Dark Sky Paradise debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 173,000 copies in the United States. With that opening sum, it gives Big Sean his best sales week ever as well, trumping the 87,000 start of his first album,
Finally Famous (2011). His second studio set, 2013's
Hall of Fame, bowed with 72,000. Both sets debuted and peaked at number 3.
[17] This album also gave Big Sean his first number one album. In its second week the album dropped at number 6 on the
Billboard 200 chart, selling 57,000 copies. In its third week the album dropped at number 10 on the
Billboard 200 chart, selling 38,000 copies.
[18] In its fourth week the album dropped to number 16 on the
Billboard 200 chart, selling 34,000 copies, bringing the total to 302,000