There are very few pop stars in the world who can boast of having a fanbase as devoted as the one and only Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
Rising to fame in the late ’90s as part of the Destiny’s Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time, Beyoncé became a force all on her own as she struck it out as a solo artist.
After making her solo debut on her future husband’s 2002 song “’03 Bonnie & Clyde”, which peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, Beyonce followed it up with “Crazy in Love”, which became her first number-one single as a solo artist in the US.
From her 2003 solo debut, Dangerously in Love to 2022’s highly anticipated Renaissance , here are the rankings for Beyonce’s first week album sales numbers.
Everything Is Love (with Jay-Z as The Carters) – first week album sales
Released: June 16, 2018
Label: Parkwood, Sony, Roc Nation
First week album sales: 123,000
Billboard 200 position: 2
Singles: “Apeshit”
Features: Pharrell Williams, Quavo, Offset, and Ty Dolla Sign.
4 – first week album sales
Released: June 24, 2011
Label: Parkwood, Columbia
First week album sales: 310,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Run the World (Girls)”, “Best Thing I Never Had”, “Party”, “Love On Top”, “Countdown”, “I Care”, “End of Time”
Features: Andre 3000.
Dangerously in Love – first week album sales
Released: June 23, 2003
Label: Columbia
First week album sales: 317,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Crazy in Love”, “Baby Boy”, “Me, Myself and I”, “Naughty Girl”
Features: Jay-Z, Sean Paul, Big Boi, Sleepy Brown, Missy Elliott, Luther Vandross.
Renaissance – first week album sales
Released: July 29, 2022
Label: Parkwood, Columbia
First week album sales: 332,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Break My Soul”
Features: Beam, Grace Jones and Tems.
I Am… Sasha Fierce – first week album sales
Released: November 14, 2008
Label: Music World, Columbia
First week album sales: 482,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “If I Were a Boy”, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”, “Diva”, “Halo”, “Ego”, “Sweet Dreams”, “Broken-Hearted Girl”, “Video Phone”, “Why Don’t You Love Me”
Features: N/A
B’Day – first week album sales
Released: September 1, 2006
Label: Sony Urban Music, Columbia
First week album sales: 541,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Déjà Vu”, “Ring the Alarm”, “Irreplaceable”, “Beautiful Liar”, “Get Me Bodied”, “Green Light”
Features: Jay-Z
Beyoncé – first week album sales
Released: December 13, 2013
Label: Parkwood, Columbia
First week album sales: 617,213
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “XO”, “Drunk in Love”, “Partition”, “Pretty Hurts”
Features: Jay-Z, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Drake, Frank Ocean, Blue Ivy
Lemonade – first week album sales
Released: April 23, 2016
Label: Parkwood, Columbia
First week album sales: 653,000
Billboard 200 position: 1
Singles: “Formation”, “Sorry”, “Hold Up”, “Freedom”, “All Night”
Features: Jack White, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, James Blake
