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Post Malone’s ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys’ Spends a Third Week at the Top
Buoyed by huge streaming numbers, Post Malone’s “Beerbongs & Bentleys” holds at No. 1 on Billboard’s album chart for a third week in a row, the longest stretch at the top since Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” late last year.
Streams of the songs on “Beerbongs & Bentleys” made up the vast majority of the album’s 147,000 “equivalent units” in the United States, according to Nielsen; only 18,000 copies were sold as full albums.
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Also this week, Pink’s “Beautiful Trauma” jumped 81 spots to No. 2, thanks to a bundle deal that made copies of the CD available to fans who bought tickets to the next leg of Pink’s tour. (A similar ticket deal from the first leg, back in October, helped Pink open at No. 1.)
The Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti opened at No. 3 with a surprise release, “Die Lit,” while the pop singer and songwriter Charlie Puth opened at No. 4 with “Voicenotes.” Rounding out the Top 5 is the soundtrack to “The Greatest Showman,” a steady hit since January.
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