released: Oct. 21

First Week Sales: 17,914

Logic, 'Bobby Tarantino'

Released: July 1

First Week Sales: 19,088

Isaiah Rashad, 'The Sun's Tirade'

Released: Sept. 2

First Week Sales: 19,481

ASAP Mob, 'Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends'

Released: Oct. 31

First Week Sales: 21,179

Young Thug, 'I'm Up'

Released: Feb. 5

First Week Sales: 21,851

De La Soul, 'and the Anonymous Nobody...'

Released: Aug. 26

First Week Sales: 23,202

Jojo, 'Mad Love'

Released: Oct. 14

First Week Sales: 25,000

Phantogram, 'Three'

Released: Oct. 7

First Week Sales: 25,000

Rae Sremmurd, 'SremmLife 2'

Released: Aug. 12

First Week Sales: 27,000

Flatbush Zombies, '3001: A Laced Odyssey'

Released: March 11

First Week Sales: 28,000

Flume, 'Skin'

Released: May 27

First Week Sales: 31,000

The Game, '1992'

Released: Oct. 14

First Week Sales: 32,000

DJ Snake, 'Encore'

Released: Aug. 5

First Week Sales: 32,000

ASAP Ferg, 'Always Strive and Prosper'

Released: April 22

First Week Sales: 35,000

Young Thug, 'Jeffery'

Released: Aug. 26

First Week Sales: 37,000

Gucci Mane, 'The Return of East Atlanta Santa'

Released: Dec. 16

First Week Sales: 37,717

Usher, 'Hard II Love'

Released: Sept. 16

First Week Sales: 38,000

YG, 'Still Brazy'

Released: June 17

First Week Sales: 38,000

Young Thug, 'Slime Season 3

Released: March 25

First Week Sales: 38,000

Chance the Rapper, 'Coloring Book'

Released: May 12

First Week Sales: 38,000

Jon Bellion, 'The Human Condition'

Released: June 10

First Week Sales: 40,000

Mac Miller, 'The Divine Feminine'

Released: Sept. 16

First Week Sales: 48,000

Twenty88, 'Twenty88'

Released: April 1

First Week Sales: 49,000

Kid Cudi, 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’'

Released: Dec. 16

First Week Sales: 49,698

Alicia Keys, 'Here'

Released: Nov. 4

First Week Sales: 50,000

Partynextdoor, 'P3'

Released: Aug. 12

First Week Sales: 50,000

Tory Lanez, 'I Told You'

Released: Aug. 19

First Week Sales: 52,000

2 Chainz, 'Collegrove'

Released: March 4

First Week Sales: 53,000

Post Malone, 'Stoney'

Released: Dec. 9

First Week Sales: 58,000

K. Michelle, 'More Issues Than Vogue'

Released: March 25

First Week Sales: 59,000

Maxwell, 'blackSUMMERS’night'

Released: July 7

First Week Sales: 59,000

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, 'This Unruly Mess I’ve Made'

Released: Feb. 26

First Week Sales: 61,000

Yo Gotti, 'The Art of Hustle'

Released: Feb. 19

First Week Sales: 61,000

Wiz Khalifa, 'Khalifa'

Released: Feb. 5

First Week Sales: 64,000

Nick Jonas, 'Last Year Was Complicated'

Released: June 10

First Week Sales: 66,000

Gucci Mane, 'Everybody Looking'

Released: July 22

First Week Sales: 68,000

Bon Iver, '22, A Million'

Released: Sept. 30

First Week Sales: 71,000

Solange, 'A Seat at the Table'

Released: Sept. 30

First Week Sales: 72,000

Fifth Harmony, '7/27'

Released: May 27

First Week Sales: 74,000

Schoolboy Q, 'Blank Face LP'

Released: July 8

First Week Sales: 74,000

Sia, 'This Is Acting'

Released: Jan. 29

First Week Sales: 81,000

Gwen Stefani, 'This Is What the Truth Feels Like'

Released: March 18

First Week Sales: 84,000

Meek Mill, 'DC4'

Released: Oct. 28

First Week Sales: 87,000

Travis Scott, 'Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight'

Released: Sept. 2

First Week Sales: 88,000

Jeezy, 'Trap or Die 3'

Released: Oct. 28

First Week Sales: 89,000

Kanye West, 'The Life of Pablo'

Released: Feb. 14

First Week Sales: 94,000

DJ Khaled, 'Major Key'

Released: July 29

First Week Sales: 95,000

Childish Gambino, 'Awaken, My Love!'

