The disc ‘Cowboy Carter’with which the singer Beyonce ventures into the world of country music, it ranks as the best-selling album so far this year, after debuting and conquering the Billboard 200 list.
With a sale of 407 thousand unitsafter having been released on March 29, gave the “Texas Hold’ em” singer the best opening week in her artistic career, only behind the launch of ‘Lemonade’ in 2016, with 653 thousand .
According to information from Variety, of those 407 thousand units, the multiple Grammy winner registered 232 thousand reproductions in digital format.
Among the most popular songs on the album that follows ‘Renaissance’ are “Il Most Wanted”, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages”.
The production, considered by the artist as a second installment (after ‘Renaissance’, from 2022) of a musical trilogy, has collaborations with figures such as Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus and Post Malone.
‘Cowboy Carter’, Billboard highlighted, marks Beyoncé’s eighth project to debut leading the top 200, a number with which she ties with Janet Jackson.
The sales success of “Queen B” comes after complaints from her fans regarding the lack of songs on the limited edition vinyl of the album, of which it sold 62 thousand copies, giving the singer her biggest week in sales of this format.
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