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Not counting 4:44, two new releases made this week’s Top 10, led by 21 Savage’s Issa Album at Number Two after selling 77,000 total copies, 55,000 of which were streaming equivalent albums, or SEAs. Only the Beatles, with 19 Number One albums, have more than the rapper, Billboard reports. With 14 Number One LPs, Jay-Z extends his own record for chart-topping albums among solo artists Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand rank second with 11. Jay-Z‘s 4:44 “debuted” at Number One on the Billboard 200, a week after the rapper’s latest LP went instant platinum but was ruled ineligible due to chart rules.Ĥ:44, Jay-Z’s 14th Number One album, sold 262,000 total copies – and 174,000 traditional copies – after the album’s weeklong Tidal exclusivity expired and the LP popped up on other streaming services, digital music stores and compact disc.
