Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp A Butterfly.” debuts #1 on Billboard 200 chart with strong first week sales, the numbers are in:
1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly – 363,000
2. Empire Soundtrack – 110,000
3. Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves – 77,000
4. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack – 60,000
5. Taylor Swift – 1989 – 56,000
6. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – 52,000
7. Ed Sheeran – x – 49,000
8. Marina and the Diamonds – Froot – 46,000
9. Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour – 46,000
10. Maroon 5 – V – 44,000
According tp rap-up.com “Additionally, To Pimp a Butterfly set a one-day streaming record on Spotify. The album was streamed 9.8 million times in its second day of release.”