
Drake sold 463,000 total albums of Iceman in his first week but only 13,000 pure album sales, showing a marked decline from his highest selling album, Views, only a decade ago.
DRAKE’S pure album sales first week
Drake’s highest first-week pure album sales came from his 2016 studio album Views, which sold 852,000 pure copies in the United States out of its 1.04 million total album-equivalent units.
Billboard
Because the music industry shifted heavily from physical/digital purchases to streaming, Drake’s first-week pure album sales have decreased drastically over his career, even while his overall streaming equivalent numbers remained dominant.
three-panel infographic poster set that presents Drake’s first-week sales, his biggest opening weeks, and the evolution from pure album sales to the streaming era in a magazine-style layout.



