Drake's 'Views' Stays at No. 1 as Nick Jonas' 'LYWC' Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200
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Other titles making up the top 5 this week include the 'Hamilton' soundtrack, which rises to No. 3 following the 2016 Tony Awards, and Jon Bellion's 'Human Condition' that opens at No. 5.

AceShowbiz - Drake's "Views" continues its reign on Billboard 200. The Canadian rapper's latest album has just earned its seventh consecutive week at No. 1 with 121,000 equivalent album units collected in the week ending June 16, Nielsen Music reports.

That figure is made up of 27,000 in traditional album sales, 21,000 in track equivalent album (TEA) and 74,000 in streaming equivalent album (SEA). Nielsen counts 1,500 streams as one SEA unit, so it means the record was streamed 110.5 million times during the tracking week.

Billboard notes that "Views" now becomes the first album by a male artist to spend seven consecutive weeks at No. 1 in nearly 16 years, since Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP" racked up a total of eight weeks atop the list in 2000. Drizzy's newest set also has the most weeks at No. 1 for an album by a male act since Em's other album "Recovery" ruled the chart for seven non-consecutive weeks in 2010.

Next on this week's Billboard 200, Nick Jonas' "Last Year Was Complicated" makes its debut at No. 2 and gives the singer his highest-charting solo album so far. The former boybander previously reached No. 3 with Nick Jonas and The Administration's "Who I Am" and No. 6 with his 2014 self-titled effort.

Though it misses the top spot of the Billboard 200, "LYWC" lands at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart as 47,000 of its 66,000 equivalent units are in traditional album sales.

At No. 3 is the soundtrack of "Hamilton", which enters the top 10 for the first time thanks in large part to the musical's big win at last week's 2016 Tony Awards. The album jumps from last week's No. 13 with 62,000 units, including 45,000 in pure album sales.

It's followed by Beyonce Knowles' "Lemonade" that slips to No. 4 with 56,000 and Jon Bellion's debut studio album "The Human Condition" which bows at No.5 with 40,000 units (32,000 in traditional album sales). The New York singer/rapper/producer is also known for co-writing hits like Eminem and Rihanna's "The Monster" as well as Jason Derulo's "Trumpets". He also co-penned and was featured on Zedd's "Beautiful Now".

Closing out the top 10 are familiar titles including Rihanna's "Anti" (No. 6 with 37,000), Twenty One Pilots' "Blurryface" (rising three rungs to No. 7 with 32,000), Adele's "25" (jumping to No. 8 from last week's No. 11 with 26,000), Blake Shelton's "If I'm Honest" (stationery at No. 9 with 28,000) and Chris Stapleton's "Traveller" (ascending from No. 14 to No. 10 with 27,000).

  1. "Views" - Drake (121,000)
  2. "Last Year Was Complicated" - Nick Jonas (66,000)
  3. The "Hamilton" Soundtrack - Various Artists (62,000)
  4. "Lemonade" - Beyonce Knowles (56,000)
  5. "The Human Condition" - Jon Bellion (40,000)
  6. "Anti" - Rihanna (37,000)
  7. "Blurryface" - Twenty One Pilots (32,000)
  8. "25" - Adele (26,000)
  9. "If I'm Honest" - Blake Shelton (28,000)
  10. "Traveller" - Chris Stapleton (27,000)

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