Mark down six weeks for the 6 God as Drake’s VIEWS lands at the top of Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart yet again. Beyonce follows close behind with another strong week of sales for LEMONADE. Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa’s Rude Awakening with TM88 debuts in the Top 30 on the list.
Drake Reps For The 6 For Six Weeks
Drake’s VIEWS lands at the top of the charts for the sixth straight week. The LP pushed 135,297 album equivalent units this period with 31,599 album sales and 122,087,323 streams.
Fans Still Demanding Beyonce’s “LEMONADE”
Beyonce’s LEMONADE climbs back to #2 again after slipping to #4 and #3 the past few weeks. Queen Bey is continuing to tour with the project, which sold 69,334 album equivalent units, 47,646 album copies and 7,132,470 streams.
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Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa and TM88 Provide “Rude Awakening” For Chart
Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa and TM88 debut at #26 on the chart with their collaborative project, Rude Awakening. The trio collaborated for “Bake Sale” on Khalifa’s album earlier this year and then produced the LP with 16 fresh tracks. Rude Awakening sold 15,451 album equivalent units, 10,474 albums and 4,138,709 streams.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 06/09/2016
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.
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#1 Drake – VIEWS – 135,297 (31,599) [122,087,323]
#2 Beyonce – LEMONADE – 69,334 (47,646) [7,132,470]
#6 Rihanna – ANTI – 39,753 (9,145) [33,412,642]
#19 Kevin Gates – ISLAH – 20,913 (7,051) [14,835,044]
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#20 G-Eazy – When It’s Dark Out – 20,870 (8,407) [14,295,950]
#21 Prince – Very Best of Prince – 20,791 (17,083) [340,630]
#23 Kanye West – The Life of Pablo– 18,139 (16) [27,185,147]
#24 Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul – 17,531 (2,973) [19,173,582]
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#26 Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa and TM88 – Rude Awakening– 15,451 (10,474) [4,138,709]
#29 The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness – 14,997 (3,808) [13,147,685]
