(In June 6 story, corrects to "fifth consecutive week" instead
of "third consecutive week," paragraph 1)
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES, June 6 (Reuters) - Canadian R&B artist Drake
continued his reign atop the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album
chart on Monday for a fifth consecutive week on the strength of
streaming activity, holding off country singer Dierks Bentley
and R&B singer Beyonce.
Drake's "Views" sold 152,000 units for the week ending June
2, comprising album and song sales and 137 million streams,
according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album
sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming
activity (1,500 streams equal one album).
Drake's fourth studio album has been topping the Billboard
200 chart on the strength of streaming activity on platforms
such as Spotify and Apple Inc's AAPL.O Apple Music. It has
soared past 100 million streams each week since its release.
Bentley's latest album, "Black," debuted at No. 2 with
101,000 units sold, including 5 million streams. Beyonce's
"Lemonade" album climbed one spot to No. 3 with 79,000 units
sold including nearly 9 million streams.
Other new entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart
included pop group Fifth Harmony at No. 4 with "7/27," and
electronic dance music producer Flume's "Skin" at No. 8.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single
sales, Justin Timberlake's upbeat "Can't Stop The Feeling!" held
the top spot for the third week running, with 155,000 copies
sold.
(Editing by Matthew Lewis)