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"To Pimp A Butterfly," Lamar's third studio record, sold
324,000 albums, 125,000 songs and 3.9 million streams for a
tally of 363,000 units, according to figures from Nielsen
SoundScan.
It came in behind Drake's "If You're Reading This, It's Too
Late" album, which sold 495,000 albums in its opening week in
February, becoming 2015's biggest seller so far.
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, the soundtrack to Fox TV's hit hip-hop
drama "Empire," dropped to No. 2 with 110,000 units, while
alt-rockers Modest Mouse debuted at No. 3 with their latest
album, "Strangers To Ourselves," tallying 77,000 units.
The only other new entry to crack the top 10 of the Billboard
200 chart was British singer Marina and the Diamonds at No. 8
with "Froot."
On the Digital Songs chart, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars held onto
the top spot with their catchy "Uptown Funk!" selling 187,000
downloads in the past week.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Patricia Reaney and
Jonathan Oatis)
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