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Drake's "Views" sold 152,000 units for the week ending June
2, comprising album and song sales and 137 million streams,
according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
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).
Drake's fourth studio album has been topping the Billboard 200
chart on the strength of streaming activity on platforms such as
Spotify and Apple Inc's Apple Music. It has soared past 100
million streams each week since its release.
Bentley's latest album, "Black," debuted at No. 2 with 101,000
units sold, including 5 million streams. Beyonce's "Lemonade"
album climbed one spot to No. 3 with 79,000 units sold including
nearly 9 million streams.
Other new entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart
included pop group Fifth Harmony at No. 4 with "7/27," and
electronic dance music producer Flume's "Skin" at No. 8.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales,
Justin Timberlake's upbeat "Can't Stop The Feeling!" held the
top spot for the third week running, with 155,000 copies sold.
(Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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