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amassing sales of 61,000 copies in a single day
Contemporaneous trade coverage said the No. 19 debut was based on three days of pre-release sales, not one day.
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A contemporaneous Billboard report said Destiny Fulfilled's No. 19 debut came "based on only three days of sales in the week ended November 14," and that the album "officially went on sale November 15." That directly contradicts the claim that the pre-street-date total was accumulated "in a single day." A separate trade-chart report from the same period also described the early tally as "retail leaks" prior to the full first week, reinforcing that this was a multi-day pre-release total rather than one day’s sales.
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- Destiny's Child 'fulfilled' by new album | The Daily Star
The Sony Urban Music/Columbia album debuted this week at No. 19 on the Billboard 200, based on only three days of sales in the week ended November 14. It officially went on sale November 15.
- NEWSSTAND PRICE $6.50
Columbia's Destiny's Child land at No. 2, with a robust 505,000 in sales for the full week, a modest 848% rise over the 53,000 in retail leaks.