“Savage Mode II” opened at No. 1 on Billboard’s latest chart with the equivalent of 171,000 sales in the United States, including 200 million streams and 22,000 copies sold as a complete package, according to Nielsen Music. 2 with “The Album,” its first full-length LP, which had the equivalent of 110,000 sales, including 40 million streams and 81,000 copies moved as a full package. After criticism, Billboard once again changed its rules; effective last week, albums sold through such deals will no longer count toward the magazine’s charts. The rapper YG opened at No.

Source: New York Times October 12, 2020 17:26 UTC