The Weeknd’s ‘STARBOY’ Debuts at No. 1 on the Charts

It’s the third-largest debut of 2016.

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The Weeknd’s latest album STARBOY landed No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The LP moved 348,000 equivalent album units (209,000 traditional album sales), making the third-largest debut of 2016 behind Drake’s VIEWS (1.04 million units) and Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000 units). STARBOY is The Weeknd’s second No. 1 album, after his 2015 platinum-selling Beauty Behind the Madness LP. The Weeknd will embark on his ‘Legend of the Fall’ world tour beginning February 2017. Learn more about STARBOY debut numbers here.

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