Beyonce's seventh solo studio album, "Rennaisance" has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, kicking Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" off the summit for its consecutive week reign atop.
Luminate reports that "Rennaisance" opened at 332,000 album equivalent units on its opening week - making it the second largest debut of an album this 2022, and the biggest one made by a female artist.
Out of the sold units, 190,000 are album sales, streaming equivalent albums comprised the other 138,000, while the remaining 4,000 are track equivalent albums.
But despite the huge debut for Beyonce, the album has failed to surpass Harry Style's "Harry's House" in its opening week as expected. Bey was 180,000 equivalent album units short to tie with Styles' third album.
Apart from not surpassing Styles, "Rennaisance" was not also able to top her previous album, "Lemonade" on its opening week sales, and Adele's "30" which was the last one had a massive opening at 839,000 last November 2021.
But despite that, Beyonce has continued her career streak of debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 charts since her debut album.
Beyonce's Album Discography: Solo Albums Ranked According To Opening Week Sales
Opening at only 310,000 album-equivalent units, "4" was Beyonce's lowest opening debut among the seven studio albums. The album was ranked the third-biggest opening that year, going against Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Adele's "21."
Beyonce's debut album, "Dangerously in Love" marked the birth of Queen B's succeeding domination on the pop music scene. Debuting also atop the charts, she opened at 317,000 in her first week.
Overall, the highly anticipated comeback album of Beyonce ranked third among the seven. Debuting at 332,00 album-equivalent units, the album has become 2022's biggest album debut by a woman so far.
Considered one of the most prominent albums of Beyonce, "I Am... Sasha Fierce" kicked off November 2008 with a staggering 428,000 album equivalent units at the time. It birthed classic hits like "If I Were A Boy,
"Single Ladies," "Halo," and "Diva" among many others.
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"B'Day" has sold 541,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Thanks to its hit track, "Irreplaceable, the album has gained momentum further in its extensive chart performance.
Beyonce's self-titled fifth studio album was one of the singer's biggest albums to debut. AmasSing 617,312 digital copies on its opening week, it launched Beyonce as the second female artist to have five albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts.
Widely considered to be her magnum opus, Lemonade has proved Queen B's power, opening to 653,000 album-equivalent units, it is so far, the singer's biggest opening week for her entire album discography. 485,000 (74%) of its entire units are all album sales.
As of this writing, Beyonce has been the only female artist in the history of Billboard to launch her all seven studio albums atop the list.
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