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"Beauty Behind the Madness," the second studio album by The
Weeknd which features the hit "Can't Feel My Face," sold 48,000
albums, 245,000 songs and was streamed 39 million times,
tallying 99,000 units in the week ending Sept. 17, according to
figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
British alt-rockers Bring Me The Horizon entered the chart at
No. 2 this week with its latest record "That's The Spirit"
selling 62,000 units, while country music singer Brett
Eldredge's "Illinois" debuted at No. 3 with 51,000 units.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10
songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams
equal one album).
Other new entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this
week includes metal group Slayer's "Repentless" at No. 4,
singer-songwriter Gary Clark Jr.'s "Story of Sonny Boy Slim" at
No. 8 and veteran British rockers Duran Duran at No. 10 with
"Paper Gods."
On Billboard's Digital Songs chart, which measures online
download sales, Canadian pop star Justin Bieber retained his
hold on the top spot for a third week with his latest single
"What Do You Mean?" selling 128,000 digital copies.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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