Def Jam Dominates Album Chart With Releases By Justin Bieber, Logic, Jeezy & Alessia Cara

THE LEGENDARY LABEL MOVES A LOT OF UNITS IN ONE WEEK

(AllHipHop News) Def Jam Recordings had a monster week on the Billboard 200 album chart. The legendary label controls four of the top ten spots on the tally thanks to new albums by Justin Bieber, Logic, Jeezy, and Alessia Cara.

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Bieber led the entire pack by landing at #1 with his comeback album Purpose. The LP sold 522,000 albums in its first week. Logic’s The Incredible True Story lands at #3 (118,000 sales) followed by Jeezy’s Church In These Streets at #4 (98,000 sales) and Cara’s Know-It-All at #9 (21,000 sales).

According to Billboard, this is the first time a label has held three of the top four spots on the 200 album chart since June 2012. At that time, Columbia Records accomplished the feat with John Mayer’s Born and Raised (# 1), Adele’s 21 (#2), and One Direction’s Up All Night (#4).

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