Released: Dec. 2

First Week Sales: 101,000

The 1975, 'I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It'

Released: Feb. 26

First Week Sales: 108,000

Britney Spears, 'Glory'

Released: Aug. 26

First Week Sales: 111,000

Kevin Gates, 'Islah'

Released: Jan. 29

First Week Sales: 112,000

Future, 'Evol'

Released: Feb. 6

First Week Sales: 134,000

A Tribe Called Quest, 'We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service'

Released: Nov. 11

First Week Sales: 135,000

Zayn, 'Mind of Mine'

Released: March 25

First Week Sales: 157,000

Radiohead, 'A Moon Shaped Pool'

Released: May 8

First Week Sales: 173,000

Ariana Grande, 'Dangerous Woman'

Released: May 20

First Week Sales: 175,000

Kendrick Lamar, 'Untitled Unmastered'

Released: March 4

First Week Sales: 178,000

David Bowie, 'Blackstar'

Released: Jan. 8

First Week Sales: 181,000

Various Artists, 'Suicide Squad: The Album'

Released: Aug. 5

First Week Sales: 182,000

Various Artists, 'The Hamilton Mixtape'

Released: Dec. 2

First Week Sales: 187,000

Lady Gaga, 'Joanne'

Released: Oct. 21

First Week Sales: 201,000

Bruno Mars, '24K Magic'

Released: Nov. 18

First Week Sales: 231,000

Frank Ocean, 'Blonde'

Released: Aug. 20

First Week Sales: 276,000

The Weeknd, 'Starboy'

Released: Nov. 25

First Week Sales: 348,000

J. Cole, '4 Your Eyez Only'

Released: Dec. 9

First Week Sales: 492,000

Beyoncé, 'Lemonade'

Released: April 23

First Week Sales: 653,000

Drake, 'Views'

Released: April 29

First Week Sales: 1,039,058

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Here Are the First Week Album Numbers in 2016

A look at the first week albums numbers for everyone from Drake to Childish Gambino.

Danny Brown, 'Atrocity Exhibition'

James Blake, 'The Colour in Anything'

Snoop Dogg, 'Coolaid'

Joe Budden, 'Rage & The Machine'

Ty Dolla Sign, 'Campaign'

Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, and TM88, 'TGOD Mafia: Rude Awakening'

Desiigner, 'New English'

Rihanna, 'Anti'

Common, 'Black America Again'

The Game, 'Streets of Compton'

D.R.A.M., 'Big Baby D.R.A.M.'

Logic, 'Bobby Tarantino'

Isaiah Rashad, 'The Sun's Tirade'

ASAP Mob, 'Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends'

Young Thug, 'I'm Up'

De La Soul, 'and the Anonymous Nobody...'

Jojo, 'Mad Love'

Phantogram, 'Three'

Rae Sremmurd, 'SremmLife 2'

Flatbush Zombies, '3001: A Laced Odyssey'

Flume, 'Skin'

The Game, '1992'

DJ Snake, 'Encore'

ASAP Ferg, 'Always Strive and Prosper'

Young Thug, 'Jeffery'

Gucci Mane, 'The Return of East Atlanta Santa'

Usher, 'Hard II Love'

YG, 'Still Brazy'

Young Thug, 'Slime Season 3

Chance the Rapper, 'Coloring Book'

Jon Bellion, 'The Human Condition'

Mac Miller, 'The Divine Feminine'

Twenty88, 'Twenty88'

Kid Cudi, 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’'

Alicia Keys, 'Here'

Partynextdoor, 'P3'

Tory Lanez, 'I Told You'

2 Chainz, 'Collegrove'

Post Malone, 'Stoney'

K. Michelle, 'More Issues Than Vogue'

Maxwell, 'blackSUMMERS’night'

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, 'This Unruly Mess I’ve Made'

Yo Gotti, 'The Art of Hustle'

Wiz Khalifa, 'Khalifa'

Nick Jonas, 'Last Year Was Complicated'

Gucci Mane, 'Everybody Looking'

Bon Iver, '22, A Million'

Solange, 'A Seat at the Table'

Fifth Harmony, '7/27'

Schoolboy Q, 'Blank Face LP'

Sia, 'This Is Acting'

Gwen Stefani, 'This Is What the Truth Feels Like'

Meek Mill, 'DC4'

Travis Scott, 'Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight'

Jeezy, 'Trap or Die 3'

Kanye West, 'The Life of Pablo'

DJ Khaled, 'Major Key'

Childish Gambino, 'Awaken, My Love!'

The 1975, 'I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It'

Britney Spears, 'Glory'

Kevin Gates, 'Islah'

Future, 'Evol'

A Tribe Called Quest, 'We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service'

Zayn, 'Mind of Mine'

Radiohead, 'A Moon Shaped Pool'

Ariana Grande, 'Dangerous Woman'

Kendrick Lamar, 'Untitled Unmastered'

David Bowie, 'Blackstar'

Various Artists, 'Suicide Squad: The Album'

Various Artists, 'The Hamilton Mixtape'

Lady Gaga, 'Joanne'

Bruno Mars, '24K Magic'

Frank Ocean, 'Blonde'

The Weeknd, 'Starboy'

J. Cole, '4 Your Eyez Only'

Beyoncé, 'Lemonade'

Drake, 'Views'

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