Beyonce Digital Visual Album Breaks Records

Beyonce fifth album was released early Friday morning exclusively on iTunes. Apple said Monday that it sold 617,213 in its U.S. iTunes Store. It sold 828,773 internationally.  No promotion. No Marketing

The album is being sold by iTunes exclusively for a week at $15.99. It will be sold in retailers and others websites this week.

“Beyonce” broke the first-week digital sales record for an album in the United States. It also marks the singer’s best first-week numbers.

The album will debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart this week.