Kanye West earns another milestone with “DONDA”.
Kanye West’s latest and 10th studio album has surpassed 1,000,000 sales in the US and is now eligible for platinum status. The album becomes Kanye West’s 10th consecutive platinum project. He joins the likes of Jay-Z, Eminem and Tupac as the fourth rapper to get this accolade.
After a five-day tracking period, Donda opened at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 309,000 album-equivalent units, consisting of 272,000 streaming-equivalent album units, 37,000 pure album sales, and fewer than 1,000 track-equivalent units. The album-equivalent units set a new high for 2021, surpassing Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, which had sold 295,000 copies. With the album, Kanye West became one of just seven musicians to achieve ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200 list.
Ye’s album had one of the best first-week sales 309k last year, and it also went record #1 in 152 countries on Apple Music. It was also Ye’s 10th consecutive number 1 album, which equals Eminem’s chart record, whose “Music To Be Murdered By” earned the 10th consecutive Number 1. The album also earned four nominations for upcoming Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album and Album of the Year.
Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ also debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 albums list, giving him his ninth No. 1 to date. West joins The Beatles, Jay-Z, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, and Eminem as the only musicians with at least 10 Number One albums in the Billboard 200 chart’s 65-year history.
Recently, it was reported that the GOOD Music boss has already started working on the sequel to “DONDA“. Just the other day, Kanye West hit the studio with Hit-Boy and The Game for a new collaboration.
The RIAA last month awarded Ye’s “Bound 2” and “Runaway” tracks triple platinum in additional to Donda receiving a platinum certification. The College Dropout’s song “We Don’t Care” has also received a gold certification.
Kanye Wests album ‘DONDA’ is now eligible for Platinum after selling 1,000,000 units!
It will be Kanye’s 10th platinum album making him only the 4th rapper in history to reach this milestone joining Jay Z, Eminem & Tupac 💿 pic.twitter.com/BWlunPHt6D
— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) January 10, 2022
Albums reaching #1 in the most countries in Apple Music history:
#1 Donda, @kanyewest 152
#2 Dawn FM, @theweeknd 143
#3 Certified Lover Boy, @drake 142
#4 30, @Adele 139— chart data (@chartdata) January 10, 2022
Kanye West’s 10th studio album, Donda is now eligible for platinum after selling 1,000,000 units! 💿
This is also Kanye’s 10th platinum album! 🥂
309k first week
#1 in 152 countries (record)
1B streams in 10 days!
4 Gold Songs
4 Grammy Nominations
AOTY Nominee#DONDA🕊 pic.twitter.com/K10iziaeMa— Kanye West Streams (@kanyestreams1) January 10, 2022
