Drake is #1 for a fifth week, now unsurprisingly the longest run at the top since Adele's initial 7-week run about six months ago. Dierks Bentley gets his highest-peaking album and would have been #1 on sales only, slay a bit. Shame the album itself is sub-par :'(. Fifth Harmony just barely improve on the peak of their debut album which went to #5. They actually decrease on both units and sales: 80K and 62K for Reflection, 74K and 49K for 7/27! Their peaks have gone 6-5-4 if you count the Better Together EP. The UK #1 album from Catfish and the Bottlemen charts at #28 here, a big improvement from their debut which peaked at #121. Flume also technically improves as his debut album missed the top 200 altogether; his new one's at #8.

 

01 01 05 Drake, Views (152,000 (37,000 | 92,000 SEA | 23,000 TEA))

02 NE 01 Dierks Bentley, Black (101,000 (88,000 | 13,000 SEA/TEA))

03 04 06 Beyoncé, Lemonade (79,000)

04 NE 01 Fifth Harmony, 7/27 (74,000 (49,000 | 25,000 SEA/TEA))

05 03 02 Blake Shelton, If I'm Honest (63,000)

06 02 02 Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman (50,000)

07 05 19 Rihanna, ANTI (42,000)

08 NE 01 Flume, Skin (31,000 (18,000 | 13,000 SEA/TEA))

09 09 28 Adele, 25 (31,000)

10 11 55 twenty one pilots, Blurryface (28,000)

11 08 03 Meghan Trainor, Thank You

12 NE 01 Kevin Gates, Murder For Hire II

13 13 38 Chris Stapleton, Traveller

14 NE 01 The Monkees, Good Times!

15 NE 01 Thrice, To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere

16 12 46 Prince, The Very Best Of Prince

17 26 26 G-Eazy, When It's Dark Out

18 16 36 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical

19 15 18 Kevin Gates, Islah

20 14 29 Justin Bieber, Purpose

21 19 09 Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo

22 23 36 Bryson Tiller, T R A P S O U L

23 18 04 Keith Urban, Ripcord

24 22 40 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness

25 21 18 Sia, This Is Acting

26 24 09 Lukas Graham, Lukas Graham

27 29 36 Thomas Rhett, Tangled Up

28 NE 01 Catfish And The Bottlemen, The Ride

29 06 02 Eric Clapton, I Still Do

30 33 17 Future, EVOL

31 28 04 Cole Swindell, You Should Be Here

32 17 03 Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book

33 NE 01 Lacuna Coil, Delirium

34 25 41 Disturbed, Immortalized

35 38 84 Sam Hunt, Montevallo

36 31 05 Various Artists, NOW 58

37 37 08 The Lumineers, Cleopatra

38 32 106 Prince And The Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack)

39 43 42 Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby

40 42 36 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap

41 39 37 Drake & Future, What A Time To Be Alive

42 40 04 Mike Posner, At Night, Alone.

43 46 46 Future, DS2

44 35 10 Zayn, Mind Of Mine

45 58 34 Selena Gomez, Revival

46 50 69 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late

47 53 78 J. Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive

48 54 20 Panic! At The Disco, Death Of A Bachelor

49 56 43 Luke Bryan, Kill The Lights

50 59 14 Various Artists, OWSLA World Wide Broadcast

51 41 84 Taylor Swift, 1989

52 61 13 Ruth B, The Intro (EP)

53 NE 01 Real Friends, Home Inside My Head

54 64 61 Flo Rida, My House (EP)

55 62 94 twenty one pilots, Vessel

56 52 40 Halsey, Badlands

57 57 63 James Bay, Chaos And The Calm

58 65 26 Jeremih, Late Nights: The Album

59 68 170 Drake, Take Care

60 47 32 Blake Shelton, Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits

61 55 25 DNCE, Swaay (EP)

62 30 03 Jennifer Nettles, Playing With Fire

63 67 29 Alessia Cara, Know-It-All

64 134 13 Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered.

65 RE 42 Fifth Harmony, Reflection

66 70 102 Ed Sheeran, x

67 72 138 Drake, Nothing Was The Same

68 74 276 Adele, 21

69 71 32 Carrie Underwood, Storyteller

70 63 03 Kygo, Cloud Nine

71 NE 01 Ro James, Eldorado

72 73 26 Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music

73 RE 20 The Goo Goo Dolls, Greatest Hits, Volume One: The Singles

74 69 26 Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood

75 87 125 Beyoncé, Beyoncé

76 60 73 Meghan Trainor, Title

77 89 188 Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city

78 79 13 Prince, Ultimate

79 83 419 Bob Marley And The Wailers, Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers

80 84 16 Joey + Rory, Hymns

81 80 49 X Ambassadors, VHS

82 07 02 Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels

83 36 04 Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool

84 85 52 Major Lazer, Peace Is The Mission

85 81 30 Old Dominion, Meat And Candy

86 86 31 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood

87 76 56 Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be

88 78 18 Charlie Puth, Nine Track Mind

89 10 02 Mudcrutch, 2

90 98 77 Zac Brown Band, Greatest Hits So Far...

