The Weeknd "Dawn FM" First Week Sales Projections

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The Weeknd's first-week sales projections for "Dawn FM" have arrived.

Canadian artist The Weeknd is shaping up to be this decade's most influential musician, coming through with two era-defining albums in the last two years, After Hours and Dawn FM. Re-popularizing the sounds of the eighties and giving them a modern twist, the iconic artist kicked off this year with the release of his new studio album, Dawn FM, which includes features from Lil Wayne, Tyler, The Creator, Quincy Jones, Jim Carrey, and more. The album has earned comparisons to some of the greatest bodies of work ever, including Michael Jackson's Thriller, and now we're learning how impactful the dawn will be numbers-wise.


With "Sacrifice" and other songs being prepped for major radio pushes in the coming weeks, the first-week sales numbers for The Weeknd's new album Dawn FM have arrived. As of Monday (January 10), it was being reported that Dawn FM will move approximately 150,000 to 170,000 copies in its first week out. The Weeknd opted not to ship any physical copies out, which will limit his pure sales. However, the artist previously stated that he is not concerned with his first-week sales, and will take the hit because right now, he simply wants to bless the world with music to help us through this tough time.

Time will tell if this is enough for The Weeknd to secure the #1 position on the charts. We are still waiting for projections for Gunna's new album DS4EVER, which has also been performing well throughout the weekend.

What do you think of The Weeknd's first-week numbers?




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Da WildestDa Wildest
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Congrats! Great body of work
3 1ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
jessie urenajessie urena
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billboard changing there rules really impacted everyone except drake it seams lol im sure he'll end up with a lot of sales in the long run though, his albums always have legs
16 1ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
Maybe it has to grow on me.... This album isn't better than "After Hours" imo..
6 2ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
Danny PhantomDanny Phantom
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Pretty solid considering he didn’t do physical copies, didn’t have any massive “Blinding Lights” level hit in the rollout , and dropped it pretty soon after announcing. I can also tell with this album he was much more interested in making a cohesive body-of-work than chasing massive radio singles, there weren’t as many larger-than-life or instantly catchy hooks on this. I just completed my fourth front-to-back listen and the music is really growing more and more on me each time. It’s dope seeing his artistry continue to evolve.
11 1ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
Slide for VonSlide for Von
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One pitch Abel mid, don’t care WWWWWWWunna better and no shitty mid Durk feature present aoty 2022
1 3ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
WilliamBlakeWilliamBlake
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Damn he’s really not concerned considering the fact he does about 200k in pure album sales.
3 1ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
Vrai IvoirienVrai Ivoirien
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Flop.EA >
1 3ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
TheRedEyedJediTheRedEyedJedi
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1st listen, I was like "eh". On my second listen I found that there's some great tracks on here.
8 0ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
Morrays moray eelMorrays moray eel
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Honestly first week doesn’t matter. Long term it’ll go double platinum. Definitely one of the most cohesive albums in recent years
6 0ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
Made_to_PostMade_to_Post
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I’m excited that he’s gonna tour After Hours & Dawn FM together. That should be amazing, if it had physicals I would definitely get one. Jim Carrey did his thing on this album too
3 0ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
SminoSmino
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Dropping it for the fans means more than accolades Eventually stuff will come but making fans feel more valued, in my eyes, is better.
3 1ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
BuckNasty 2.0BuckNasty 2.0
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Props to Weeknd but I’m officially done buying his music smh; i been holding out for straight R&B vibes, not even having to be the “dark shit” but I can’t get with these pop/techno/synth songs
1 4ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
Aceboogie187Aceboogie187
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He got some cool sober tracks but go lick a Todd or do mushrooms or acid you gone love this album shit gone send ya on a ride because that's what the start of this album sounds like but it will do great for the Superbowl
0 0ReplyJanuary 10, 2022
DJThankGodForDrugsDJThankGodForDrugs
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Damn thought Abel was bigger than this. Donda did double his numbers in half week with no physical sales
0 0ReplyJanuary 10, 2022