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P!nk's 'Beautiful Trauma' Scores Biggest US Debut By a Female Artist in 2017

Incredible sales for the 'Don't Let Me Get Me' star...

P!nkis having a moment. Not only did she slay the MTV VMAs stage and take home the Video Vanguard Award in August but her new single 'What About Us' also went Top 5 in the UK and its album, 'Beautiful Trauma', is alreadycertified silver in the UK.

On top of that she just had the biggest debut sales week of an album by a woman in the US this year.

In spite of all the strong female releases so far this year, 'Beautiful Trauma' has still come out on top with an incredible 408,000 chart copies sold. This makes it not only the best first-week sales by a female artist in 2017 but also the best of P!nk's career.

Katy Perry settles for Number 2 with her fourth album 'Witness' (180,000), Shania Twain sits comfortably at Number 3 with 'Now' (137,000), Kesha is behind her at Number 4 with 'Rainbow' (117,000) and Lorde is at Number 5 with 'Melodrama' (109,000).

'Beautiful Trauma'also has the best US first-week sales by a female artistsince Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' (653,000).

P!nk on Saturday Night Live in October 2017

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P!nk on Saturday Night Live in October 2017

As for releases of the year, P!nkis only behind three artistsfor now. Kendrick Lamar reigns supremewith DAMN. (603,000), Drake takes the Number 2 spot with his brilliant mixtape 'More Life'(505,000) and Ed Sheeran is Number 3 with'÷'(451,000).

Although with records by huge artists such as Taylor Swift and Sam Smith still to come, this could change.

Taylor's last three albums have each sold more than 1,000,000 copies in their release weeks in the US.

Nevertheless, this is still an incredible music achievement for P!nk.

We can't wait to see what else the Beautiful Trauma era beholds!

Words: Sam Prance

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