‘Views’ now holds the third-longest run at No.
1 by a hip-hop album
Drake is still sitting on the CN Tower, atop the world.
Billboardreports Drizzys latest album,Viewshas claimed the No.
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1 spot in theirBillboard200 album chart for the ninth week in a row.
Much of the buzz came fromstreaming, of course, where Drake pulled in 67,000 equivalent album units.
Views peddled 25,000 copies in traditional sales metrics.
The run on his fourth studio album is putting Drake in rarified commercial success.
The 29-year-old rapper now holds the third-longest run at No.
1 by a hip-hop album, surpassing Eminems blockbusterThe Marshall Mathers LP(eight weeks).
Viewshas posted the longest run at No.
1 for a male artist since Ushers fourth record,Confessions, in 2004.
In the last 10 years, only five albums occupied the No.
1 place for at least nine weeks:25and21by Adele;Fearlessand1989by Taylor Swift; and theFrozensoundtrack.
TheBillboardHot 100 also has Drakes fingerprints all over it.
One Dance has resided at the top spot for seven total weeks.
