@meghan.fatouA chart from @TheePopCore ranks the biggest first-week album sales by Black women on the Billboard 200 this century, highlighting Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and other legends for Black Music Month.
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Black female artists first-week sales Billboard 200
Photo by @meghan.fatou· Jun 15, 2026· Beyoncé
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The image shows a grid of 25 album covers from various female artists. The focus is on the album covers and their corresponding view counts. The covers feature a range of poses and settings, from close-up shots of the artists to more stylized and artistic representations. Some notable details include the prominent display of view counts in large white text overlaid on each cover, as well as blue circles with "POP CORE" written in them on some of the images. On-screen text includes artist names and album titles, such as "ALICIA KEYS", "BEYONCÉ", "ASHANTI", and "MISSY ELLIOTT", as well as website information "WWW.X.COM/@THEPOPCORE".
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