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The most impressive, and unprecedented part, about Drake's reign atop the charts is the fact that the album has reached a majority of its numbers via streaming. Despite the fact that in its debut week, Views sold a whopping 852,000 physical copies, the number of people buying the album has tapered off significantly, with most people turning to streaming. This past week, while the album sold just 25,000 physical copies, it was streamed almost 100 million times, equalling a total of 110,000 album equivalent sales.
Drake's album is the first album to have such a long run at the top of the charts with such a significant portion of its numbers being made up of streaming since Billboard changed its charts to include streaming figures back in November 2014. Essentially, Drake has redefined the standards of what the numbers of a popular album are supposed to look like in the streaming age. Congrats to Drake for his accomplishment.