Date 01/05/2016 - News People
Beyoncé's surprise new album Lemonade stormed to Number One on the Billboard 200 on the strength of the best-selling week of 2016. Since debuting April 23rd on HBO ? and after a period of Tidal streaming exclusivity before it became available for purchase ? Lemonade sold 576,000 total copies. Of the LP's impressive first week totals, 485,000 copies came from full album downloads. The physical edition of Lemonade arrives May 6th. Lemonade marked Beyoncé's sixth Number One album ? all of her studio albums hit the top spot ? as the singer became the first artist ever to top the Billboard 200 with their first six albums,
