Drake’s “Views” Breaks First Week Streaming Music Record

Drake’s new release "Views" set an all-time record for weekly album streams with an impressive 247 million in the US and 23 million in Canada. "Views" finished the week of 4.29.16 at #1 on the BuzzAngle charts with an impressive 1,040,842 album units in the U.S and 110,678 in Canada. The full Top 10 charts:

The majority of Drake's streams occurred on Apple Music, which retains the full album streaming exclusive for one more week. S"otify and other on demand services only have access to two singles. Beyonce's Lemonade was still very strong with 326K album project units in the U.S. and 21K in Canada. Prince dropped off a bit but remained strong, as well.

UNITED STATES: BuzzAngle Music Final Album Project Top 10 Chart- April 29, 2016 – May 5, 2016

Rank Title Artist Total Project Album Sales Song Sales Song Streams 1 Views Drake 1,040,842 851,670 239,031 247,902,921 2 Lemonade Beyoncé 325,937 203,852 599,266 93,236,973 3 Purple Rain Prince & The Revolution 69,025 54,096 143,685 840,438 4 The Very Best Of Prince Prince 51,780 51,780 0 * 0 * 5 Anti Rihanna 45,688 12,465 110,087 33,320,788 6 NOW 58 That’s What I Call Music Various Artists 36,420 36,420 0 * 0 * 7 Traveller Chris Stapleton 28,632 22,486 34,802 3,998,400 8 1999 Prince 28,535 22,442 58,514 362,428 9 The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser Rob Zombie 27,577 26,424 5,401 918,631 10 Purpose Justin Bieber 27,184 7,037 67,980 20,023,113

CANADA: BuzzAngle Music Final Album Project Top 10 Chart- April 29, 2016 – May 5, 2016

Rank Title Artist Total Project Album Sales Song Sales Song Streams 1 Views Drake 110,678 92,285 31,554 22,856,860 2 Lemonade Beyoncé 21,023 14,104 46,116 3,460,642 3 Purpose Justin Bieber 4,267 1,388 9,883 2,836,571 4 Anti Rihanna 4,076 1,275 8,692 2,898,228 5 Cleopatra The Lumineers 3,536 2,389 3,475 1,199,557 6 Lukas Graham Lukas Graham 3,046 815 13,325 1,347,320 7 The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser Rob Zombie 2,988 2,849 782 91,821 8 Blurryface twenty one pilots 2,816 893 8,754 1,571,064 9 Prayers for the Damned Sixx:A.M. 2,461 2,333 910 54,921 10 This Is Acting Sia 2,332 660 8,566 1,222,917

Album Project Units = Album Sales + (Song Sales/10) + (On-Demand Audio Streams/1,500)* Song sales and song streams can only contribute to one album on the chartAbout BuzzAngle Music

BuzzAngle Music’s new charts and analytics offer data at a much more granular level and in a much more timely manner than the most commonly used measurement of sales and streaming available up to this point, leading to an ability to produce over 250,000 unique charts daily, revolutionizing a slow, staid and stale aspect of the music industry. The week-to-date charts are updated each day to reflect the previous day’s sales and streaming activity in both the United States and Canada.

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