The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind the Madness' Stays at No. 1 on Billboard 200

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The album, which last weeks entered the chart at No. 1 with more than 400,000 units, is spending its second week atop the list with another 145,000 units.

Sep 14, 2015

AceShowbiz - The Weeknd's "Beauty Behind the Madness" continues its reign on Billboard 200. Nielsen Music reports that the album, which last week debuted at the chart's No. 1 with 411,000 units, is spending its second week atop the list with another 145,000 equivalent album collected in the tracking week ending on September 10.

Trailing behind the Canadian singer is rock group Five Finger Death Punch, whose "Got Your Six" lands at No. 2 with 119,000 units. With 114,000 in pure album sales, the record gives the band their best sales week ever, surpassing the 112,000 debut of their 2013 set "The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Volume 1" which also peaked at No. 2.

At No. 3, Travi$ Scott's debut studio effort "Rodeo" opens with 85,000, including 70,000 in traditional album sales. Iron Maiden follows behind at No. 4 as their "The Book of Souls" starts with 75,000 units. The rockers previously had an album to chart in the top 10 of Billboard 200 in 2010, when "The Final Frontier" also made its debut at No. 4.

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Next on this week's Billboard 200 is Troye Sivan, whose second EP "Wild" arrives at No. 5 with 50,000 units. The project's predecessor "TRXYE" also debuted at No. 5 following its release in August 2014.

Luke Bryan's "Kill the Lights" is sitting at No. 6, falling from last week's No. 3 with 45,000. Taylor Swift's "1989", Halsey's "Badlands" and Ed Sheeran's "X" are at No. 7, No. 8 and No. 9 with 43,000, 35,000 and 27,000 respectively. Rounding out the top 10 is Future's "DS2" that jumps one slot from last week's No. 9 with 25,000.