Drake’s VIEWS are still from the top of the Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart. Beyonce and Rihanna hold it down in the Top 10 as Ariana Grande and Blake Shelton released projects that threatened Queen Bey’s sales last week.
Drake’s “VIEWS” From The Top
Drake’s VIEWS remains as the highest-selling album in the country for the fourth week in a row. The project moved 188,511 units this week, sold 50,267 and was streamed 166,237,890 times.
Beyonce’s Still Selling “LEMONADE”
Beyonce’s LEMONADE lands at #4 as it loses two spots to Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman and Blake Shelton’s If I’m Honest. This week, Queen Bey pushed 98,532 units and sold 69,076 albums. LEMONADE was streamed 12,634,465 times and is still a TIDAL exclusive.
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Rihanna’s “ANTI” Weathers 18th Week On Chart
Rihanna’s ANTI sits at #5 on the chart. This is the project’s 18th week on the list. This is in the ranks with Adele’s 25 in the Top 10. The British singer’s album has been on the chart for 27 weeks. Fans gobbled up 47,647 units of ANTI. The project sold 11,753 albums and was streamed 35,823,618 times.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 05/26/2016
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 parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.
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#1 Drake – VIEWS– 188,511 (50,267) [166,237,890]
#4 Beyonce – LEMONADE – 98,532 (69,076) [12,634,465]
#5 Rihanna – ANTI – 47,647 (11,753) [35,823,618]
#12 Prince – Very Best of Prince – 27,245 (21,725) [328,555]
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#15 Kevin Gates – ISLAH – 22,768 (7,708) [15,954,043]
#17 Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book– 21,062 (31,594,232)
#19 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo – 20,538 (26) [30,769,486]
#22 The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness – 18,085 (5,048) [13,855,764]
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#23 Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul – 18,045 (3,205) [19,500,226]
#26 G-Eazy – When It’s Dark Out – 16,587 (3,048) [15,760,114]
