4 is number one in UK & US midweek
Beyoncé heads the British album charts at the midweek stage, with “4″ outselling its nearest rival by three to one boosted by her weekend appearance at Glastonbury, sales data showed on Wednesday. According to the Official Charts Company (OCC), Beyoncé is set to top the ranking by the end of the week, which would be her second British number one.
She was one of several acts to enjoy the “Glastonbury effect,” where media exposure of one of the world’s biggest music festivals boosts performers who appear. The event ran from Wednesday to Sunday, with U2, Coldplay and Beyonce grabbing most of the limelight with their headline slots on the final three days.
Besides her new album, Beyoncé’s single ‘Best Thing I Never Had’ was on course to enter at number six, one of seven tracks by the singer in the Top 75.
In the meantime Beyonce’s 4 will debut at #1 next week on the Billboard chart with between 275-300k in first-week sales. Her previous album, ‘08’s multiple Grammy winning I Am… Sasha Fierce, debuted with 463k, but that was during the Q4 sales rush in November.
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