The good news for Post Malone's sophomore album Beerbongs & Bentleys continues to rack up following its highly anticipated release last Friday. On the same day it dropped, it was revealed that the record was eligible for platinum status from the RIAA.
In addition to that, B&BÂ broke Spotify's first-day global streaming record with more than 47.9 million plays in the U.S. and over 78.7 million worldwide:
Now it's being reported by Hits Daily Double that the new release is on track to sell between 440,000-460,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with 155,000-165,000 of those coming via pure digital sales. This will make it the biggest first-week debut thus far in 2018 and will certainly secure a No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.
In contrast Post's first album, Stoney, only sold 58,000 copies in its debut week back in December 2016. Despite that slow start, it went on to reach double platinum status.
