Odd Future‘s Frank Ocean is proving exclusive album deals still work. The R&B crooner’s Blonde album has demolished its competition to debut atop the sales chart.
After an unexpected Apple Music release, Ocean’s newest solo offering has sold more than 275,000 copies.
Frank Ocean earns his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the arrival of Blonde. The set, which was released on Aug. 20, bows atop the list with 276,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 25, according to Nielsen Music. Blonde logs the third-largest debut of 2016, behind only the arrivals of Drake’s Views and Beyonce’s Lemonade. (Billboard)
Less than a week after Blonde’s release, streaming service Pandora added Ocean’s new project.
Upon their release, Frank Ocean’s new album Blonde and its accompanying Endless visual album were, not without contention, Apple Music exclusives. Today, Pandora has acquired Blonde for its own service. You can check it out on Frank’s Pandora artist page, and head here to read Pitchfork’s new review of Blonde. (Pitchfork)
Frank went to his Tumblr page last Wednesday (August 24) and showed off a cake presented to him from Odd Future head Tyler, the Creator.
Last week, rap star Kanye West publicly boasted about Frank’s highly-acclaimed release.
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