

More Life was aided in part by a week where only one new release cracked the Top 10: Trey Songz’ Tremaine, which debuted at Number Three and 67,000 total albums. Drake could bypass both those rappers by the time More Life descends the charts. Hammer (21 weeks) spending more time at Number One. That’s good for third place among rappers, with only Jay Z (23 weeks) and M.C.

Of that haul, 169,000 were streaming equivalent albums, or SEAs, as streaming continues to breathe life into the suddenly revived music industry.Īs Billboard notes, thanks in large part to Views‘ 13 nonconsecutive weeks at Number One, Drake has now occupied the top spot on the Billboard 200 for 20 total weeks over his career. As expected, Drake‘s More Life spent a second consecutive week at Number One as the rapper’s “playlist project” sold another 225,000 total copies.
