Drake has been setting and breaking records all year and he has another one to add to the list. According to released reports from Neilsen Soundscan, Drizzy’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, is the top selling digital album of 2015. It has sold over 951,000 digital copies.
IYRTITL dropped digitally on Feb. 21st and sold 535,000 its first week, debuting in the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. The physical copy of the album hit stores on Apr. 21st. With all sales plus streaming combined, the album achieved platinum status. This album has also been crowned the most illegally downloaded album for 2015 as well.
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Other top hip-hop digital albums that landed among the list include Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly at no. 5 with over 479,000 digitally sold, Drake and Future’s What A Time To Be Alive at no. 6 with over 396,000 sold and Dr. Dre’s Compton at the no. 9 slot with over 364,000 sold.
