Kanye West 'Yeezus' Goes Through Fourth-Biggest Second-Week Sales Drop In Soundscan Era

By Alex Galbraith, Mstars Reporter | Jul 03, 2013 05:02 PM EDT

Apparently, fans aren't to interesting in hearing the good news about Yeezus. After the tightly maintained air of mystery surrounding the album dissapated, fans found a challenging album with no apparent radio-friendly songs. All of this lead Yeezus to experience the fourth largest second-week drop off for a number 1 album in the SoundScan era.

Via Billboard:

Kanye West's "Yeezus," falls by 80% to No. 3 -- the largest second-week percentage drop for a No. 1-debuting album in over a year. It sold 65,000 in its sophomore frame. A week ago it bowed with 327,000.

That drop puts it behind Madonna's MDNA (86.7%), Lady Gaga's Born This Way (84.2%) and Mac Miller's Blue Slide Park (82.5%). 

Jay-Z's Kingdom Come rounds out the top 5 with a  79.4% drop.

Madonna's drop-off was largely due to a first week CD/ticket bundle deal, while the others dropped organically.

Kanye should expect a sales bump, however. He recently announced that "Black Skinhead" will hit radios soon as the album's first single.

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