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'Views' dethrones Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP' from the third-most weeks at No. 1 by a hip-hop album.

• Jul 4, 2016

AceShowbiz - Drake's "Views" earns its ninth consecutive week at No. 1 on Billboard 200. The record has 111,000 total copies sold this week, according to Nielsen Music, including 25,000 in traditional album sales and 67,000 in streaming equivalent units.

Drake's fourth studio album dethrones Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP" from the third-most weeks at No. 1 by a hip-hop album. Ahead of "Views" are Vanilla Ice's "To the Extreme" which landed at No. 1 for 16 weeks in 1990 and 1991 and MC Hammer's "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" with 21 weeks in 1990.

Drake also becomes the first male artist to spend nine straight weeks atop the Billboard 200 since Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All", which accumulated 17 weeks in a row at No. 1. Female artists Adele and Taylor Swift got their two albums spend at least nine weeks at No. 1.

At No. 2 on this week Billboard 200 is Beyonce Knowles' "Lemonade" with 48,000 units. The Avett Brothers' "True Sadness" debuts at No. 3 with 46,000 units, earning their highest charting album ever. Twenty One Pilots' "Blurryface" lands at No. 4 with 38,000 units, while Rihanna's "Anti" ascends to No. 5 with 37,000 units.

Other titles making up this week's top 10 include the original Broadway cast recording of "Hamilton" which grabs the sixth spot with 36,000 units, Adele's "25" which rises to No. 7 with 33,000 units, the various artists compilation "Epic AF" that jumps to No. 8 with 28,000 units, Red Hot Chili Peppers' "The Getaway" that plunges to No. 9 with 28,000 units and Meghan Trainor's "Thank You" which stays at No. 10 with 27,000 units.

1. "Views" - Drake (111,000)
2. "Lemonade" - Beyonce Knowles (48,000)
3. "True Sadness" - The Avett Brothers (46,000)
4. "Blurryface" - Twenty One Pilots (38,000)
5. "Anti" - Rihanna (37,000)
6. The "Hamilton" Soundtrack - Various Artists (36,000)
7. "25" - Adele (33,000)
8. "Epic AF" - Various Artists (28,000)
9. "The Getaway" - Red Hot Chili Peppers (28,000)
10. "Thank You" - Meghan Trainor (27,000)