91 156 57 The Notorious B.I.G., Greatest Hits

92 164 29 Logic, The Incredible True Story

93 48 03 Pierce The Veil, Misadventures

94 NE 01 Dario, Alpha (EP)

95 90 99 G-Eazy, These Things Happen

96 91 60 Shawn Mendes, Handwritten

97 93 411 Journey, Journey's Greatest Hits

98 NE 01 Death Angel, The Evil Divide

99 96 40 Queen, Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection

100 103 179 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To The Good Times

101 88 26 Coldplay, A Head Full Of Dreams

102 77 160 Prince, 1999

103 104 86 Florida Georgia Line, Anything Goes

104 128 58 Zac Brown Band, Jekyll + Hyde

105 97 15 Yo Gotti, The Art Of Hustle

106 100 29 One Direction, Made In The A.M.

107 109 46 Kelsea Ballerini, The First Time

108 94 103 Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour

109 NE 01 Architects, All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

110 144 292 Eminem, Curtain Call: The Hits

111 123 06 A$AP Ferg, Always Strive And Prosper

112 110 355 Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits

113 107 24 Chris Brown, Royalty

114 108 77 Nicki Minaj, The Pinkprint

115 106 31 The Chainsmokers, Bouquet (EP)

116 120 227 The Beatles, 1

117 102 07 gnash, us

118 113 64 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly

119 119 87 Hozier, Hozier

120 114 72 Fall Out Boy, American Beauty / American Psycho

121 115 30 Daya, Daya (EP)

122 NE 01 Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World

123 124 78 Carrie Underwood, Greatest Hits: Decade #1

124 137 147 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party

125 132 196 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions

126 117 10 Young Thug, Slime Season 3

127 133 145 2Pac, Greatest Hits

128 126 92 Maroon 5, V

129 RE 07 K. Michelle, More Issues Than Vogue

130 131 22 Rachel Platten, Wildfire

131 118 29 Chris Young, I'm Comin' Over

132 136 67 Big Sean, Dark Sky Paradise

133 82 11 Gwen Stefani, This Is What The Truth Feels Like

134 149 227 Lana Del Rey, Born To Die

135 122 58 Elle King, Love Stuff

136 135 13 2 Chainz, ColleGrove

137 130 381 Metallica, Metallica

138 112 30 Ellie Goulding, Delirium

139 148 08 Kiiara, Low Kii Savage (EP)

140 160 53 A$AP Rocky, AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP

141 66 17 Various Artists, NOW 57

142 145 74 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife

143 187 84 Kanye West, Graduation

144 154 266 AC/DC, Back In Black

145 194 103 Childish Gambino, Because The Internet

146 138 28 Ty Dolla $ign, Free TC

147 142 118 The Weeknd, Trilogy

148 125 95 Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear

149 151 86 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greatest Hits

150 121 210 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Greatest Hits

151 185 44 David Bowie, Best Of Bowie

152 NE 01 Miles Davis & Robert Glasper, Everything's Beautiful

153 170 41 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

154 168 271 Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits

155 RE 111 Kenny Chesney, Greatest Hits II

156 182 235 Eminem, Recovery

157 RE 171 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP

158 139 14 The 1975, I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

159 RE 09 Simon & Garfunkel, Playlist: The Very Best Of Simon & Garfunkel

160 RE 67 Billy Joel, The Essential Billy Joel

161 RE 31 Lil Dicky, Professional Rapper

162 171 194 Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975

163 166 170 Eagles, The Very Best Of The Eagles

164 RE 135 Sublime, Sublime

165 146 278 Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans

166 163 39 Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six

167 161 39 Travi$ Scott, Rodeo

168 157 74 Panic! At The Disco, Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!

