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"Drones," the seventh album from Muse, sold 79,000 albums,
26,000 songs and was streamed 3.3 million times, totaling 84,000
units, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
Taylor Swift's "1989" held steady at No. 2 this week, selling
64,000 units in its 33rd week on the chart, while Icelandic folk
band Of Monsters and Men debuted at No. 3 with "Beneath The
Skin" selling 61,000 units.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10
songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams
equal one album).
Last week's chart-topper, British indie-rockers Florence + the
Machine, dropped to No. 4 this week.
Veteran British rockers The Rolling Stones entered the chart at
No. 5 with a re-release of its classic 1971 album "Sticky
Fingers," selling 36,000 units last week. A special vinyl
edition of the album, featuring alternate cover art from the
record's original release in Spain, went on sale on Tuesday.
Swift's "Bad Blood" single continued its hold on the top spot of
Billboard's Digital Songs chart, which measures digital download
sales. "Bad Blood" sold 206,000 copies last week.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Patricia Reaney and
Alan Crosby)
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