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Of Ye’s starting sum, 85,000 were in traditional album sales. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the . based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Eminem also matches West in terms of eight consecutive No. 1 debuts. The Beatles’ stretch of eight No. 1s in a row in the '60s did not include any titles that debuted at No. Fifth-Biggest Week of 2018: As Ye starts with 208,000 equivalent album units, it logs the fifth-biggest week for an album this year.

Kanye West’s latest album, Ye, has just seven songs. Its artwork was apparently finished on the way to its listening party in Wyoming. And the album’s prerelease publicity tour included Mr. West calling 400 years of slavery a choice. Yet the album still opened at No. 1 on Billboard’s chart, becoming Mr. West’s eighth in a row to reach the top - tying a record of consecutive chart-toppers that is held only by Eminem and the Beatles.

ye sold the equivalent of 208,000 album units in the week ending June 7, even though only 85,000 of those sales were traditional album purchases. Billboard counts 1,500 full album streams as a ‘Streaming Equivalent Album’. That means ye‘s seven tracks were streamed a cool 18. million times. Keep in mind that The Beatles amassed 19 records in their time, just not in a streak. JAY-Z also stands above his other rap contemporaries with a stunning 15 albums in total. Despite criticism of his latest work as half-baked in comparison to his earlier classics, it seems likely Kanye will only continue to rack up those in the future: very rarely does a generational talent piss off and enamour so many people all at once.

Ye's impressive first week is the fifth-largest week for an album in 2018. This marks the controversial rapper's eighth No. 1 album, a feat that ties Eminem for the second-most No. 1 albums. Jay-Z owns the record among rap acts having topped the charts 14 times. The Beatles hold the all-time record with 19. The fact that 'Ye has done it eight consecutive times matches a milestone held by Eminem and The Beatles

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The Beatles or "The White album" as it became better known was released on 22nd November, 1968 on the fifth anniversary of their second album, With The Beatles. A total of 34 new tracks were released in 1968 and 30 were contained on this one double-LP.

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The unitled Kanye West album is the upcoming eighth studio album by Kanye West, to be released June 1st, 2018. West has confirmed the album will be seven tracks long. The official announcement of its existence and release were both via a Twitter post.