169 RE 39 Deftones, White Pony

170 147 85 Ariana Grande, My Everything

171 NE 01 Various Artists, Now That's What I Call A Workout 2016

172 165 131 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2

173 178 67 J. Cole, Born Sinner

174 RE 102 50 Cent, Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

175 199 30 Logic, Under Pressure

176 162 04 Grace, Memo (EP)

177 169 07 Merle Haggard, 20 Greatest Hits

178 179 186 Michael Jackson, Off The Wall

179 116 33 Demi Lovato, Confident

180 RE 217 Michael Jackson, Number Ones

181 RE 226 Johnny Cash, The Legend Of Johnny Cash

182 105 270 Eminem, The Eminem Show

183 RE 148 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III

184 189 14 Dustin Lynch, Where It's At

185 111 05 Soundtrack, Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2, Volume 2

186 186 102 Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side Of Heaven...Volume 1

187 140 07 Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide To Earth

188 RE 64 Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

189 177 66 Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2)

190 RE 116 The Lumineers, The Lumineers

191 198 113 Elton John, Greatest Hits 1970-2002

192 197 75 A$AP Rocky, Long.Live.A$AP

193 172 323 Nirvana, Nevermind

194 RE 97 Kid Cudi, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

195 RE 93 Drake, Thank Me Later

196 20 02 Issues, Headspace

197 RE 159 Michael Jackson, Bad

198 190 35 Meek Mill, Dreams Worth More Than Money

199 127 03 Corinne Bailey Rae, The Heart Speaks In Whispers

200 RE 08 TWENTY88, TWENTY88

Drake's 'Views' Rules at No. 1 for Fifth Week on Billboard 200 Chart

6/5/2016 by Keith Caulfield

 

Drake’s Views continues to dominate the Billboard 200 albums chart, as it spends a fifth consecutive week at No. 1 atop the list. As noted a week ago, Views has the most weeks at No. 1 for an album by a man since Michael Buble’s Christmas also led the chart for five weeks in December 2011-January 2012.

 

Views earned another 152,000 equivalent album units (down 19 percent) in the week ending June 2, according to Nielsen Music. More than half of that sum, 92,000 units, were comprised of streaming equivalent albums.

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 18-dated chart (where Views remains at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, June 7.

 

Views’ 92,000 SEA units equates to nearly 138 million streams for the album’s tracks (as each SEA unit represents 1,500 streams from an album).

 

With Views’ latest streaming haul, the set now has the top five largest streaming weeks for an album: its debut frame holds the record (245.1 million streams for its tracks), followed by its third week (186.1 million), its fourth week (166.2 million), its second week (140.8 million), and then its fifth frame (137.5 million).

 

In the latest tracking week, Views sold 37,000 in traditional album sales, which places it at No. 5 on the Top Album Sales chart. The list ranks the best selling albums of the week.

 

Back on the Billboard 200, Dierks Bentley scores his highest charting album ever with the No. 2 debut of Black (101,000 units; 88,000 in traditional album sales). The album also logs his best sales week yet, and marks his eighth top 10 effort. It also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

 

The No. 2 arrival on the Billboard 200 exceeds Bentley’s previous high of No. 3 with 2009’s Feel That Fire. And, in terms of sales, Black’s bow trumps Bentley’s former biggest week: 82,000 when Long Trip Alone debuted at No. 5 in 2006.

 

Bentley has charted 10 albums on the Billboard 200, stretching back to his self-titled debut effort in 2003, which peaked at No. 26.

 

Black was led by the single “Somewhere on a Beach,” which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, beginning April 30. It marked Bentley’s first No. 1 on the chart since 2012’s “5-1-5-0.”

 

Beyonce’s former No. 1, Lemonade, rises one rung to No. 3 with 79,000 units (down 20 percent).

 

Fifth Harmony earns its highest charting album yet, as 7/27 flies in at No. 4 with 74,000 units (49,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the quintet’s third top 10 album, following 2015’s Reflection (No. 5 peak) and 2013’s Better Together EP (No. 6).

 

7/27’s lead single, “Work From Home,” recently became the act’s first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 – and has so far peaked at No. 4.

 

Blake Shelton’s If I’m Honest slips 3-5 on the new Billboard 200 with 63,000 units (down 63 percent), while Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman falls 2-6 with 50,000 units (down 72 percent). Rihanna’s Anti descends 5-7 with 42,000 units (down 11 percent).

 

Electronic artist Flume debuts at No. 8 with his second studio album, Skin. The set launches with 31,000 units (18,000 in pure album sales). It’s the first charting album on the list for the 24-year-old Australian act (real name: Harley Streten), who saw his eponymous debut effort peak at No. 12 on both the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and the Heatseekers Albums chart in 2014. The album went on to sell 73,000 copies.

 

The new album was ushered in by the single “Never Be Like You,” which has so far peaked at No. 5 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, and is also his first single to reach the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop Songs airplay charts.

 

Rounding out the new top 10 are Adele’s 25 (holding at No. 9 with 31,000 units – down 14 percent) and Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface (11-10 with 28,000 units – up 4 percent).