Kanye West’s ‘DONDA 2’ Debuts With Ye's Lowest First-Week Sales Ever

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Kanye West officially released DONDA 2 on streaming platforms for the first time – leading to what stands as the lowest first-week sales in his career.

Released on Tuesday (April 29), the effort was put out under a new Spotify account and days after the full tracking week goes into effect for new music. There’s also his recent controversies which has turned many fans away – resulting in a meager 5.9k units sold.

Had it been released the prior Friday, forecasts say it would have done around 21k, which is still vastly lower than anything Ye has ever put out.

The project originally arrived in February 2022, but West shunned a traditional release and fans could only listen to the album if they bought a Stem Player.

Ye’s ‘DONDA 2’ officially sells 5.9K units first week 📊

With a full tracking week, it would’ve been on pace to sell around 21K units. pic.twitter.com/vhSbqfYe7h

— Kurrco (@Kurrco) May 3, 2025

The album largely remains the same from the version that could be heard on the Stem Player however there are some notable differences.

West’s controversial collaboration with The Game titled “Eazy” has been axed completely from the album while there is a new joint with Future on the project called “Mr Miyagi”, which also features vocals from Playboi Carti.

“530” also appeared on Ty Dolla $ign joint project Vultures 2 in a relatively unfinished state but the song has been tidied up by West for DONDA 2.

Other artists to feature on DONDA 2 include Travis Scott, Jack Harlow, XXXTENTACION, Baby Keem and Alicia Keys.

West also kept the same artwork from the initial drop on his Stem Player which features a picture of the rapper’s childhood home on fire.

In other news, Kanye West also recently announced plans to drop his previously unreleased album Yandhi.

Originally planned for release in 2018, West later turned the project into his gospel-inspired album Jesus is King, though various Yandhi leaks have made their way onto the internet over the years.

Other tracks such as “Hurricane” and “We Got Love” were also repurposed for other projects, while “New Body” was supposed to feature on Vultures but Nicki Minaj refused to clear her verse.

However, West’s livestream from Spain has revealed that he still plans on putting the album out.

He said:  “We gotta release Yandhi,” though he didn’t provide further details.