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DJ Khaled's "Major Key" album sold 59,000 albums, 80,000
songs and was streamed nearly 42 million times in the past week,
totaling 95,000 album units, according to figures from Nielsen
SoundScan.
The album features songs with artists including Drake, Jay Z and
Nicki Minaj. DJ Khaled is popular on social media, dropping
daily snippets of wisdom on Snapchat.
After 12 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, Drake's "Views" was
pushed to No. 2 this week with 80,000 album units sold.
The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from 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
include country singer Jake Owen's "American Love" at No. 4, R&B
singer Fantasia's "Definition Of..." at No. 6 and country singer
Hillary Scott and The Scott Family's "Love Remains" at No. 7.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single
download sales, pop track "Closer" by The Chainsmokers featuring
Halsey debuted at No. 1 with 103,000 copies sold.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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