That doesn't mean anything tbh. At the peak of her commercial powers, when she was scoring #1 hits like it was nothing and people were putting up massive numbers off pure sales only, her biggest album debut was 238k with Unapologetic (2012) and that was also her first #1 album.

I think she'll do well with her next album but the numbers won't be massive. And it also depends on how hard she goes with box sets.

You forget that Beyoncè has always done bigger numbers with her albums than Rihanna.

Beyoncè's studio album debuts:
Dangerously in Love (2003) — 317k
B'Day (2006) — 541k
I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008) — 482k
4 (2011) — 310k
Beyoncè (2013) — (617k in 3 days, 991k in 10 days)
Lemonade (2016) — 653k
Renaissance (2022) — 332k

Rihanna's studio album debuts:
Music of the Sun (2005) — 69k
A Girl Like Me (2006) — 115k
Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) — 162k
Rated R (2009) — 181k
Loud (2010) — 207k
Talk That Talk (2011) — 198k
Unapologetic (2012) — 238k
Anti (2016) — 166k

With Fenty mystery box sets for sure

congrats to post for getting something out of this era but jfc ily is easily one of his weakest hits i’d rather have One Right Now back

cant believe it’s from the same guy who brought us too young and i fall apart too

rihanna will probably do better than beyoncé nowadays cause her music is much more unisex

you don’t have to be a girl to enjoy something like needed me or work compared to the zestiest cuts on renaissance

Everyone has a peak and eventual decline/cool-off.

We'll just have to see what happens, I guess.

hi @Hi_Roller

charts irrelevant now nicki is on it

his only good song

Horrendous opinion

One Right Now is super mid

Bad bunny been doing 90k-100k for the past how many weeks now

so is I Like You

doja got a banger with this though i hope it goes top 10

if they haven’t already shot the music video…

this is also his highest charting real solo single since back to sleep hit #20 back in 2015

Ryd?

His tour really helping (apart from it being a classic)

Nope.

Low key shocking

I'm quite surprised tbh but always happy to see female rappers win.