Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." Is No. 1 For A Second Week

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Lamar moved 238,000 Album Equivalent Units in Week 2.

Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. had the highest week of sales in 2017 so far, and it continues to do big numbers into its second week. Billboard reports that Kendrick's new project will remain atop the Billboard 200 this week on the strength of 238,000 album equivalent units. That's made up of 136,000 in Streaming Equivalent Albums (a 40% decrease from last week), 87,000 in traditional sales (a 75% decrease), and 14,000 in Track Equivalent Albums (a 39% decrease).

This makes DAMN.'s second week the 4th largest sales week this year, behind Kendrick's own year-leading first week, and the first weeks of Ed Sheeran's Divide and Drake's More Life. That also makes it the biggest second week of the year.

Meanwhile, Drake's More Life is at No. 2 this week with its earnings of 77,000 Album Equivalent Units.

Kendrick made a surprise appearance at The Weeknd's L.A. show Saturday night. Watch clips from the performance here.

 

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<b>Features &amp; News Writer</b> <!--BR--> Trevor is a music writer currently based in Montreal. Follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/trevsmith_" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>.
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