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Here's how many times Drake's 'Views' was sold or streamed in its first week
May 9, 2016 at 17:25
The number also reflects the biggest single-sales week for any album released so far in 2016
Here's an impressive figure: 852,000. That's how many copies Drake sold of his new album, "Views," during its first week on sale — enough by a wide margin to give the Canadian rapper his sixth straight No. 1 on the Billboard 200 c-hart, according to the trade magazine. The number also reflects the biggest single-sales week for any album released so far in 2016, including Beyoncé's "Lemonade," which moved 485,000 copies in its debut week. Hold up, though, because here's a really impressive figure: 245 million. That's how many times tracks f-rom "Views" were streamed in the album's first seven days of availability — a record, said Billboard, which noted that the set's streaming total more than doubled ...
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