{"id":13100,"date":"2015-09-21T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T17:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=13100"},"modified":"2015-09-21T13:24:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T17:24:50","slug":"drake-futures-what-a-time-expected-to-move-500k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=13100","title":{"rendered":"Drake &#038; Future&#8217;s &#8220;What A Time &#8230;&#8221; Expected to Move 500K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/what-a-time.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/what-a-time.png?resize=250%2C255\" alt=\"what a time\" width=\"250\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13091\" \/><\/a>Label insiders believe the Drake-Future mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive, could sell as much as 500k in its opening week.  <\/p>\n<p>The mixtape hit iTunes Sunday night. Just before it landed it streamed on Beats 1 OVO Sound Radio. <\/p>\n<p>Such a huge opening is not Drake&#8217;s first time at the rodeo. His Feb. &#8220;mixtape,&#8221; If You&#8217;re Reading This It&#8217;s Too Late, moved about 541k in its first week with singles and streams, later becoming the first 2015 release to hit the 1 million mark.  His previous release, the &#8220;official&#8221; 2013 album Nothing Was the Same, sold 658k in its first week and has gone on to sell 2.4m.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of What a Time in the marketplace radically changes the picture for Friday\u2019s chart, where the latest from Interscope\u2019s Lana Del Rey previously looked like a strong contender for #1. Now, Drake-Future is expected to have a huge first week\u2014even with just four days on this week\u2019s chart it looks bound to blow away not just this week\u2019s competition but most of the year\u2019s first-week figures. <\/p>\n<p>Drake&#8217;s &#8220;Hotline Bling&#8221; single, meanwhile, which is not a part of the mixtape, is #1 on the singles side at iTunes. <\/p>\n<p>Looks like that $19 million reportedly paid Drake is paying off. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Label insiders believe the Drake-Future mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive, could sell as much as 500k in its opening week. The mixtape hit iTunes Sunday night. 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