On Dec. 13th 2013, Beyonce dropped her fifth studio album Beyoncé at midnight with absolutely no prior promo or warning. The album sold 828,773 copies
worldwide in 3 days becoming the fastest selling album in iTunes history.
On February 26th 2014, Kid Cudi decided to pull a Beyonce by dropping his 4th album 'Satellite Flight: The
Journey to The Mother Moon' on iTunes with no prior promo and no mainstream support.
Well, the numbers are in...and some artists really need promo before
releasing an album. According to Billboard magazine, Kid Cudi's album
has moved only 87,000 copies
first week, making it Kudi's smallest debut sales week in his solo
career.