“Revival” (Interscope), his eighth major-label LP, had 197,000 in traditional album sales (including physical copies and downloads) and added a robust 82 million streams in its first week for a total of 267,000 album equivalent units, according to Nielsen. The album, a self-lacerating work that also takes aim at President Trump, is Eminem’s eighth in a row to debut at No. 2 is Taylor Swift, whose new album, “Reputation,” spent three weeks at No. Ahead of Christmas, Ms. Swift’s album sold another 105,000 copies and had 35 million streams for an equivalent of 133,000 units. Her album remains the only one of the year to top one million copies in pure sales.

Source: New York Times December 25, 2017 18:20 UTC