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The 40-year-old DJ's ninth studio album debuts in the top slot of the Billboard 200 chart with 95,000 total copies sold this week.

• Aug 8, 2016

AceShowbiz - DJ Khaled earns his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with his latest record "Major Key". The ninth studio album by the 40-year-old DJ has 95,000 total copies sold this week, including 59,000 in traditional album sales, according to Nielsen Music.

"Major Key" features Khaled's second-highest charting single ever on the Billboard Hot 100, "For Free" featuring Drake. So far, the track has risen to No. 14 on the list, nearing his highest-charting single "I'm on One" featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne which peaked at No. 10 in 2011.

At No. 2 on this week's Billboard 200 is Drake's "Views" with 80,000 units. The record slips to the second place after 12 non-consecutive week atop the chart. Twenty One Pilots' "Blurryface" stays at No. 3 with 39,000 units, Jake Owen's "American Love" debuts at No. 4 with 35,000 units, while Rihanna's "Anti" descends to No 5 with 32,000 units

Other titles making up this week's top 10 include Fantasia Barrino's "The Definition Of..." which lands at No. 6 with nearly 32,000 units, Hillary Scott & The Scott Family's "Love Remains" which debuts at No. 7 with 31,000 units, Adele's "25" which slips to No 8 with 29,000 units, Blake Shelton's "If I'm Honest" which rises to No 9 with 28,000 units and the original Broadway cast recording of "Hamilton" which descends to No. 10 with 27,000 units.

1. "Major Key" - DJ Khaled (95,000)
2. "Views" - Drake (80,000)
3. "Blurryface" - Twenty One Pilots (39,000)
4. "American Love" - Jake Owen (35,000)
5. "Anti" - Rihanna (32,000)
6. "The Definition Of..." - Fantasia Barrino (32,000)
7. "Love Remains" - Hillary Scott & The Scott Family's (31,000)
8. "25" - Adele (29,000)
9. "If I'm Honest" - Blake Shelton (28,000)
10. The "Hamilton" Soundtrack - Various Artists (27,000)