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“The movie sort of brings an additional element of exposure - a little bit like if you had a no-name artist that appeared on the Grammys.” “This comes with the addition of this gigantic $200 million box office opening,” Bakula added. Moviegoers who are introduced to the album because of the film may discover someone like Jay Rock or Anderson. “You do have an artist who’s at the absolute top of his game.”īakula added that the album’s success could help some of the artists who aren’t as well known as Lamar and The Weeknd. “Kendrick’s one of the most streamed artists out there,” Bakula said. Nielsen says those three songs have been streamed a combined 132 million times. “All the Stars,” “King’s Dead” and “Pray for Me” are singles that were promoted heavily in the weeks before the album dropped. And only a few of the 14 tracks on “Black Panther: The Album” appear in the film. Lamar and artists like SZA and The Weeknd recorded songs that were inspired by the groundbreaking comic book superhero. Related: ‘Black Panther’ crushes box office records in opening weekend And the album itself is a nontraditional soundtrack that could change the music industry. The album was curated and produced by one of the most electrifying and socially significant performers in entertainment. It’s already one of the biggest blockbusters in Disney’s Marvel franchise. The film has shattered the norms of black representation in Hollywood by featuring a mostly black cast and having a black superhero. “Black Panther” has been described as not just a movie but a cultural movement. It’s not a surprise that the album is doing so well.
It’s much bigger than just a compilation album,” said David Bakula, senior vice president of analytics at Nielsen Entertainment. “This is much bigger than just a music release. About 50 million of those streams were this weekend alone. The album has been particularly big for streaming: Nielsen’s data shows that the songs combined have been streamed nearly 190 million times since the album was released February 9. To determine the number of copies sold, the music industry uses a formula that incorporates physical albums, digital albums, digital singles and song streams. Billboard hasn’t yet factored in the additional 61,300 copies sold over the weekend after the film came out.
That number understates the success of the album, a collection of songs curated by Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar. “Black Panther: The Album” debuted atop the Billboard 200 this weekend after selling 154,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen Music. (CNN Money) - “Black Panther” is a bonafide box office smash, and its soundtrack is tearing up the charts, too. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.