The Weeknd’s “My Dear Melancholy” EP First Week Sales Projections Revealed

The Weeknd’s “My Dear Melancholy” EP First Week Sales Projections Revealed

The Weeknd released an unexpected EP on Friday called My Dear Melancholy and now we have the project’s first week sale projections.

Abel is expected to move between 150,000 and 170,000 units with 55,000 – 65,000 of those coming from pure sales in My Dear Melancholy’s first week, which follows 2016’s STARBOY album that did 348,000 in its first seven days.

The XO Records artist also dropped unique music videos for the songs “Try Me” and “Call Out My Name” and has received positive reception from multiple celebrities about his EP including LeBron James who said, “He back in his “dark side” mood on this project which i Love!!!! House of balloons type vibes.”

The Weeknd made an impact with the Black Panther soundtrack effort “Pray For Me” alongside Kendrick Lamar in February and also recently signed Black Atlass to his growing XO imprint.

My Dear Melancholy is available on Apple Music, Spotify, and other digital services now.