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"Anti," the eighth album by Rihanna, moved to No. 1 from No.
3 with sales of 54,000 units from albums, songs and streaming
activity, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
"Anti" has sold nearly 300,000 albums in the United States since
its February release. Apart from sales, a million copies given
to fans who signed up for music streaming platform Tidal.
Rihanna's "Anti" world tour kicked off last week and will play
in Europe this summer.
In a week where no album came close to 100,000 units, British
singer Adele's "25" album held onto No. 2 with another 51,000
units sold. Canadian pop star Justin Bieber's "Purpose" climbed
two spots to No. 3 with 48,000 units.
The only new entries in the Billboard 200 top 10 this week were
metalcore band Killswitch Engage's latest album "Incarnate" at
No. 6 and Brooklyn hip hop ground Flatbush Zombies' debut album
"3001: A Laced Odyssey" at No. 10.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales,
Danish artist Lukas Graham held onto the top spot with "7 Years"
selling 125,000 downloads.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy)
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