Drake holds off Beyonce for top spot on Billboard album chart

Record ID: 102106

  • Title: Drake holds off Beyonce for top spot on Billboard album chart
  • Date: 23rd May 2016
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  • Embargoed: 7th June 2016 20:01
  • Keywords: Drake Beyonce Meghan Trainor Justin Timberlake music charts Billboard
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Music
  • Reuters ID: LVA0034J15ZKD
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  • Story Text: R&B artist Drake held his spot atop the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday (May 23), keeping Beyonce from the coveted No. 1 position.
    "Views," Drake's fourth studio record, sold another 234,000 units from album and song sales and was streamed more than 186 million times, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. "Views" debuted at the top of the chart with more than 1 million units in sales after its April 28 release, the biggest opening week so far in 2016.
    Drake has managed to keep the top spot from Beyonce's hit "Lemonade" album, which remained steady at No. 2 with 128,000 units sold in the week ended on May 19. Beyonce has not made "Lemonade" available for streaming except on premium platform Tidal, limiting its consumption.
    Pop singer Meghan Trainor led the new entries on the Billboard 200 album chart's top 10 this week with her "Thank You" album debuting at No. 3 with 107,000 units.
    The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).
    On the Digital Songs Chart, Justin Timberlake's upbeat "Can't Stop The Feeling!" held onto the top spot, keeping Drake's "One Dance" at No. 2.
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