This week in Hip Hop, Drake creeps back up the charts along with the Suicide Squad soundtrack. Travis Scott stays in the Top 10 with the second week of Bird season. Isaiah Rashad sees a 63 percent drop in the second week of The Sun’s Tirade, which lands at #93 with 7,000 sales units.

Drake’s “VIEWS” Climbs Back Up

Drake’s VIEWS album lands at the #2 spot in its 20th week on the chart. This sales period, it sold nearly 59,000 equivalent album units, surpassed only by country singer Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know. Drizzy dropped to #4 a few weeks ago.

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Suicide Squad Keeps Killing Sales

The Suicide Squad soundtrack, which boasts the hit song “Sucker For Pain” with Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa, is still raking in numbers. In its sixth week on the chart fans are still bumping the tunes to the #3 album in the country even if the Will Smith movie has run its course in theaters.

Travis Scott Remains In Top 10

Travis Scott continues his success with Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. The LP lands at #6 with 38,000 equivalent album units after debuting at the top of the charts a week ago. The Houston rapper continues to build hype through the La Flame documentary video.

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Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 09/15/2016

Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.

#2 Drake – VIEWS – 58,603 (8,366) [63,802,371]

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#3 Various Artists – Suicide Squad: The Album – 51,8217 (18,786) [25,871,800]

#6 Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight– 37,701 (12,661) [35,887,741]

#13 Frank Ocean – Blonde – 27,561 (9,672) [26,834,896]

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#14 Rihanna – ANTI – 26,003 (4,646) [25,548,858]

#15 Beyonce — LEMONADE — 22,719 (15,718) [1,663,754]

#20 DJ Khaled – Major Key– 19,144 (4,131) [16,911,959]

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#21 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo – 19,114 (0) [24,298,258]

#29 Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul – 13,991 (9,857) [16,289,621]

#31 Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book– 13,485 (0) [20,228,759]