Was gonna ask did the last release have streams too?

 

Doesn’t Adele restrict her release on streaming for a while?

25 wasn’t available to stream initially at all, so yes the streaming “sales” will be an entirely new feature in her first week total.

Would I be right in saying that no album released within the last 2 years (24 months) has reached 500k in total?

I'm going to go conservative and say 300k first week.

 

Fine Line has 510k sales in total and was released 22 months ago

I’m saying just over 500k! It’s going to be a massive seller, there’s so much hype surrounding the album release. I genuinely believe she can clear half a million even in today’s climate!

Can someone start a similar thread for Ed's Equals album? No clue how to add a poll myself :D

I’m saying just over 500k! It’s going to be a massive seller, there’s so much hype surrounding the album release. I genuinely believe she can clear half a million even in today’s climate!

I think she is in with a great shout of doing 500k in opening week and around 1.5 million by the end of the year.

I've gone with 450k - 500k, which would still be an immense figure in the current climate. I think this album will finally beat the long-standing record of 79k streaming equivalent sales that ÷ managed way back in March 2017 as well.

Can someone start a similar thread for Ed's Equals album? No clue how to add a poll myself :D

No idea how to start a poll lol but I'd predict 200k-250k for that one.

Wonder how and why the OCC didn't give us any updates? I mean for ABBA they gave us really quick with insane numbers. Do we think she might be selling less? I don't think so.

Wonder how and why the OCC didn't give us any updates? I mean for ABBA they gave us really quick with insane numbers. Do we think she might be selling less? I don't think so.

It's Universal Music UK that provided the pre-order figures for Voyage Voyage. It's all up to the label.

550k

As of yet what’s the highest streaming only sales total for an album in general in UK and the female record for that?

 

She stands a good chance at topping both I’d think but just curious as of now what it stands at :)

As of yet what’s the highest streaming only sales total for an album in general in UK and the female record for that?

 

She stands a good chance at topping both I’d think but just curious as of now what it stands at :)

 

I believe it's Ed Sheeran's debut week for divide at 78,944. I think he'll beat that with his upcoming album. Then Adele will beat his record.

The highest weekly streaming 'sales' for an album is I believe the 79k figure for Divide that Gameskiller01 mentioned above.

 

No idea what the record for a female artist is.

I’m guessing Olivia’s 33.5k is the female record.

Actually it's Ariana's thank u, next - 43,811 streaming points in its opening week.

These are the biggest debut weeks for female artists I can find:

 

Ariana Grange - Thank U, Next 43,811

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 33,545

Billie Eilish - When We Fall Asleep, Where Do we Go? 25,343

Taylor Swift - Folklore 24,908

Ariana Grande - Positions 18,300

Ariana Grande - Sweetener 17,449

Lady Gaga - Chromatica 14,893

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 14,822

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 12,908

Little Mix - Confetti 10,260

 

I'm most probably missing a few. I only included those who did over 10,000.

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Just shows how hard it is to get high streaming sales. If Adele can break 100k she’ll be doing incredibly.

I don't think Ed will beat 79k with this album but he could well get the 2nd highest streaming sales week behind himself (iirc there's quite a large gap between his record and 2nd place). Adele should have a very good chance of getting the record though and she'll almost certainly blow past Ariana for the female record at least.

I wonder what the chances are of '30' ultimately outselling '19'. It is extremely unlikely to do it on pure sales, but even with streaming sales added it will have to eventually reach 2.6 million to outsell '19' which seems like a very tough ask in today sales climate.

Just shows how hard it is to get high streaming sales. If Adele can break 100k she’ll be doing incredibly.

 

Is there a debate to be had about changing the way album sales are counted in the streaming era. Or would that just be inflating sales?

400-450k